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Why I'll Miss 'Modern Hero' Jack Bauer

John Johnson — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:16:20 CDT

America is about to lose a hero, writes Claudia Rosett. That would be Jack Bauer, the Kiefer Sutherland character whose 24 wraps up this season. Yeah, it's only TV, but Bauer "summed up something important about the American spirit: a will to defend his country, against all attackers, no matter...

Fox Officially Axes 24 on 'High Note'

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:22:19 CDT

The drama 24 won't be ticking much longer on TV. Fox announced yesterday that its action-packed real-time show starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will wind down at the end of its current eighth season on May 24. Sutherland said in a statement that the show's cast and...

Time's Up for Jack Bauer, 24

Kevin Spak — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:00 CST

Ask not for whom the digital clock beeps, Jack Bauer, it beeps for thee—Fox will cancel 24 after this season, sources tell The Wrap . Though it's not official yet, the network has hinted it might drop the expensive thriller in August, with one executive saying, “It’s going to come...

Jack Bauer Grills Santa

M. Morris — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:44:38 CST

The lights are low, the questioning intense, the object of the interrogation nervous. No, he doesn't have a passport. He just delivers packages, and the planning takes all year. Superspy Jack Bauer of 24 fame isn't buying it—and he winds up on the naughty list even before he calls...

Bauer's Torture Ethics Get Slapped on 24

Wesley Oliver — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:30:35 CST

After years of shooting, shocking, drugging, and maiming terror suspects, Jack Bauer will finally be tortured—by his own conscience, Peter Finn reveals in the Washington Post . 24 opens its seventh season with its post-9/11 action hero testifying before Congress about his interrogation tactics. Bauer remains defiant, but he’ll weigh...

He Can Stop Terror; Carbon's Another Story

Jonas Oransky — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:39:06 CST

Fox's 24 has its share of problems—Kiefer Sutherland's DUI imprisonment, rewritten scripts, the writers strike—but one writer still won’t give Jack Bauer a break, hitting the set to probe the show’s promise to reduce its carbon footprint. One exec congratulates himself on picking “our toughest show” for the...

'Model Prisoner' Sutherland Leaves Jail

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:55:00 CST

Actor Kiefer Sutherland walked out of a California jail today after serving all 48 days of his sentence for DUI and violating probation, People reports. The 24 star looked "glad to be out," said a prison spokesman. Sutherland did his time in an 8-by-10 cell, spending his birthday, Christmas, and...

'24' Will Elect Female Prez in '08

Dustin Lushing — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:09:27 CDT

The United States will have a female president next year—and on Fox, no less. The political thriller "24" will feature Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor when the seventh season of Jack Bauer's technological derring-do kicks off in January.

Cheney Should TiVo 'Heroes'

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:20:14 CDT

With the ratings on Jack Bauer's "24" fading almost as fast as those of George Bush's White House, it's time for the principals in the war in Iraq to start studying "Heroes "— the most-watched show on television this year—writes Salon 's Juan Cole. In fact, think of Heroes as...