| One of the famous acting brat-pack of the 1980s, Kiefer Sutherland is the star of the TV series 24 as counter-terrorism expert Jack Bauer. The show broke convention by having each hour-long episode represent an hour in Bauer's day. Sutherland's success on television came after a respectable 15 years in the movies: his memorable turn as a bully in Stand By Me (1986) led to a string of successful ensemble movies, including The Lost Boys (1987), Young Guns (1988), and Flatliners (1990). Although he has carried the lead in several movies and played a variety of roles, he has a reputation for playing bad guys, such as in A Few Good Men (1992, with Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson), Freeway (1996, opposite Reese Witherspoon), A Time to Kill (1996), Eye For An Eye (1996) and Dark City (1998). He is the son of movie star Donald Sutherland, he learned how to rope and ride in the movies and has competed professionally as a calf roper. Sutherland was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series every year from 2002-2006; he won the award in 2006.
Born: December 21, 1966
Birthplace: London, England
Best known as: Star of the FOX TV series, "24" |
24 is presented in real-time, with each season depicting a 24-hour period in the life of Jack Bauer, who works with the U.S. Government as it fights threats on its soil.
Bauer is often in the field for the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) as they try to safeguard the nation from terrorist threats. Based in Los Angeles, the show also follows the actions of other CTU agents and government officials associated with the plot.
 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. Broadcast by Fox Network in the USA and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial thirteen episodes. In April 2007 24 was made available online to US viewers through Fox on Demand. After leading actor Kiefer Sutherland won a Golden Globe for his role in the first 10 episodes, the ratings of the show increased, leading FOX to order the second half of the series. Five seasons of 24 have been produced, and the sixth began airing on January 14, 2007. A motion picture based on the show has been written and was scheduled to be filmed in 2007 for a 2008 release but plans for production were put on hold to focus on the TV show. Running for six years and counting, 24 continues to pull in high ratings worldwide, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom.
MAIN ELEMENTS
Real Time
24 is a thriller that purports to be shown in "real-time," with each minute of airtime corresponding to a minute in the lives of the characters. This real-time nature is emphasized by an on-screen digital clock appearing from time to time—this corresponds roughly to the minute of the broadcast hour, factoring in commercials. The writers often take advantage of the real-time nature of the show by having the characters place time windows on certain events such as terrorist threats, thus strongly hinting that the attack/event will occur before the end of the episode.
The action switches between different locations tracing parallel adventures of different characters involved in the same overarching plot. The result is long sections of unseen narrative for each character. A main character might only be seen for a quarter of an episode's overall running time. The notice preceding each episode announcing that "events occur in real time" was only included in the first three episodes of the first season, as well as the premieres of the second and third seasons .
Over the course of the hour, three minutes are added to the clock during commercial breaks to allow time for the opening "previously on 24" segments and the preview of the next episode over the closing credits.
Storytelling and Visual Style
24 employs fast-paced and complex plots. A recurring theme of 24 has characters faced with the decision of whether or not to let something tragic happen for the sake of a greater good. In Season 2, a member of the presidential staff has the chance to warn CTU of an imminent attack on their building, but believes that doing so would put the culprits on alert and thus cause a valuable trail to go cold. A similar situation occurs prior to an attack on a shopping mall in Season 5. In Season 3, the President and CTU agents must choose between the life of a high-ranking CTU official and the imminent threat of further attacks. Season 4 is notable for a scene in which two men—one of whom possesses crucial information—lie dying in an emergency room, creating the ethical dilemma of whom to save. In addition, the sitting President often has to deal with a similar quandary. In the first hour of Season 6, Jack Bauer is asked to sacrifice himself in exchange for the location of a known terrorist.
The first season began and ended at midnight, leading to the situation that the main characters had to go almost two days without sleep. Bauer's sleep deprivation featured heavily as a plot element in the series. Later seasons have tended to use a less punishing time window, starting in the morning.
Early on, the series frequently used split-screen action to follow multiple plots, although in later seasons this was scaled back somewhat and confined mostly to phone conversations and shots leading into and out of commercial breaks.
Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU)
The Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) is a real elite branch of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created after the 1993 World Trade Center Attack. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C. with satellite operations in major cities where threats are likely. CTU's primary mission is to disrupt and destroy foreign and domestic terror cells hostile to the United States, as well as protect the U.S. from terror attacks. With an office in nearly every major city of the U.S., CTU also has a role in creating security policy and fighting groups of organized crime that fund terrorism.[3]
CTU offices are run by a Director, also called the Special Agent in Charge, to whom the Director of Field Operations and the Chief of Staff report. The CTU offices report to a Divisional Office, overseen by the Division Director. Divisional offices cover a larger amount of territory in their jurisdiction. Finally, the Divisional office and all other offices report to a District Headquarters, overseen by a Regional Director. This title implies that each District Headquarters has jurisdiction over an entire region of the United States.
CROSS-SEASON STORYLINES
Some of the seasons have back running narratives that connect together
Seasons 1-3
Season 1-3 showed Jack's personal demons result from his pressures with his family and job, the coping with his wife's death, his reconnection with his daughter Kim, and the sacrifices he makes to eliminate threats to his country.
In Season 1, Jack was seen trying to hold his family together with a threat looming over them. At the end of the Season, Teri has been killed. In Season 2, Jack is a wreck resulting from his loss, and Kim has become distanced from him as a result. In Season 3, Jack and Kim have gotten back on track, but in his last operation, Jack has become addicted to heroin, reason being to keep his cover with drug dealers, but evidently to himself, and to one or two others, it was to cope with Teri's death.
Another connecting narrative were the consequences of a failed assasination mission in which Jack was in command of years before Season 1 took place. The main antagonists behind Season 1 were the Drazen Family, whose head of the family, Victor Drazen, was the target of that mission. The main antagonist of Season 2 was Peter Kingsley, an American big oil mogul who organized a conspiracy to allow the Second Wave terrorist cell to detonate a nuclear bomb to make his oil holdings skyrocket in the event of a war. The main antagonist behind Season 3 was Stephen Saunders, a British Intelligence Agent who was a part of the team on the Drazen Mission, thought to be dead. Being left behind on that mission was the source of his hatred to the USA, which led to the terrorist events in Season 3.
In the finale of Season 3, the stories of many of the main characters were resolved; Kim and Chase, her current boyfriend, decided to leave CTU, David Palmer vouched not to run for re-election, Tony is sent to prison for treason, leaving Michelle with an incarcerated husband (she would later leave him), and Jack is fired from CTU (which is seen in the prequel to Season 4). In addition to Teri Bauer, other key characters were killed off throughout the first 3 seasons, including George Mason, Ryan Chappelle, Nina Myers, and Sherry Palmer.
Seasons 4-6
Beginning with season 4, a new storyline for 24 began, as the only remaining regular character was Jack Bauer in the beginning. As a result, there was little continuity from the past 3 seasons until the later returns of Michelle Dessler, Tony Almeida, and David Palmer.
The events of Season 4-6 were the foreground of two narratives, intertwined with each other. One was Jack's opposition towards the Chinese, as a result of a raid on the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. The other was a conspiracy, in which was part conceived by Jack's very own father and brother.
To follow a lead to stop the antagonists of Season 4, Jack and his team broke into the Consulate to extract a man with infomation. A fire fight ensued in which the Chinese Consulate was killed in the cross fire. As a result, the Chinese launch an investigation and discover Jack was in command of the operation. As a result, they demand that the US President, Charles Logan, hand Bauer over to them. Fearing that Jack would reveal vital intel to the Chinese, he arranges Jack to be killed by the secret service agent sent to pick him up. Jack is informed of the attempt on his life, and to escape, fakes his death and flees to Mexico, only known to be alive to four people.
In Season 5, David Palmer, Michelle Desler, and Tony Almeida (three of the four people who knew Jack was alive) are killed, leaving Chloe O'Brien to be the only one remaining that knew Jack was alive. Jack returns to LA to find the culprits, and is found to be still alive and aids CTU in stopping the latest threat from Eastern European extremists. Doing so, he finds out that Charles Logan was behind the threat with another man, at the time only known as Graem. Their intention was in the end to allow the US to expand their military presence in Central Asia, but the terrorists found out, and changed their plans to attack the US. Once Logan was caught, the Chinese find Jack, take him prisoner to China.
When Jack is exchanged at the beginning of Season 6, his role becomes much more prominent, helping to stop Islamic Fundamentalists detonate nuclear devices in LA. In the process of the Day, Jack finds out that his brother Graem, seen in Season 5, and even Jack's father were involved in the conspiracy with Logan, and that the nuclear weapons being used on US soil were supplied by their family company. Once the threat is eliminated, Jack learns that the Chinese are holding Audrey Raines hostage, Jack's love interest since some time before Day 4 and daughter to his former boss, ex-Secretary of Defense, James Heller, and want something from Jack. Jack initially was told she was killed in a car accident while looking for him in China, however, the Chinese kidnapped her in order to use her as leverage against Jack. Jack was ordered by Cheng Zhi to retrieve a device in the nuclear bombs he just captured and give them to Cheng Zhi in exchange for Audrey. The prototype would give the Chinese access to all of Russia's defense technology. First, Jack tricks two military guards guarding the bombs into letting him go take it, but Mike Doyle was quick and stopped Jack and placed him under arrest. President Palmer then issues Jack's request, only for it to be rejected by Vice President Daniels after Palmer falls unconscious once again. Mike Doyle and Jack Bauer team up to go to Cheng Zhi and give the prototype to him, but the trip is cut short when Doyle receives a call from Buchanan telling him to take Jack back to CTU and into custody. Jack hears this and points his gun at him, telling him to pull over so that he can drive to Cheng Zhi alone. CTU gets wind of this, and now Jack Bauer has become a rogue agent.
SEASON SYNOPSIS
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Day 1 starts and ends at midnight, on the day of the California presidential primary. Jack Bauer is called into the Los Angeles (CTU) surrounding a potential assassination plot against presidential candidate David Palmer. At this point, the assassins are believed to be a domestic hate group (Palmer is black) who have hired an assassin from overseas who will be harder to trace. Bauer's wife and teenage daughter are kidnapped by the terrorist group plotting to kill presidential candidate David Palmer. A mole (Jamey Farrell) inside L.A. Counter Terrorist Unit is exposed, but does not provide any information that could help the investigation. When it is revealed that the man behind his family's kidnapping is someone from his past, Jack eventually realizes everything that has happened has to do with both him and Senator David Palmer personally, while information is uncovered that there may be another mole inside CTU. Jack must find a way to keep the senator and his wife, Teri, and daughter, Kim, out of harm's way.
Day 2 starts and ends at 8:00 a.m. Approximately 18 months after Season One, Jack is struggling to deal with the death of his wife, Teri Bauer, and the estrangement of his daughter, Kim. Jack is no longer working for CTU, but is asked to resume his duties when the White House receives intelligence that a nuclear bomb will be detonated in Los Angeles over the course of the day. Jack is called in because a terrorist he once caught while undercover is linked to the suspected terrorists. President David Palmer counts on Jack as the only man he can trust to find members of a terrorist cell called Second Wave who are in possession of the bomb and to stop its detonation. Featuring political and social turmoil, more lives will be at stake as another conspiracy arises regarding the involvement of Middle Eastern countries in the attack on America.
Day 3 starts and ends at 1:00 p.m. Three years after Day 2, Jack returns from a six-month deep undercover operation consisting of infiltrating the Salazar drug family. At the same time, a van drops off a dead body infected with a bio-weapon at the National Health Services. CTU then receives a phone call threatening to release the same virus that the body was infected with if Ramon Salazar is not released from prison within 6 hours. Jack has a new partner, Chase Edmunds, who is also romantically involved with Kim, who has also become an employee at CTU. Jack is also fighting a heroin addiction he developed during his undercover assignment, which close family and friends are unaware of until later in the day. Approximately halfway through the season, the real villains controlling the virus are revealed, and a vial of the virus is released at a Los Angeles Hotel. Jack and CTU must catch the terrorist, former MI6 agent Stephen Saunders, before he can unleash 11 more vials across the country.
Day 4 starts and ends at 7:00 a.m. It has been 18 months since Jack Bauer averted yet another deadly crisis in Los Angeles. Subsequently, he was fired from CTU by the new director, Erin Driscoll. He now has a new lease on life as a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense James Heller. He has also found a new love in the form of his boss's daughter, Audrey Raines. But, an impending hostage crisis concerning his latest boss leaves Jack's new life in shambles. Jack finds he must go back to his old calling as a CTU agent in order to save the life he has made for himself. As the day unfolds several contingency plans are revealed, all devised by terrorist Habib Marwan. Each of Marwan's attacks proves even more devastating than its predecessor and CTU races to find him before he can unleash unprecedented terror upon America.
Day 5 starts and ends at 7:00 a.m. Eighteen months after Day 4, Jack is living under a new alias, as Frank Flynn. He is currently living with Diane Huxley and her son Derek, a family near the Mojave Desert, California. Meanwhile, an unknown figure orders the assassination of the only four people who know Jack is alive — Tony Almeida, Michelle Dessler, Chloe O'Brian and former President David Palmer — as an attempt to frame him. He returns to L.A. to clear his name, when a hostage situation erupts. It is soon realized that this was only a diversion by a collaboration of conspirators and Russian separatists to obtain 20 canisters of Sentox VX nerve agent. The gas was originally to be used to attack Moscow, but the separatists begin to release it in L.A. in retaliation after they discover a U.S. agent has infiltrated their organization. Jack attempts to search for the remaining canisters and expose treachery that goes deep within the White House.
Day 6 starts and ends at 6:00 a.m. Twenty months after the events of Day 5. Jack is released from Chinese custody to CTU agents in Los Angeles under a deal brokered by the new President Wayne Palmer. CTU gives him up to Abu Fayed in exchange for Hamri Al-Assad, the man thought to be responsible for a wave of suicide bombings. Jack learns that Fayed himself is responsible for the attacks and Assad has come to America to negotiate peace. With the help of CTU as well as the newly elected members of the White House, Jack must stop these terrorists from detonating five Soviet-designed suitcase nuclear weapons as well as provide damage control for one that has already detonated in Valencia. The White House, meanwhile, suffers from an internal power struggle between President Wayne Palmer and his Vice President Noah Daniels, forcing Palmer's staff to choose sides, which in turn affects CTU and its employees. After eliminating the day's threats, Jack receives a phone call which informs him of a hostage situation with the Chinese and Audrey Raines, which now must be negotiated without CTU assistance or the approval of the White House. Jack was ordered by Chang to retrieve a device in the nuclear bombs he just captured and give them to Chang in exchange for Audrey. The prototype would give the Chinese access to all of Russia's defense technology.
CASTING
Main cast
24 has been known to change its major cast every season. The only cast members who haven't changed in the show's run are Kiefer Sutherland and Glenn Morshower. Main cast members are added and dropped frequently. Occasionally, guest stars are upgraded to main cast members. Also, main cast members have been degraded to guest stars, although mostly as special guest stars.
The show has always had many guest stars not billed as main cast as well as Special Guest Stars from time to time. Special Guest Stars are usually former cast members making a return appearance, which can last from a single episode to almost an entire season, as do some guest stars, or characters usually played by well known film (Phillip Bauer, Victor Drazen, Lynn McGill) and television actors (Noah Daniels).
Current Regular Cast
| Actor |
Character |
Main Cast Seasons |
Recurring Cast Seasons |
| Kiefer Sutherland |
Jack Bauer |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
None |
| Mary Lynn Rajskub |
Chloe O'Brian |
5, 6 |
3, 4 |
| D.B. Woodside |
President Wayne Palmer |
6 |
3, 5 |
| James Morrison |
Bill Buchanan |
5, 6 |
4 |
| Peter MacNicol |
Thomas Lennox |
6 |
None |
| Jayne Atkinson |
Karen Hayes |
6 |
5 |
| Carlo Rota |
Morris O'Brian |
6 |
5 |
| Eric Balfour |
Milo Pressman |
6 |
1 |
| Marisol Nichols |
Nadia Yassir |
6 |
None |
| Regina King |
Sandra Palmer |
6 |
None
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Season 6 Special Guest Stars
| Actor |
Character |
Main Cast Seasons |
Recurring Cast or Special Guest Star Seasons |
| Powers Boothe |
Vice President Noah Daniels |
None |
6 |
| James Cromwell |
Phillip Bauer |
None |
6 |
| Kim Raver |
Audrey Raines |
4, 5 |
6 |
| Jean Smart |
Martha Logan |
5 |
6 |
| Gregory Itzin |
Charles Logan |
5 |
4, 6 |
Current Recurring Roles
| Actor |
Character |
Seasons |
| Glenn Morshower |
Aaron Pierce |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Tzi Ma |
Cheng Zhi |
4, 5, 6 |
| Ricky Schroder |
Mike Doyle |
6 |
| Kari Matchett |
Lisa Miller |
6 |
| Rena Sofer |
Marilyn Bauer |
6 |
| Evan Ellingson |
Josh Bauer |
6 |
| Harry Lennix |
Walid Al-Rezani |
6 |
Former Regular Cast
| Actor |
Character |
Main Cast Seasons |
Recurring Cast Seasons |
| Leslie Hope |
Teri Bauer |
1 |
None |
| Sarah Clarke |
Nina Myers |
1 |
2, 3 |
| Elisha Cuthbert |
Kim Bauer |
1, 2, 3 |
5 |
| Dennis Haysbert |
Senator/President David Palmer |
1, 2, 3 |
4, 5 |
| Sarah Wynter |
Kate Warner |
2 |
3 |
| Xander Berkeley |
George Mason |
2 |
1 |
| Penny Johnson Jerald |
Sherry Palmer |
2 |
1, 3 |
| Carlos Bernard |
Tony Almeida |
2, 3, 5 |
1, 4 |
| Reiko Aylesworth |
Michelle Dessler |
3 |
2, 4, 5 |
| James Badge Dale |
Chase Edmunds |
3 |
None |
| Kim Raver** |
Audrey Raines |
4, 5 |
6 |
| Alberta Watson |
Erin Driscoll |
4 |
None |
| William Devane |
Sec. of Defense James Heller |
4 |
5 |
| Lana Parrilla |
Sarah Gavin |
4 |
4* |
| Roger Cross |
Curtis Manning |
4, 5 |
6 |
| Gregory Itzin** |
President Charles Logan |
5 |
4, 6 |
| Louis Lombardi |
Edgar Stiles |
5 |
4 |
| Jean Smart** |
First Lady Martha Logan |
5 |
6 |
(*)Was moved from guest star to main cast member midseason.
(**)Actor still appears as a special guest star, but is no longer a main cast member.
Cameo appearances
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) makes a cameo appearance in the "1:00 PM - 2:00 PM" episode of Season 5. He has a non-speaking role as an unidentified bureaucrat who delivers a file folder to Audrey Raines (Kim Raver), and can be seen in the "split screen" for about six seconds beginning at 1:32:22.
NASCAR driver Carl Edwards made a cameo appearance with a small speaking part in the "10:00 PM - 11:00 PM" episode of Season 5 which was broadcast on April 3, 2006.[4]
The Office co-writer and director Stephen Merchant makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the first episode of the sixth season, which takes place between "06:00 AM - 07:00 AM" originally broadcast on January 14, 2007.[5]
Nancy Cartwright, best known for providing the voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons, makes an appearance in the "4:00 PM - 5:00 PM" episode of Season 6 as Morris O'Brian's former AA Sponsor.
Cast Notes
Note 1: The only actors who appear in each of the six seasons are the main star, Kiefer Sutherland, and Glenn Morshower (Aaron Pierce, Special Agent with the United States Secret Service; a recurring character that didn't receive much spotlight until Season Five). Both David Palmer and Tony Almeida appeared in all of the first five seasons, but because they were killed off, they will not return for season 6.
Note 2: There have been several cases where characters were meant to just be around for a couple of episodes or as recurring characters but were bumped up to regulars simply because they were so well liked and popular with the fans. Michelle Dessler, Chloe O'Brian and Sherry Palmer are a few.
Note 3: Mike Novick, who is played by Jude Ciccolella, has only appeared as a recurring character even though he had been in 58 episodes, which is seventh most overall, and has made appearances in seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5. He was the chief of staff and political adviser for David Palmer and Charles Logan.
ACCLAIM & RATINGS
Critical Acclaim
Kiefer Sutherland won a Golden Globe for his performance in the first season of 24; Surnow and Cochran, the creators of the show, won an Emmy Award. The show won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 2004.[6] 24 won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series, Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series, and Outstanding Stunt Coordination. Kiefer Sutherland also picked up the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series in 2004 and 2006. Sean Callery won an Emmy in 2003 for his work on Episode 2.15 (Season 2, "10:00 PM - 11:00 PM") for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.
24 received 12 Emmy nominations in 2006, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor (Kiefer Sutherland) and supporting nods to Jean Smart (Martha Logan) and Gregory Itzin (Charles Logan).[7] Itzin said in an interview following the news, "So just to end up being one of five is obviously a big surprise and very gratifying. But in another way, I wasn't surprised because the show is so damn good, it should get recognized."[8]
At the Primetime Emmys, 24 went on to win Outstanding Drama Series and Sutherland received his first Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award[9] and Director Jon Cassar an Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.[10] The show also won Best Dramatic Underscore Music Composition and Best Single Camera Editing.
The show has been nominated for 2 categories in the upcoming 2007 Golden Globe Awards, with the series nominated for the "Best Drama Series" and lead actor, Kiefer Sutherland nominated for the "Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series" category. On January 4, 2007, two Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced for 24: Kiefer Sutherland was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and the entire fifth season cast was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
U.S. Television Ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of 24 on FOX.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
| Season |
Timeslot (EDT) |
Season Premiere |
Season Finale |
TV Season |
Rank |
Viewers
(in millions) |
| 1 |
Tuesday 9:00 p.m. |
November 6, 2001 |
May 21, 2002 |
2001-2002 |
#76 |
8.60 |
| 2 |
Tuesday 9:00 p.m. |
October 29, 2002 |
May 20, 2003 |
2002-2003 |
#36 |
11.73 |
| 3 |
Tuesday 9:00 p.m. |
October 28, 2003 |
May 25, 2004 |
2003-2004 |
#42 |
10.30 |
| 4 |
Monday 9:00 p.m. |
January 9, 2005 |
May 23, 2005 |
2004-2005 |
#29 |
11.90 |
| 5 |
Monday 9:00 p.m. |
January 15, 2006 |
May 22, 2006 |
2005-2006 |
#24 (tied) |
13.78 |
| 6 |
Monday 9:00 p.m. |
January 14, 2007 |
May 21, 2007 |
2006-2007 |
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Viewership increased midway through its second season when the mega-hit American Idol became the lead-in into 24 starting in February 2003. For its fourth season, FOX gave the show a vote of confidence by moving 24 out of the post-American Idol time slot (to make room for the eventual hit drama, House) and placed it on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. Eastern (8:00 p.m. Central) while it aired the show in consecutive weeks, beginning in mid-January of 2005. The consecutive-week schedule was also implemented for 2006, beginning in mid-January 2006.
In comparison to its 2005 season, 24 in 2006 was up 16% in overall viewers and 14% in viewers of the advertiser-friendly 18-49 age demographic. Thus, the series has so far reached its ratings peak in 2006.
The sixth season's two-night, four-hour premiere gained its largest audience ever, scoring an average 15.7 million viewers. At one stage, ratings peaked at 16.3 million viewers. The show recently celebrated its huge ratings during the season six premiere of the show in which 33 million people watched the premiere.
While viewership has increased for 24, its audience share (the number of 24 viewers relative to overall TV watching on that night) has fallen steadily since the beginning of the third season. This loss has been attributed to stiff competition from CBS and ABC. FOX was able to regain some audience share in 2005 and 2006 with non-stop seasons.
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