Fox announced that the eighth season would be the final season of 24, with the series finale airing May 24, 2010. Season seven premiered on January 11, 2009, with a four-hour premiere over two consecutive nights. Fox aired a two-hour "prequel" film, 24: Redemption, on November 23, 2008, that bridges the gap between seasons six and seven. Season seven was due to premiere on January 13, 2008, but was delayed an entire year due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. Beginning with the fourth season, Fox scheduled 24 to premiere midseason in January with a two-night four-hour premiere, with new episodes airing every week until a two-hour finale in May. The first three seasons aired over a complete television season between October and May, taking hiatuses between blocks of episodes. The ninth season Live Another Day takes place in London. The seventh shifts locations to Washington, D.C., and the eighth season is set in New York City. The television film Redemption is primarily set in the fictional African country, Sangala. The first six seasons of the show are set in Los Angeles and nearby locations – both real and fictional – in California, although other locations have been featured. The series is presented in real time format each one-hour episode depicts one hour's worth of events, and each season is a 24-hour period in the life of protagonist Jack Bauer (played by Kiefer Sutherland), a CTU agent. government's "Counter Terrorist Unit" (CTU).
24 centers on the (fictitious) Los Angeles branch of the U.S.
The television series, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, first aired on Fox on November 6, 2001.Ģ4 is an American dramatic action/ thriller television series co-created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran.