
Scripted series · FOX
24
A lot can happen in a day.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How 24 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
24 reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 204 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200417 episodes
24 Specials
Best episode · S00E01 Prequel to Season 4

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200124 episodes
8.1IMDbCounter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer attempts to stop the assassination of United States Senator David Palmer on the day of the California presidential primary, while those spearheading the assassination plot stop at nothing to exact revenge on Bauer and Palmer.
Best episode · S01E12 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200224 episodes
8.3IMDbThe second season is set 18 months after season one. The season's main plot follows the work of now-U.S. President David Palmer and agent Jack Bauer to stop terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Introduced into the situation is Kate Warner, a woman who ends up getting vital information related to CTU's mission.
Best episode · S02E24 Day 2: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M.

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200324 episodes
8.0IMDbThe third season is set 3 years after season two. It takes place primarily in Los Angeles but also in northern Mexico when Jack Bauer meets a family of drug dealers. Throughout the day, Jack Bauer and President David Palmer attempt to stop the release of a deadly virus by Stephen Saunders – a former government agent.
Best episode · S03E24 Day 3: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M.

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200524 episodes
8.4IMDbThe fourth season is set 18 months after season three. Jack is now working for Secretary of Defense James Heller after being fired by CTU due to his heroin addiction. As the day begins, he gets caught up in an elaborate terrorist plot which involves James Heller and his daughter Audrey Raines.
Best episode · S04E24 Day 4: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200624 episodes
8.6IMDbThe fifth season is set 18 months after season four. Former Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer begins the season, working as a day-to-day laborer at an oil refinery under the alias "Frank Flynn" in Mojave, California. On a monumental day in Charles Logan's presidency, an anti-terrorism treaty with Russian President Yuri Suvarov is about to be signed when events take a tragic turn.
Best episode · S05E12 Day 5: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200724 episodes
8.0IMDbThe sixth season is set 20 months after season five. Over the last 11 weeks before Day 6, the United States has been targeted coast-to-coast in a series of suicide bombings. A man named Abu Fayed agrees to give the U.S. the location of Hamri Al-Assad, the supposed terrorist mastermind of these attacks, in exchange for former CTU Agent Jack Bauer with whom he has a personal grudge.
Best episode · S06E17 Day 6: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.

Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
200924 episodes
8.0IMDbThe seventh season takes place 46 months after season six and two months after 24: Redemption. Jack Bauer is on trial for alleged crimes he committed while working for CTU. Senator Blaine Mayer has disbanded CTU and strengthened the policies of Allison Taylor's administration against torture. Bauer is brought into another counter-terrorist operation when FBI agent Renee Walker interrupts the hearing to tell him about an imminent threat.
Best episode · S07E03 Day 7: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.

Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201024 episodes
7.7IMDbSet 18 months after season 7, the story arc involves Jack Bauer contending with assassination threats made during a peace conference between President of the United States Allison Taylor and President Omar Hassan of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK). The season is set in New York City, with CTU's New York City Office having been re-activated,
Best episode · S08E24 Day 8: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M.

Season 9 · Complete
Live Another Day
201412 episodes
8.3IMDbFour years after the events of Day 8, Jack Bauer remains a federal fugitive. Meanwhile, amid growing concerns over the use of US military drones in combat, President James Heller pays a historic visit to London to negotiate a treaty to continue their basing on British soil. Having heard rumors of an imminent attack against Heller, Bauer resurfaces in the city, where he is apprehended by the CIA and forcibly recruited into joining their investigation, with the promise of amnesty in return for his co-operation. As forces within the White House conspire against him, Bauer realizes that the complexity of the plot extends beyond a presidential assassination, and that the consequences of a successful attack will alter the course of history. With the help of a disgraced CIA agent and a hacker collective preaching free information, he must confront an unseen enemy whose personal vendetta threatens to push the world to the brink of war.
Best episode · S09E12 Day 9: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 A.M.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S05E12
Day 5: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Jack takes Henderson to CTU for questioning. Once there, he faces an unhappy reunion with his daughter, Kim. Mike appeals to Martha for help as Logan faces pressure from his Vice-President to declare martial law on L.A. Lynn connects the theft of his keycard to an impending strike on CTU, but his warning comes too late to stop a terrorist from infiltrating the building.
- Directed by Jon Cassar
- Written by Matt Michnovetz, Duppy Demetrius

S05E24
Day 5: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.
Jack takes his fight directly to the President as he attempts to force a confession from him that will prove his involvement in the day's events. Martha vents her hatred for her husband in front of the press as Logan gives a eulogy over Palmer's body. Jack and Audrey share a tender moment when it seems the crisis has subsided, but Jack finds that his problems have only begun as his past catches up with him.
- Directed by Jon Cassar
- Written by Robert Cochran

S04E24
Day 4: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.
As the missile speeds toward its destination, Mandy cuts a deal with Jack and the President to give up Marwan's location in exchange for a full pardon on all of her crimes. Tony and Michelle share a happy reunion, but Jack finds his relationship with Audrey shattered as she makes her feelings known. Logan's advisor suggests a drastic course of action when the Chinese government demands that Jack be handed over to them for trial. Palmer tries desperately to warn Jack of the danger against him. Jack's life changes forever as Tony, Michelle and Chloe help him to evade the trap set for him by Secret Service.
- Directed by Jon Cassar
- Written by Howard Gordon, Robert Cochran

S04E23
Day 4: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M.
Mandy uses Tony as leverage to try to force Michelle to aid in her escape. A Chinese security operative captures and interrogates one of the CTU agents involved in the raid on the embassy. Palmer and Logan argue over the option of evacuating all major cities that may be targets for the missile.
- Directed by Jon Cassar
- Written by Sam Montgomery

S04E20
Day 4: 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M.
After Logan authorizes Palmer to take charge of the crisis, Palmer sanctions Jack and Curtis to infiltrate the Chinese Embassy on a covert operation to capture a suspect. Tony and Michelle continue to bump into each other's personal lives, while Buchanan expresses anger at being kept out of the mission. Jack faces Audrey's wrath when a medical dilemma places Paul's life in jeopardy.
- Directed by Bryan Spicer
- Written by Peter M. Lenkov

S02E24
Day 2: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M.
Jack and Sherry Palmer prepare for a dangerous meeting with the head of the war conspiracy at the L.A. Coliseum; David Palmer sits in as the Cabinet waits for confirmation of the Cypress Chip's invalidity; the air strike on the Middle East draws nearer; the conspiracy goes to an old agent to put Palmer out of play.
- Directed by Jon Cassar
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Joel Surnow
Creator

Robert Cochran
Showrunner

David Fury
Executive producer

Brannon Braga
Executive producer

Brian Grazer
Executive producer

Brad Turner
Executive producer
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Chip Johannessen
Executive producer

Kiefer Sutherland
Executive producer

Manny Coto
Executive producer
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Howard Gordon
Executive producer
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Alex Gansa
Executive producer

Jon Cassar
Executive producer

Evan Katz
Executive producer

Tony Krantz
Executive producer
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Andrea Newman
Writer

Patrick Somerville
Writer
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Michael Loceff
Writer

Lawrence Hertzog
Writer

Remi Aubuchon
Writer

Gil Grant
Writer
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Sang Kyu Kim
Writer
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Geoff Aull
Writer

Juan Carlos Coto
Writer
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Elizabeth M. Cosin
Writer

Craig W. Van Sickle
Writer

Tony Basgallop
Writer

Peter M. Lenkov
Writer
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Neil Cohen
Writer

Maurice Hurley
Writer
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Nicole Ranadive
Writer
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Matt Michnovetz
Writer

Anne Cofell Saunders
Writer

Virgil Williams
Writer
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Michael S. Chernuchin
Writer
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David Ehrman
Writer
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Stephen Kronish
Writer

Shauna McGarry
Writer
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Duppy Demetrius
Writer
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Patrick Harbinson
Writer

Steven Mitchell
Writer
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Adam Fierro
Writer
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Steven Long Mitchell
Writer
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Sam Montgomery
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- David FuryExecutive Producer
- Brannon BragaExecutive Producer
- Michael LoceffProducer
- Brian GrazerExecutive Producer
- Brad TurnerExecutive Producer
- Brad TurnerProducer
Writing
- Andrea NewmanWriter
- David FuryWriter
- Brannon BragaWriter
- Patrick SomervilleWriter
- Michael LoceffWriter
- Lawrence HertzogWriter
Direction
- Davis GuggenheimDirector
- Dwight H. LittleDirector
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Brad TurnerDirector
- Stephen HopkinsDirector
- Rodney ChartersDirector
Cinematography
- Rodney ChartersDirector of Photography
- Jeffrey C. MygattDirector of Photography
Music
- Sean CalleryOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Writers Guild of America Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series2007
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