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Jack Bauer....NOOOOOO.
February 15, 2008Well... it's official I guess.
Monday nights officially suck now.
Fox's "24" has been canceled for this year and will resume next January.
I need a Kleenex.
Here's the official word....
NEW YORK (AP) -- One fallout of the Hollywood writers strike is that fans of Fox's drama "24" have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again.The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks and had been planning to start last month. If it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs.
Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would have had to ramp up production soon to complete the season.
So "24" represents this television season's most prominent casualty due to the writers strike.
A January 2009 start seemed the best way to comply with viewers' wishes that a season's episodes run without interruption to conclusion, Fox said on Thursday
Really, the only reason that they're going to wait is because they want to run continuous episodes with the season ending during the May sweeps. It's a ratings ploy.
I'm sad... 'course, I guess I could watch any of the first five seasons on DVD... I don't have the 6th season yet (hint hint....birthday present).
Oh well, I guess I can't use that as an excuse to get out of watching American Idol with my girlfriend now. :-)
Posted by Jason Palmer at 08:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
