According to this Hollywood Reporter article, Fox has decided not to air the television show 24 this season, rather than show just seven episodes and perhaps being forced to end it there.
This could change in the unlikely event the strike ends early, but as it now stands - no new airing of the show 24 this season.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Any way to get Jack involved in the negotiations?
“I promise you, your health benefits and internet residuals won’t even begin to cover the damage when I get through with you!”
Chews off ear of lackey, spits it out onto negotiator’s table
“If you don’t come back to the table, millions of people are going to die!”
Kiefer’s jail time for the DUI couldn’t have been more opportune…
Can’t they just dust off the scripts for the previous season, replace a few character names, change the McGuffin from a nuclear weapon/deadly virus/plot to execute the President to a positon weapon/deadly bacteria/plot to execute the Prime Minister? The only problem is the overuse of mountain lions as a deus ex machina; maybe they can replace them with…sea otters. Yeah, sea otters. They’re dangerous buggers.
Alternatively, they could just go to the writers of “MI-5” and have them gin up a season worth of episodes.
Problem solved. Screw the writers. We haven’t needed them since Chinatown anyway.
Stranger
They could have just retooled it as 5, a gripping tale of the worst afternoon of Jack Bauer’s life.
The sad part is, I suspect that would work a lot better than most actual seasons of 24 have. They wouldn’t have time for all the ridiculous subplots and extra layers of Byzantine conspirators, or the seven or eight episodes where they’ve accidentally overshot the end of their plot by resolving the main crisis too soon and have to sort of dither around trying to find some stupid circuit board in order to rescue Audrey, ferchrissakes…
Ahem.
The sad part is, I suspect that would work a lot better than most actual seasons of 24 have. Just five non-stop hours of Jack Bauer racing the clock to stop the release of the genetically-engineered carnivorous hamsters in America’s daycare centers, or whatever the fuck it is.
Perhaps JJ Abrams is in the same boat? Splice the two shows together and call it “The Lost 24 Hours”.
No? Well, I tried.
Where can you get those?
The official reason I read that they decided to postpone the show is the fact that there aren’t enough episodes- “It’s called 24, not 8.”
I think you just uncovered the whole reason for the writers strike! They are trying to give Keifer some time off to do his time.
But … but … what will I tape every week?
“I have to get my kid from school to soccer practice on time or millions of people are going to die!”
C-Span! 
Aren’t these the power source behind the Dope server?
Chloe: Jack, don’t. . . don’t put needles in Patric Verrone’s eyes. Wait for the negotiations. . .
Jack: I have no choice, Chloe. we’re running out of time!
This gives you an idea of what AMPTP’s position is with regards to getting the issues resolved, doesn’t it. On day 2 of the strike, they began systematically suspending production company workers. Now, they’re pulling the plug on shows that COULD have been finished in time if issues were resolved.
Posturing much?
Yeah.
Well, being a producer is all about posturing. Why should it be any different here?
I take it we’re going to have more reality t.v. programming in the near future. I can’t wait until it descends to the level of “Missile Mike”. I have to admit, though, a show consisting entirely of Dick Cheney blasting away at random objects with a shotgun would hold my attention in some perverse, indescribable fashion. And he is going to need a job pretty soon, so…
Stranger
Does anybody (here) have any idea how much money these writers make, and how much more is at stake? Are the writers for “24” typical?
BTW; I almost instinctively side with the strikers in any situation.
Peace,
mangeorge
…with lasers! No wait lasers are for sharks…