# David E Kelley to produce "24"?! This HAS to be false! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178 "2003-06-11T19:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/1 "2003-06-11T19:40:25Z")
Assuming this article is true (which it just _can’t_ be), it has spoilers for Season 3- no spoilers boxes here. > **[TV Shows](https://www.liveabout.com/tv-shows-4688226)** > > In this Golden Age of TV, it seems there are endless shows to choose from. Read reviews and top selections from every genre to help you decide what to binge on next. > [@](#): > > Kelley is removing cast members Sarah Wynter (“Kate”), Reiko Aylesworth (“Michelle”), Carlos Bernard (“Tony Almeida”), and Dennis Haysbert (“Pres. David Palmer”). > [@](#): > > A new agent for CTU will be Kim Bauer Those are the _least_ bizarre details in the article. OK, there is no way on the face of the earth that any of this could be remotely true, right? Why is James Manning writing this? Who is he? Is he stupid? Is he desperately misinformed? Is he bent on giving me a goddamn heart attack? I don’t see “April 1” anywhere on there (or any date, for that matter). To be sure, a news.google search for “david e kelly sutherland” yielded nothing, so it’s even less true than not true in the least. It’s negative true. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/2 "2003-06-11T20:06:37Z")
I’m not buying it. According to Kristen over at E! Online: > **[Breaking Celebrity News, Entertainment News and Celeb Gossip - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news)** > > Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood's hottest stars! well, I don’t want to spoil anything. But the cast list she reports isn’t the same as the one in that news article. Check it out for yourself if you want. Column is dated June 6. Sure, it’s not proof. But that article caused my Bullshit Detector to explode. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/3 "2003-06-11T20:10:23Z")
This is a joke. All of these details are digs at Kelley’s other shows. No worries, man. Don’t tell me, I’ve been meta-whooshed by **T McC**. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/4 "2003-06-11T20:21:09Z")
Well, after reading the article (and changing my underwear), I realized that this really can’t possibly be true, especially the mentions of Houston and Leigh (much as I love her). I just need proof. If someone said you dog was hit by a car (!), kidnapped (!!), and beamed aboard a spaceship (?!), taught English and Spanish (?) and given a car, to return shortly ( :rolleyes: ), you’d want to make sure Poochy was alright, just the same. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/5 "2003-06-11T20:22:41Z")
lol yep it’s a joke. > [@](#): > > _from “jimmie” on the [About.com](http://About.com) messageboard_ > I’m glad you enjoyed it. I started to put Cheyler Leigh in place of Lara Flynn Boyle, but then I decided that would be too real. DEK really uses her for just about all of his shows. > > I also cut a paragraph announcing special guest stars including Whitney Houston as Sherry’s sister, pop singer Shante, and Andie Macdowell as a crazed woman who is watching the trial on court television and has to be detained by Kim. > > Maybe I’ll edit it later to include that stuff. The [About.com](http://About.com) guide loved it and asked if she could post it on the site. He asked her to wait so he could make it more ridiculous so noone would think it was real. 😃 [http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-tvschedules&msg=2508.1&maxT=1](http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-tvschedules&msg=2508.1&maxT=1) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/6 "2003-06-11T20:33:30Z")
Haw, haw, **Troy**. This bit didn’t tip you off? > [@](#): > > “Plus, I think it’s time to bring in some old favorite characters,” he added. “The audience loves it when other characters show up, so I think a surprise visit from Ally McBeal or Danny Hanson would liven things up.” I’d love to see Ally McBeal on _24_. A Bad Guy could grab her to use as a human shield, and then Jack could just fan an Uzi at them both-- relying on the statistical improbability of hitting such a scrawny innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/7 "2003-06-11T22:10:23Z")
You know, thinking about this, not only would Kelley’s changes make the program better, but they would make it more realistic than last season. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/8 "2003-06-11T22:17:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase \* > **not only would Kelley’s changes make the program better** Infidel! ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/9 "2003-06-11T22:20:02Z")
I’m all for removing Kate, though. If Kim becomes a CTU agent, then the terro… you know. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-e-kelley-to-produce-24-this-has-to-be-false/181178/10 "2003-06-12T08:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Peg \* > \*\*If Kim becomes a CTU agent, then the terro… you know. \*\* In _24_’s case, literally!