24 2001
“A lot can happen in a day.”
★ 7.8/10 · 1,814 votes TV-14 Action & AdventureDramaCrime 9 seasons · 204 eps Ended
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What is 24?
The television series 24 is a real-time thriller that premiered on November 6, 2001. Created by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, the show was a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2001
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 204
- Runtime
- 45 minutes
- First aired
- Nov 6, 2001
- Last aired
- Jul 14, 2014
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- FOX
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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Overview
The television series 24 is a real-time thriller that premiered on November 6, 2001. Created by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, the show was a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. The series follows counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer as he races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and protect his nation from disaster. A unique feature of the program is its real-time format, where each season covers a single day in the life of Bauer, with each of the 24 episodes representing one hour of that day. The series spanned 204 episodes over nine seasons, concluding with a finale broadcast on July 14, 2014. Additionally, the television film 24: Redemption aired on November 23, 2008, between the sixth and seventh seasons. The cast features Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, along with Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, and Dennis Haysbert. The show is recognized for its intense, hour-by-hour narrative structure that depicts the challenges faced by its protagonist while fighting various threats.
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Should you watch it?
“Jack Bauer races against time to stop terror threats in real-time.”
Reasons to watch
- Innovative real-time storytelling format
- Strong central performance by Kiefer Sutherland
- High-stakes serialized plotlines
Keep in mind
- Can be emotionally intense
- Long runtime may deter some viewers
You enjoy high-tension procedural dramas with strong central characters.
Contains violence and mature themes typical of adult-oriented thrillers.
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Cast
Kiefer Sutherland
Jack Bauer
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Chloe O'Brian
Carlos Bernard
Tony Almeida
Dennis Haysbert
David Palmer
Elisha Cuthbert
Kim Bauer
Sarah Clarke
Nina Myers
Kim Raver
Audrey Raines
James Morrison
Bill Buchanan
Reiko Aylesworth
Michelle Dessler
Jude Ciccolella
Mike Novick
Glenn Morshower
Aaron Pierce
D. B. Woodside
Wayne Palmer
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Season 1 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Mytharc Nov 6, 2001
- E2 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Core Nov 13, 2001
- E3 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Core Nov 20, 2001
- E4 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Core Nov 27, 2001
- E5 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Core Dec 11, 2001
- E6 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Core Dec 18, 2001
- E7 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Core Jan 8, 2002
- E8 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Core Jan 15, 2002
- E9 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Mytharc Jan 22, 2002
- E10 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Core Feb 5, 2002
- E11 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Core Feb 12, 2002
- E12 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Mytharc Feb 19, 2002
- E13 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Core Feb 26, 2002
- E14 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Core Mar 5, 2002
- E15 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Core Mar 12, 2002
- E16 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Core Mar 19, 2002
- E17 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Core Mar 26, 2002
- E18 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Core Apr 2, 2002
- E19 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Core Apr 9, 2002
- E20 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Core Apr 16, 2002
- E21 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Core Apr 23, 2002
- E22 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Core May 7, 2002
- E23 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. Mytharc May 14, 2002
- E24 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. Mytharc May 21, 2002
Season 2 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Day 2: 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Mytharc Oct 29, 2002
- E2 Day 2: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Core Nov 5, 2002
- E3 Day 2: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Core Nov 12, 2002
- E4 Day 2: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Core Nov 19, 2002
- E5 Day 2: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Core Nov 26, 2002
- E6 Day 2: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Mytharc Dec 3, 2002
- E7 Day 2: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Core Dec 10, 2002
- E8 Day 2: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Core Dec 17, 2002
- E9 Day 2: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Core Jan 7, 2003
- E10 Day 2: 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Core Jan 14, 2003
- E11 Day 2: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Core Feb 4, 2003
- E12 Day 2: 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Core Feb 11, 2003
- E13 Day 2: 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Core Feb 18, 2003
- E14 Day 2: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Core Feb 25, 2003
- E15 Day 2: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. Core Mar 4, 2003
- E16 Day 2: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. Core Mar 25, 2003
- E17 Day 2: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Core Apr 1, 2003
- E18 Day 2: 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Core Apr 8, 2003
- E19 Day 2: 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Core Apr 15, 2003
- E20 Day 2: 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Mytharc Apr 22, 2003
- E21 Day 2: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Core Apr 29, 2003
- E22 Day 2: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Mytharc May 6, 2003
- E23 Day 2: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Mytharc May 13, 2003
- E24 Day 2: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Mytharc May 20, 2003
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Day 3: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Mytharc Oct 28, 2003
- E2 Day 3: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Core Nov 4, 2003
- E3 Day 3: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Core Nov 11, 2003
- E4 Day 3: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Core Nov 18, 2003
- E5 Day 3: 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Core Nov 25, 2003
- E6 Day 3: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Core Dec 2, 2003
- E7 Day 3: 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Core Dec 9, 2003
- E8 Day 3: 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Core Dec 16, 2003
- E9 Day 3: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Mytharc Jan 6, 2004
- E10 Day 3: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. Core Jan 13, 2004
- E11 Day 3: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. Core Jan 27, 2004
- E12 Day 3: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Core Feb 3, 2004
- E13 Day 3: 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Core Feb 10, 2004
- E14 Day 3: 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Core Feb 17, 2004
- E15 Day 3: 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Core Feb 24, 2004
- E16 Day 3: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Core Mar 30, 2004
- E17 Day 3: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Core Apr 6, 2004
- E18 Day 3: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Core Apr 18, 2004
- E19 Day 3: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Core Apr 20, 2004
- E20 Day 3: 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Core Apr 27, 2004
- E21 Day 3: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Core May 4, 2004
- E22 Day 3: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Core May 11, 2004
- E23 Day 3: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Mytharc May 18, 2004
- E24 Day 3: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Mytharc May 25, 2004
Season 4 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Day 4: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Mytharc Jan 9, 2005
- E2 Day 4: 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Core Jan 9, 2005
- E3 Day 4: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Core Jan 10, 2005
- E4 Day 4: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Core Jan 10, 2005
- E5 Day 4: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Core Jan 17, 2005
- E6 Day 4: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Mytharc Jan 24, 2005
- E7 Day 4: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Core Jan 31, 2005
- E8 Day 4: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Core Feb 7, 2005
- E9 Day 4: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Core Feb 14, 2005
- E10 Day 4: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Core Feb 21, 2005
- E11 Day 4: 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Core Feb 28, 2005
- E12 Day 4: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Core Mar 7, 2005
- E13 Day 4: 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Core Mar 14, 2005
- E14 Day 4: 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Core Mar 21, 2005
- E15 Day 4: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Core Mar 28, 2005
- E16 Day 4: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. Core Apr 4, 2005
- E17 Day 4: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. Core Apr 11, 2005
- E18 Day 4: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Core Apr 18, 2005
- E19 Day 4: 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Mytharc Apr 25, 2005
- E20 Day 4: 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Core May 2, 2005
- E21 Day 4: 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Core May 9, 2005
- E22 Day 4: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Core May 16, 2005
- E23 Day 4: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Mytharc May 23, 2005
- E24 Day 4: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Mytharc May 23, 2005
Season 5 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Day 5: 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Mytharc Jan 15, 2006
- E2 Day 5: 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Mytharc Jan 15, 2006
- E3 Day 5: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Core Jan 16, 2006
- E4 Day 5: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Core Jan 16, 2006
- E5 Day 5: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Core Jan 23, 2006
- E6 Day 5: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Core Jan 30, 2006
- E7 Day 5: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Core Feb 6, 2006
- E8 Day 5: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Core Feb 13, 2006
- E9 Day 5: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Core Feb 20, 2006
- E10 Day 5: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Core Feb 27, 2006
- E11 Day 5: 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Core Mar 6, 2006
- E12 Day 5: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Core Mar 6, 2006
- E13 Day 5: 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Core Mar 13, 2006
- E14 Day 5: 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Core Mar 20, 2006
- E15 Day 5: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Core Mar 27, 2006
- E16 Day 5: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. Core Apr 3, 2006
- E17 Day 5: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. Mytharc Apr 10, 2006
- E18 Day 5: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Core Apr 17, 2006
- E19 Day 5: 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Core Apr 24, 2006
- E20 Day 5: 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Core May 1, 2006
- E21 Day 5: 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Core May 8, 2006
- E22 Day 5: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Core May 15, 2006
- E23 Day 5: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Mytharc May 22, 2006
- E24 Day 5: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Mytharc May 22, 2006
Verified insights
Frequently asked questions
Is each episode one hour long?
Yes, each episode covers one hour in real time.
How many seasons does the show have?
The series spans multiple seasons with a total of 204 episodes.
Does the show follow a continuous timeline?
Each season unfolds over the course of a single day.
Who created the series?
It was created by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow.
Where can I watch the series now?
The series is available for streaming on Disney+.
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