24 will return in 2010 for a two-night premiere on Sunday, January 17 at 9/8c and Monday, January 18 at 8/7c before it replaces Lie to Me on Mondays at 9/8c for the rest of its run.
Kiefer Sutherland will return for the 8th season, which he revealed the starting timeline for as beginning very quickly after the end of season 7. However, more recent information has described the timeline as further into the future, making Jack’s granddaughter, Teri, old enough for meaningful dialogue. Cherry Jones, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Annie Wersching are the only main cast members from season 7 who will also be returning as main cast members in season 8. Elisha Cuthbert will once again appear as a “Special Guest Star” and Bob Gunton will be back as Ethan Kanin, but this time as a recurring role and with Kanin as Secretary of State. As for Carlos Bernard’s role as Tony Almeida, the show’s producers have not confirmed, nor denied, the fact that Bernard will appear in season 8. Additional cast members include Anil Kapoor (as a Middle Eastern leader named Omar Hassan), Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein) and John Boyd (The Notorious Bettie Page) who were confirmed on the day production was slated to begin. Westfeldt will play journalist Meredith Reed, while Boyd will play CTU systems analyst Jonah Schwartz.
Set 18 months after season 7, season 8 begins and ends at 4:00 PM, unfolding in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations where CTU has been upgraded and is run by the MBA-schooled Brian Hastings (Mykelti Williamson). Cole Ortiz (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a former Marine who wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s footsteps, runs the division’s Field Operations. Expert data analyst Dana Walsh (Katee Sackhoff) collaborates with systems analyst Arlo Glass inside CTU. Rob Weiss serves as President Alison Taylor’s new chief of staff, and Meredith Reed is an ambitious journalist with ties to the unfolding situation. Jack Bauer is simply a man who wants to move on with his life and be with his daughter and granddaughter, but plans come to a halt when, once again, America needs his help.
Last season was the first time i watched 24. It was like a TV version of SPEED. I will be watching it this time too. Lie to me is a good watch too. I hope it doesn't get replaced by 24.
24?
that season where we find out its his brother who has been going after him and then his father kills his brother to keep the secret and that his newphew is his son and then his father is holding his son as a bargaining chip was too outlandish and i just stopped in the first few espisodes.
so a lot of running around, a lot of kieffer sutherland shouting and shouting, I think I will pass. The show was good at one point in time though.
and oh god, anil kapoor? as if seeing him trying to speak english in who wants to be a millionaire...i mean who vants too be ay Milonaayyr in slumdog was not enough ;)