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Revisit them. theres no better hook. im going to watch a little bit more. >> 24 was set to debut in november of 2001. the pilot climaxes with an assassin blowing up a passenger jet in mid-air. >> fox orders this. fox schedules it. 9/11 happens. suddenly this show which seemed like this goofy thing, kifa sutherland chasing after terrorists becomes the timely show on television because that is all anyone in america could talk about after september 11. >> the name for the series comes from the idea...

15.5 million viewers each week and spawned countless web locations where millions of avid fans can obsess. >> the fan base is saying, when are you going to answer these mysteries? personally i started feeling hamstrung story-wise almost instantly, because we had to do 25 hours of "lost" in the first season. so we started communicating to abc, were going to run out of flashback stories. >> call it, jack. >> you call it. >> and abc was adamant in saying, no, like the show is a hit show, people lov...

Them. but theres almost no better hook. its like a book you cant turn down, you go, im going to watch a little bit more. >> "24" was set to debut in november of 2001. the pilot climaxes with an assassin blowing up a passenger jet in midair. fox orders this. fox schedules it. 9/11 happens. suddenly the show which seemed like this goofy thing about keifer sutherland chasing after middle eastern terrorists becomes the most timely show on television because that is all that anyone in america can tal...

Middle eastern extremist terrorists becomes the most timely show on television, because thats all that anyone in america can talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a season. each episode is one hour in a day, and jack bauer just has the worst days. >> were running out of time! pull the trigger. >> please dont make me do this. >> i know how hard this is for you, but if you care about me at all, youll pull the trigger. >> sorry, i ca...

>> you start off this is a survival drama. here are these people, this plane has crashed. how are they going to get by. how are they going to find food, et cetera. >> we hunt. >> and on top of that, there is this whole mystery where are we, why cant we get a rescue signal? why is there a polar bear? what is going on here? >> the show averages more than 15.5 million viewers each week and spawned countless web locations where millions of avid fans can obsess. >> the fan base is saysing when are yo...

That anyone in america can talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a season. each episode is one hour in a day. and jack bauer just has the worst days. >> we are running out of time. pull the trigger. >> please dont make me do this. >> i know how hard this is for you but if you care about me at all, youll pull the trigger. >> im sorry, i cant. >> pull the trigger, damn you! >> the commercial breaks in that show were almost welcome s...

>> we hunt. >> and on top of that, theres this whole mystery, where are we, why cant we get a rescue signal, why is there a polar bear, what is going on here? >> the show averages more than 15.5 million viewers each week and spawned countless web locations where millions of avid fans can obsess. >> the fan base is saying, when are you going to answer these mysteries? personally i started feeling hamstrung story-wise almost instantly, because we had to do 25 hours of "lost" in the first season. s...

The pilot climaxes with an assassin blowing up a passenger jet in midair. fox orders this. fox schedules it. 9/11 happens. suddenly the show which seemed like this goofy thing about keifer sutherland chasing after middle eastern extremists terrorists becomes the most timely show on television because that is all that anyone in america can talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a season. each episode is one hour in a day. and jack b...

Season. so we started communicating to abc, were going to run out of flashback stories. >> call it, jack. >> you call it. >> and abc was adamant in saying, no, like the show is a hit show, people love the flashbacks, dont worry, you guys are great at it, just keep it up. >> you okay, freckles? >> at the beginning of the third season of the show, we had our characters locked in cages. and i think looking back on it now, damon and i are like, i think thats metaphorically how we felt, we felt we we...

Season. so we started communicating to abc, were going to run out of flashback stories. >> call it, jack. >> you call it. >> and abc was adamant in saying, no, like the show is a hit show, people love the flashbacks, dont worry, you guys are great at it, just keep it up. >> you okay, freckles? >> at the beginning of the third season of the show, we had our characters locked in cages. and i think looking back on it now, damon and i are like, thats metaphorically how we felt, we felt we were locke...