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>> "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 talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a season. each episo...

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 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 y...

>> you start off, you think, this is just a survival drama. heres these people, the plane is crashed, how are they going to get by, how are they going to find food, et cetera? >> 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, ...

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 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 ...

Need to give me the resource in order to do it and i want to shoot it as a movie, and then we have to keep that bar up. >> you start off, you think, this is just a survival drama. heres these people, the plane is crashed, how are they going to get by, how are they going to find food, et cetera? >> 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 v...

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 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 a...

>> "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 talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a season. each episo...

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 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 character...

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 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 talk about after september 11th. >> the name for the series comes from the idea that its 24 episodes in a...

Back at the top of the standings belgiums greg than i ever met kept hold of the leaders yellow jersey. this one hundred eighty one kilometer joins from breast free the countryside really sprang to life in the closing stages with the peloton splits off to somalia breakaways new zealand is jack bauer made his victory but like those before him his lead was eaten up by the main pack containing yellow jersey man greg fan adam out this was a bad day for the other title contenders. on the twenty seven....