24 Season Premiere

The eighth season of the FOX action-drama 24 premiered beginning on January 17, 2010. Kiefer Sutherland returns as Jack Bauer, along with Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor. The 24 season premiere was a four-hour special spread out over two nights - part two of the premiere will air on Monday, January 18, 2010.http://www.fox.com/24/

Season eight of 24 picks up several months after the events of season seven. Part one takes place between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Jack Bauer is contemplating a move from New York to Los Angeles to be closer to his daughter and her family, including his young granddaughter. A wounded informant finds Bauer as he's preparing to leave for L.A. and tells him an assassination attempt will be made against the president of Kamistan, Omar Hassan. Bauer is drawn back in to CTU in efforts to foil the plot and save Hassan's life.http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/17/24-season-8-episode-1-day-8-400-pm-500-pm-and-episode-2-500-pm-600-pm-tv-recap/

In early 2010, Kiefer Sutherland and 24 executive producer Howard Gordon have indicated they'd like the show to continue as long as possible. While Sutherland said in January 2010 he was focusing first on finishing up season eight, Gordon said the final decision from season to season was always up to FOX.http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/01/11/sutherland-and-gordon-are-open-to-more-24-tca-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Ftvsquad+(TV+Squad) Within a matter of weeks, FOX announced it might cancel 24 leaving the show up for purchase by another network, possibly NBC.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-talk-small-talk-0318-20100317-18,0,6041743.story

On March 26, 2010, FOX announced it was canceling 24, making season eight its last.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/03/clock-stops-ticking-for-foxs-24.html