Counter Terrorist Unit

24
Genre	Serial drama Crime thriller Political thriller Espionage Action thriller
Created by	Joel Surnow Robert Cochran
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland and others
Composer(s)	Sean Callery
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	204 + 24: Redemption (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joel Surnow Robert Cochran Brian Grazer Howard Gordon Evan Katz Kiefer Sutherland Jon Cassar Manny Coto David Fury Brad Turner Brannon Braga Alex Gansa Chip Johannessen Tony Krantz
Location(s)	Los Angeles (seasons 1–8) South Africa (Redemption) Washington, D.C. (season 7) London (Live Another Day)
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	Imagine Television Real Time Productions Teakwood Lane Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	720p/1080i (HDTV)
Original release	Original series: November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06) – May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24) Revival: May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05) – July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
Chronology
Related shows	24: Conspiracy The Rookie 24: Legacy

24 is an American crime thriller television series produced for the Fox network, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and starring Kiefer Sutherland as counter terrorist agent Jack Bauer. Each season, comprising 24 episodes, covers 24 hours in Bauer's life using the real time method of narration. Premiering on November 6, 2001, the show spanned 192 episodes over eight seasons; the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, a television film, 24: Redemption, was broadcast between seasons six and seven, on November 23, 2008. 24 returned as a 12-episode series titled 24: Live Another Day, which aired from May 5 to July 14, 2014.24: Legacy, a spin-off series featuring new characters, premiered on February 5, 2017, after Super Bowl LI.

The series begins with Bauer working for the Los Angeles–based Counter Terrorist Unit, in which he is a highly proficient agent with an "ends justify the means" approach, regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions. Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller. A typical plot has Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, weapons of mass destruction detonations, bioterrorism, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies that deal with government and corporate corruption.

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