So with only 8 episodes filmed and the strike well underway. Do you think they'll postpone season 7 until January 09?

Only 8 episodes and Kiefer is in jail? It will definitely be postponed.

Hopefully he doesn't have to serve the entire sentence. Good behavior is key.

I thought I read somewhere that because he requested to be in a less-crowded jail, he has to serve the full 48 days.

But, it would be pretty cool if he served 24 days.

Here is the plan for 24 it looks like
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television ... turn_N.htm
They are going to shoot the rest of the 16 episodes and hold it till 2009. That sucks though because the whole plot will be on the internet by then. I don't know why they don't just start showing it in April and run it through the summer but maybe they are afraid of losing advertising dollars.

Here is the plan for 24 it looks like
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television ... turn_N.htm
They are going to shoot the rest of the 16 episodes and hold it till 2009. That sucks though because the whole plot will be on the internet by then. I don't know why they don't just start showing it in April and run it through the summer but maybe they are afraid of losing advertising dollars.

24" co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow is leaving the Emmy-winning Fox drama.

Surnow's departure is effective immediately. He served as an executive producer on the first eight episodes of the real-time thriller's seventh season that were produced before and into the strike but will not be creatively involved in the remaining 16 episodes, slated to begin filming shortly.

Surnow's overall deal with "24" producer 20th Century Fox TV was up April 30. This week, the writer-producer asked the studio to release him early, and it agreed.

Instead of signing a show deal to continue providing services on "24," Surnow decided to go for "a clean break" and leave altogether to focus on new projects. ("24" co-creator/executive producer Robert Cochran's overall pact with 20th TV also expired last year, but he continues to work on the series.)

Why not premiere it in August after the Olympics? January 2009 is too far away. Interest in the show is definitely dying.

Not really. I think we're going to be waiting either way. If we see the new season in August, we'll have to wait over a year till Season 8.

Joel Surnow leaves 24.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 8405f15583

The producers of the Emmy-winning series are developing a two-hour "prequel" to the upcoming seventh season.

The movie, designed to bridge the two-year gap between Seasons 6 and 7, is targeted to air in the fall, leading to the January return of the real-time drama. On Wednesday, "24" producers began securing the show's core cast members for the film.

"24" was one of the biggest casualties of the writers strike. Three days into the work stoppage, Fox decided against airing a partial season of the serialized drama with the eight episodes produced before and during the first weeks of the strike.


Each season of "24" is a closed arc that takes place in real time over a 24-hour period. The upcoming seventh season is set in Washington and features the first female U.S. president, played by Cherry Jones.

At the end of the writers strike, there were rumblings about a possible split of the seventh season into two parts to air in the fall and in midseason. But Fox was quick to put those rumors to rest, reiterating that the show's scheduling pattern will remain intact with a January launch.

The "24" writing team is back at work, with filming on the remaining episodes of the seventh season slated to begin in April. Missing from the writers room is the series co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow, who left at the end of the strike. Since the fifth season, "24" has been run by exec producer Howard Gordon.

so many questions...

will it be real-time
is Tony part of it
will it use the discared Africa plotline