One of the most unfortunate victims of the writers strike was Fox's "24," which had to cancel its entire season in order to stay true to its hour-by-hour format. It's true that season 6 was disappointing, but I greet every new season of "24" the way you Cubs fans greet each new baseball season - full of hope and optimism.
And season 7 looked promising, with Cherry Jones (a strong character actress, I first think of her as the sheriff in "Signs" who kept calling Mel Gibson "Father" even after he asked her not to) as the president of the United States (at least it can happen on TV!).
Well Fox has announced it will have a two-hour prequel episode on Sunday, Nov. 23, to bring us up to date on what Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) has been up to, and make all us diehard fans start speculating on how this could be the best year ever!
Will you watch, or has the strike left you realizing you don't need "24"?
But wait, there's more!
Fox reports the series has resumed production on "Day 7" and will unfold without interruption Mondays beginning in Jan. 2009.
CTU is no more in Season 7, and Jack is on trial.
Some more exciting tidbits are fan fave Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard) is back, as are Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and Bill Buchanan (James Morrison). Also, Janeane Garofalo joins the cast as an FBI agent.
I'm in! This could be the best year yet!
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