24 executive producers Evan Katz and Manny Coto discussed the upcoming season with the press on a conference call this Thursday. Hypable and Business Insider have some of the details.
Hypable has the most detailed writeup:
Just as the political landscape has changed in the four years 24 has been off the air, so has the television viewing landscape, favoring shorter TV seasons.
“People’s viewing habits have changed, Katz said. “Asking people to devote 24 weeks is a bigger ask than it was years ago. This is more inviting. It’s not going to happen all the time. It’s not taking place over a year and it gives the network an opportunity to put more oomph beyond the launch.”
Coto also said that while more seasons are possible, 24: Live Another Day is a complete and self-contained story with an ending that could serve as a series finale if need be. Business Insider has the full quote:
“It’s possible certainly,” said Coto. “Obviously, it will depend on eyeballs that tune in, but one thing to keep in mind is that we all came back to tell this one last story — this one last day of Jack Bauer’s life. If there’s more beyond, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”
At the moment, Coto says there’s nothing planned past the mini-series event, but “24” fans can still hold out hope.
“Nothing is impossible,” added Coto. “We are treating this season as a one-time miniseries event. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The ending could be the end of ’24’ for good if you look at it that way.”
36 Comments
Comments ClosedChlojack
April 26, 2014 at 1:24 pmDoes that quote imply that Jack could be killed at the end of LAD? Not sure they have the guts to do it though.
24fan
April 26, 2014 at 1:39 pmIf they do kill him though, wouldn’t be kinda ironic since it’s LIVE Another Day?
XD
Brad
April 26, 2014 at 1:49 pmPat
April 26, 2014 at 10:33 pm24fan
April 28, 2014 at 10:28 amPat
April 28, 2014 at 11:54 am24 Spoilers
April 26, 2014 at 1:50 pmOne way to interpret that comment would be Jack Bauer being killed off with the possibility of Kate Morgan (Yvonne Strahovski) taking over as the lead.
But I don’t think they have the guts to kill him either, and even if they do, I doubt the network would allow it.
Chlojack
April 26, 2014 at 2:19 pmSnooze
April 26, 2014 at 1:51 pmFanta
April 26, 2014 at 7:44 pmBrad
April 26, 2014 at 1:32 pm24marathonman
April 26, 2014 at 2:07 pmIt will be interesting how many people tune in. Also, how many new viewers tune in who did not follow the classic 24 when it was broadcast. 24 has a lot more fans now than it had 10 years ago due to word of mouth and DVDs and Netflix. Just read the comments on amazon. Lots of people discovered 24 after it ended in May 2010.
Chlojack
April 26, 2014 at 3:19 pmhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2613927/The-clock-ticking-Kiefer-Sutherland-films-minute-scenes-London-24-Live-Another-Day-hits-TV-screens-May.html
24bauerfan
April 26, 2014 at 5:35 pm24 Spoilers
April 26, 2014 at 9:02 pmChlojack
April 26, 2014 at 9:47 pm24bauerfan
April 27, 2014 at 8:13 amGerry Mander
April 26, 2014 at 7:52 pm* Jon Cassar mentioning “closure” when he returned to ’24’ last year.
* Kiefer Sutherland saying “this LAST series” in an interview.
* Manny Coto saying “this one last day of Jack Bauer’s life” in the above mentioned interview.
Sure, they’ve been understandably coy and somewhat cagey about further ’24’ after this upcoming series, but what else could they say? If they just came right out and said “this is the end”, that would automatically set alarm bells ringing as to Jack’s potential ultimate fate, so they’re just saying “could be… maybe… might do…etc” when asked if there will be more ’24’ after this one. If they knock it out of the park with ‘Live Another Day’, it would definitely be a good time to end it, in their time, on their terms, close the book on a high by choice and not have it closed on them by force because of dwindling ratings.
They just better not try and keep ’24’ going with a new lead should this be Jack’s swansong, that would be so misguided and wrongheaded for any number of reasons…
Brad
April 27, 2014 at 3:15 am24 Spoilers
April 27, 2014 at 4:43 amIt doesn’t seem like Chase really connected with the “24” audience though. Sometimes I feel like the only person who liked that character.
Brad
April 27, 2014 at 10:47 amTony would have been a natural choice. He carried a lot of the action in the second half of Day 7 extremely well and he’s a complex character with several interesting parallels to Jack.
Pat
April 27, 2014 at 1:07 pmCould do a whole “in the line of fire” storyline with Aaron as the lead, but only for 12 episodes I’d say. Tony would have been great at one point, but now not so sure, he could still work if say Wilson escapes and he has to go stop him.
Chlojack
April 27, 2014 at 1:14 pm24fan
April 28, 2014 at 2:00 pmBrad
April 29, 2014 at 9:35 amChlojack
April 27, 2014 at 12:29 pmhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2614295/Trafalgar-Square-scene-hustle-BUStle-24-continues-film-central-London.html
24bauerfan
April 29, 2014 at 9:06 amJoshua
April 27, 2014 at 6:10 pmJoshua
April 28, 2014 at 3:52 amGerry Mander
April 28, 2014 at 8:43 pmI’ll be sad when ’24’ does ultimately end and Jack hangs up his man-bag for good, but I’d be sadder if it ended with a whimper not a bang… I want ’24’ to go out akin to ‘Breaking Bad’ and not akin to ‘The X Files’.
I just hope HoGo and Kiefer know when they reach that point…
Catherine
April 28, 2014 at 7:37 amOn the other hand, if the audiences are good and the fans happy, I don’t see Fox refused to make more money. And they know that people watch the show because of Jack Bauer, and not for real format or action… So, I hope what says Coto, which is very ambiguous anyway, is just to push the fans to watch the mini-series.
Catherine
April 28, 2014 at 7:38 amJoshua
April 28, 2014 at 10:42 pmBrad
April 29, 2014 at 2:55 amJoshua
April 29, 2014 at 5:12 amMaggie
July 12, 2014 at 10:21 pm