They Play Spies on 24, but Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke Couldn’t Keep Their Romance Top Secret Playing secret agents on 24, FOX’s real-time spy series, Sarah Clarke and Xander Berkeley have gotten pretty good at keeping secrets themselves. After all, says Berkeley, “we’re in a counterterrorism unit. We learned how to do things on…
After a two-week-long American Idol-induced hiatus, 24 ticks off this evening with the first of five original episodes. When we last clocked in with Fox’s serial thriller, bomb sniffer Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) was closing in on terrorist mastermind Syed Ali (Francesco Quinn), President Palmer’s estranged wife Sherry (Penny Johnson Jerald) was revealed to be the…
Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed by TV Guide Magazine’s Shawna Malcom for their January 4-10 issue. Thanks to Kiefer-Rocks for the scans.
RADNOR, Pa. (AP) – Kiefer Sutherland’s career has been reinvigorated by the Fox show 24 and he knows it. “Right now, my life revolves around this show,” Sutherland told U.S. TV Guide for its Jan. 4 issue. “When something like 24 happens, you bow your head and say thank you.” Sutherland, who received an Emmy…
What was it that first attracted you to the role of George Mason in 24? I have to confess to pure ignorance on my part on what I was getting myself into. But that’s how things work out sometimes. There was a writers strike and it looked like production on a lot of movies would…
The countdown is over for the return of “24.” Now, ‘Extra’ goes snooping for secrets from tonight’s premiere. “Extra” buckled-in on the classified set to see what season two secrets we could uncover. The race against time is on again! Kiefer Sutherland and the cast of “24” are back for another heart-stopping season of beat-the-clock…
Q: 24, considered the hottest show on TV… There’s a lot of anticipation for the premiere. You guys are taking a chance, since your premiere is going to be commercial-free. SUTHERLAND: Actually Ford’s taking a big chance. They’re paying for it. Q: How do you feel about the premiere being commercial-free? SUTHERLAND: We’re excited about…
Penny Johnson Jerald was in church recently when a fellow parishioner approached her. He had just seen FX’s all-day marathon of the first season of “24” (the second season begins Tuesday, Oct. 29 on FOX), in which Jerald plays Sherry Palmer, the wife of presidential hopeful Sen. David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert). “He told me, ‘I…
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — The real-time Fox thriller “24” is getting a second life on DVD — and so is the TV show’s co-star, Leslie Hope. Hope’s character, the wife of star Kiefer Sutherland’s embattled counterterrorism agent, was killed off in the final moments of the season finale. The DVD release includes an alternate…
Jim Sangster, author of 24: The Unofficial Guide, joined us on Sunday 4 August 2002 to answer a selection of your questions. Find out what Jim had to say about his book, what he’s discovered about the making of 24, and which character he’d get along with most… Why did you choose to write a…
PASADENA, Calif. — The clock is ticking on the next 24, and fans want to know: Can Fox pull it off again? Yes, say stars of the thriller that dramatized a day in the life of CIA counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer in 24 episodes, each representing an hour of one day. Listen to the rave…
Stars of the cult drama series 24 have attacked media executives such as Rupert Murdoch for perpetuating stereotypes about women and ethnic minorities. Leslie Hope, who plays the wife of the lead character in 24, made for the Murdoch-owned Fox network in the US and shown in Britain on BBC2, said she feared the second…
The real-time thrills of Fox’s “24” race by at a heart-stopping pace. To make every second count, no detail is overlooked, especially the sound. From frantic footfalls to a hail of bullets, “24” director and co-executive producer Stephen Hopkins believes sound design is critical to capturing the mood and building white-knuckle suspense. He says, “I’ve…
Devoted fans of Fox’s turbo-charged spy drama “24” weren’t the only ones who had to pluck their jaws from the floor when Teri Bauer (Leslie Hope) was killed in the show’s final episode. (Yes, Bauer really is dead.) Elisha Cuthbert, the charming 19-year-old Canadian who played her daughter, couldn’t believe it either. “I was in…
The set of 24 was a chamber of secrets for Sarah Clarke, who had to keep quiet about her character’s hidden agenda – and her own romance with a costar. You thought you knew Nina Myers. She was, you thought, the crime-fighting heroine of FOX’s 24 – its magnolia of steel. Resourceful and tough, she…