Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season. Jack deals with assassination attempts, nuclear attacks, bioterrorism, torture, traitors, sleeper cells, other bad guys and the alarming tendency for his romances to end badly -- very badly.
- Creators: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran
- Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Cherry Jones, Freddie Prinze Jr., Anil Kapoor
- TV Network: Fox
- Premiere Date: Nov 6, 2001
- Genre: Crime
- Executive producers: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Brian Grazer, Howard Gordon, Tony Krantz, Evan Katz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Cassar, Manny Coto, David Fury, Brannon Braga, Alex Gansa, Chip Johannessen, Brad Turner