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IS 24 COMING  IN 09 OR 08 SOME SAY ITS STARTING LATE THIS YEAR AND SOME LIKE  MY SELF SAY ITS COMING BACK  IN 09

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The seventh season of 24 has been snake bit. Maybe it’s a season that us viewers just aren’t meant to see. First, FOX denied the 24 producers the funding to go shoot a significant portion of the season in Africa and production was delayed. Production was delayed again when writers and producers simply weren’t ready to shoot. Then, KIEFER SUTHERLAND got a DUI, almost derailing the whole thing. Then, production got delayed again thanks to the California wild fires. And now, the writers’ strike is here and production will soon come to a complete halt.

According to 24’s first female President Cherry Jones, it looks like the show will be able to get eight episodes filmed before everything is shut down. This is more than I thought would be ready, but it really doesn’t matter. Word is that unless FOX knows all 24 episodes will be ready to run continuously, they won’t air any of them. So, unless the strike is resolved very soon, fans can probably kiss that early January premiere date goodbye.

Although it might be tempting for FOX to burn off those first eight episodes during the strike, it’s a better decision to hang on and wait for the entire season to be ready. You’re only going to give 24 fans a gigantic set of blue balls if you air the first eight episodes without having any idea when the following sixteen will follow. The harsh reality of this writers’ strike is really starting to hit home. Come January, if the two sides have not come to a resolution, we will witness television Armageddon. Even if you love reality shows, the sheer volume that will be on network TV during the strike is going to be insane. And it’s scary to think about, but if the writers’ strike lasts through next summer, the Fall 2008 TV schedule will be (literally) all reality. Please don’t let it come to this, Hollywood.

Buddytv.com

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As the writers strike entered its third day Wednesday with no end in sight, Fox said it would not air “24″ this season.The seventh season of the hit real-time series was scheduled to begin in January, but producers had completed only about one-third of its 24-episode order as of last week.

“It’s not a decision we wanted to make, but it’s one based on how we feel the viewers expect us to schedule the show,” said Preston Beckman, Fox’s scheduling chief.

The decision to act quickly so early in the strike also was prompted by the large amounts of marketing money associated with the premieres of new series and the annual launch of “24.” The network began airing promos for the upcoming season of “24″ during the World Series and on a big screen in Times Square.

“Had we delayed executing and implementing of a strike schedule, it could’ve cost us a lot of money,” Beckman said.

“24″ started production late, and was affected by the recent wildfires. The show’s star, Kiefer Sutherland, is also scheduled to do a stint in jail later this year in connection with a drunk-driving conviction.

“24,” will now premiere on Sunday, January 13, and will air in “24’s” Monday 9 p.m. slot, following “Prison Break”

reuters.com

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24″ is absent from the network’s revised, strike-affected schedule for midseason. In its announcement, Fox explained the “Day 7″ season for the series would be indefinitely postponed to ensure an uninterrupted run.

Like most series written by members of the Writers Guild of America, “24″ is falling prey to a shortfall of scripts. But the heavily sequential, real-time “24″ is dependent on a full-season run of 24 episodes.

Fox’s revised schedule also calls for “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” to have a two-night premiere Jan. 13-14. The new drama, a reinvention of the “Terminator” film franchise, stars

fox.com

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