24 - Season One Reviews

On November 6, 2001, less than two months after the horrific events of September 11, the Fox television network premiered Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran's serialized adventure-suspense-political drama 24. — Cochran and Surnow, who have worked on such TV series as La Femme Nikita, The Equalizer, and JAG (just to name a few) and the Rupert Murdoch-owned network were taking a huge gamble; not only were they going to delve into potentially painful-to-the-viewers topics such as terrorism on American soil, but the show's format of depicting a single day's events over 24 hour-long episodes… read full review »

To the PointI wrote a review of Desperate Housewives Complete First Season. 24 is the second set of first seasons that my thoughtful son in law and daughter sent me while I've been in Florida tending to my mom who is in rehab for a fractured knee. I am now a die hard 24 fan. — A Closer View — Season One comes with 3 packs of two discs each. Each disc has 8 episodes. I not only never watched 24 but I didn't know the premise and didn't know I'd fall in love with Kiefer Sutherland who is famous in his own right but is the son of Donald Sutherland. — 24 takes place over 24 hours… read full review »