2 Hour Tv Movie In August!

idlesupernova · 06-03-2008 9:09pm #1

Heard it on the radio as well!

http://tv.ign.com/articles/857/857305p1.html

March 5, 2008 - The wait for Jack Bauer's return won't be quite as long as expected. While 24 still won't be back with a new season until January, FOX is planning a special 24 TV-Movie to air this fall, says The Hollywood Reporter.

24 was perhaps the biggest example of the problems networks faced thanks to the recently concluded writers' strike. There had already been frequent changes to the 24: Season 7 story last summer, leading to a delay in production for the hit series. Then, when the strike began, only eight episodes had been completed. Eventually, when it became clear that it wasn't possible for a complete, uninterrupted 24-episode season to be finished before this TV season ended, FOX decided to simply wait until January 2009 to bring the show back. However, this meant the show would be off the air an incredibly lengthy 19 months – an unprecedented delay in network television.

The TV-movie seems like FOX's way of at least having some 24 content on during that long delay – a similar tactic was used by SCI FI Channel during the long wait between Battlestar Galactica seasons last fall, with the TV-Movie Razor.

The Reporter says the 24 movie will bridge the gap between Season 6 and 7. Deals are being made to sign cast members to the film. In the meantime, the writers are back at work on Season 7, which will go back into production in April. It's unclear where the movie will fit into the Season 7 production schedule.

Sherifu · 06-03-2008 9:15pm

Good Stuff. Any word on if Kim is getting her tits out for this?

unreggd · 07-03-2008 4:25am

Sherifu wrote: »

Good Stuff. Any word on if Kim is getting her tits out for this?

She's not allowed, might attract more cougars

I wonder if they're gna scrap what they have of Day 7 again

And with all the things they need to explain from Day 6 [Palmer, Logan etc], I hope they dont make it a whole movie explaining that

Wooo Jack

sioda · 07-03-2008 11:19am

Another year with NO 24 thats awful 2 hours is not enough

ZappaFrank · 09-03-2008 10:29am

19 months of no 24 is better then the 6 months we had of day 6. hopefully with all this time off day 7 will be a return to form. Can't see a 2 hour tv movie being any good!