Maybe my expectations were low, but I was impressed by the two-hour 24 "prequel" to the seventh season, "Redemption." Here are a few thoughts on why I liked it: For whatever reason, it's still strangely comforting to see Jack Bauer back on TV, doing what he does best (picking off the bad guys, saving the good guys, enduring torture, etc.). Kids. Little African kids are at the heart of Jack's Read more

It was almost exactly one year ago when we got our first look at what was to be the seventh season of 24. How foolish we were! A year of production problems and one writers' strike later, here we are again, looking at a trailer for 24's seventh season. Hopefully this one's for real. The basic outline for the season (which will air in 2009 following a November prequel) appears to be basically the Read more

I've had a love-hate relationship with 24 for a long time, now. When it's bad, it's preposterously bad, but when it's good, it's one of the best things ever. Like, jumping off the couch yelling, kind of thing. But whenever I return to the "hate" side, I always hope there will be something to lure me back. The preview for the show's two-hour "event" in November might be just the bait. There's Read more

J.K. Rowling has won her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan who wanted to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia. — AP Spike Lee is working on a sequel to Inside Man. — Hollywood Reporter 24 is shutting down production for two weeks to rewrite scripts and figure out the end to the next season. — Zap2it The Stand Up to Cancer telethon and associated fundraising efforts made $100 Read more

The TV Addict has a play-by-play of his visit to the set of 24. Popwatch is excited (as am I) that the hilarious website Garfield Minus Garfield is going to become a book. Vulture picks out some indie directors who should join Judd Apatow's team. Give Me My Remote informs me of a union between two awesome things: Ikea and So You Think You Can Dance contestant Robert Muraine. DearSugar has the Read more

It's been 40 years since his last regular TV role, but Jon Voight has seen something he likes in 24. Voight will be joining the show for its upcoming seventh season, playing a tormenter of Jack Bauer's. The Oscar-winning actor — and father of this lady — will play Jack's "uber-nemesis" who's running this season's terrorist plot, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He'll be introduced in the Read more

Even without the writers' strike, the seventh season of Fox's 24 might have been in trouble. The show had some fairly legendary production problems that caused the writers to scrap one entire plotline that would have sent Jack to Africa. Now, it looks like some good will come from the delay after all: The producers will finally get to delve into their Africa storyline — not for a whole season, Read more