I'd actually argue that 24 died in its sixth season, and it's only now been put out of its misery

Jack easily poses as a bespeckled, German weapons dealer... The terrorist information network isn't as good as we thought... Either that, or they didn't pay their TV license.

With Fox cancelling underperforming shows aplenty over the past year or two, 24 is one of the few solid scripted hits it's got. We'd imagine that as much blood is, therefore, going to be beaten out of the stone as possible.

All we need now is Dr Evil and sharks with frickin' lasers to pop up and we'll be set. I bet you need to have level five clearance just to use the damn coffee machine.

CTU is more like the bridge of the Enterprise than a 2010-era anti-terrorist unit

Even embryonic human beings some months away from being born stopped taking bets on Jack Bauer's survival.