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BuzzSugar Janeane Garofalo to Spend a Day on "24" Aug 21, 2007 5:30 AM Between its critical drubbing and its two production delays , "24" hasn't given me a whole lot of reasons to be optimistic this summer. But this piece of news has me reconsidering my doubts: Janeane Garofalo will be joining the cast to play a government agent investigating a crisis that strikes Jack's team. The news is the second major addition of the summer; last month, Cherry Jones was tapped to play the show's first female president. Garofalo's last major TV appearance was on "The West Wing" in 2006. She also starred in a CBS pilot about lawyers , but the show wasn't picked up for the fall season. I bet it's going to be interesting for such an outspoken liberal to work for producers as seriously conservative as those on "24." Between Garofalo and Mary Lynn Rajskub, I'd say "24" now has one of the best girl-geek quotients on TV. I don't think Garofalo can singlehandedly save "24," though; that will depend much more on the writers being able to bring a fresh plot line to the seventh season. What do you think? Source
BuzzSugar "24" Picks its Female President Jul 23, 2007 4:32 AM Jack Bauer's world on "24" has its new leader: President Allison Taylor. Fox confirmed at the TCA press tour on Sunday that the show has, indeed, elected a female president to take office when Day 7 begins in January. Stage veteran Cherry Jones, a Tony winner who has also appeared in movies including Ocean's Twelve, will play the new commander in chief. Another interesting "24" tidbit from Fox's executive session: Network entertainment chairman Peter Liguori said he wouldn't call the past season of "24" a disappointment, despite its critical fall from grace . He said that while the show might feel disorganized at times, that's because it's "a living beast," and the audience enjoys being a part of that. He added: I feel like part of the high-wire act is their process. There is a specific energy that goes into creating a season of "24." It's a little bit like war strategy, I guess. ... You have a big strategy, the first bullet goes off, the war strategy goes out the window. So, "24" fans, what do you think? Is it comforting or disconcerting to know the producers are, to some extent, making it up as they go along? Source
BuzzSugar "24" Mulls Female President, Other Changes Jun 25, 2007 9:30 AM After this disappointing season of "24" — and especially that drawn-out, unnecessarily frustrating finale — I knew the show would have to make some drastic changes to get viewers back. And it seems like the show's producers know it: Several tidbits of news have been flying around recently about big shifts in the show's structure and characters. The biggest news is that the show is contemplating its first female president , which — in addition to mirroring part of this country's actual presidential race — would be a fantastic role for some underemployed female actress. I'd love to know which of them are readying their resumes at the mere mention of this possibility. (Geena Davis had that presidential thing down, but personally, I'd love to see Allison Janney leading the nation.) Among the other changes: The show will likely focus less on the goings-on at CTU and move to a new city, with New York, London, and Washington, D.C. reportedly on the short list. Of all of the characters, only Jack and Chloe are locks to return at this point; everything else is up in the air. If you've drifted away from "24," do you think these changes would draw you back in? Photo courtesy of Fox
BuzzSugar Why Has "24" Lost Viewers? Apr 30, 2007 3:03 PM Undoubtedly, "24" has experienced a rapid decline in popularity this season, what with all the repetitive plot lines and its time slot that conflicts with that of "Heroes." According to a post in the LA Times TV blog Channel Island, "24" will undergo some serious changes next season, prompting me to wonder if the show's format of "24 hours in real time" is no longer new and interesting. Yet Channel Island writer Scott Collins attributes the show's decline to something else: the "fading memory" of 9/11. Collins wonders if the initial popularity of "24" was due to its proximity to 9/11, when peoples' fears made the experience of watching the show more real, and therefore more "thrilling." The drop in popularity, then, can be attributed to the fact that 9/11 is fading from memory. As Collins points out, "Real-life political tension does wonders for creators of thriller fare." What do you think?
BuzzSugar TV Tonight: "24" Mar 19, 2007 5:33 AM I know the whole thing with "24" this season is that dangerous people escape and nearly detonate nuclear weapons before Jack steps in to save the world. And yet I can't help but be intrigued by this clip from tonight's episode, in which Jack finds out Gredenko escaped — but not before launching a drone that the Air Force is having trouble intercepting. Do you think it's all a tease or actually a big deal? You can see the clip if you

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