The time-travelling doctor beat federal agent Jack Bauer, played in the hit US show 24 by Kiefer Sutherland, to second place. The poll for radiotimes.com was conducted to find the coolest character – defined as laidback and sexy – on TV.
24 was a brilliant, successful experiment, but its format has no shelf life. It’s time for Jack Bauer to retire, eat a hearty meal, drop a deuce and enjoy some tiddlywinks, or whatever the hell he does in his free time.
Article questioning if the show has run it’s course, and while you can’t argue with some of the symptoms the reviewer describes the show as currently having, I wouldn’t agree with his conclusion. I’ve seen the show come back from the brink before.
Kiefer Sutherland’s East Side Entertainment has landed a script-development deal with the Sci Fi Channel for the two-hour pilot of a proposed series called “Phenomenon.”
News that Kiefer’s production company, created as apart of his latest ’24’ deal with Fox has snagged it’s first major project.
Kiefer said: “’24’ is absolutely not – categorically not – a justification for torture. I think the whole thing has been taken out of context. We are interested this has become a debate on a very public level. That’s what is fantastic about entertainment – it brings certain subjects into people’s conversations.
But 24, while hugely popular, has copped a bit of flak, too. And the current, desperately bloodthirsty series has horrified some … Look a little closer, though, and a more complicated – and far more interesting – picture emerges.Start by checking out President Wayne Palmer’s lapel badge. (You’ll need to look closely.) It’s two US flags, facing in opposite directions. That just about sums things up. Then look at the vertical lines that stripe so many scenes (especially decorating the glass partitions inside CTU). Everyone is caged, trapped.