Fox Cancels ’24′ Upon Completion of 8th Season
Fox has canceled the once extremely popular 24 due to creative fatigue and slipping ratings according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Because of the constant upward spiral of cast and creative team salaries, any drama begins to carry serious financial weight after its fifth year. Sources say Fox paid a hefty $5 million per episode license fee to 20th TV.
Meanwhile, the show’s ratings dropped 16% this season to a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating including DVR — still healthy numbers for a scripted drama, yet not enough to overcome the program’s increasing cost, a budget that was set to climb once again since contracts for Sutherland, Gordon and other key players expire this season.
Die hard fans of the show still have a few episodes left this season. There are also still rumblings about a future 24 movie starring Kiefer Sutherland as the tough-as-nails Jack Bauer.
Great show, it will be missed. I have seen every episode and the creativity was DOA this season. The story lines continued to become predictable, and you always know that if you are on the 3rd episode and the Jack just averted a major crisis, that there was still 21 more hours/episodes to follow with more Bauer heroics. They should make the 24 movie. It would likely do very well in the theaters.
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