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Bombs Away

[ This review covers Season Eight, Episodes One through Four of 24, entitled 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, which originally aired on Sunday, January 17 and Monday, January 18, 2010 ] I absolutely loved the previous season of 24, which ended with Jack being rescued by his daughter and Renee going to the dark side. [...]

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One Week is Complete

Jack Bauer’s seventh world-saving day is over. There’s now enough 24 in the world to last everyone a whole week’s worth of Jack. I was nervous coming into this season of 24, after hearing about all of the problems that the cast and crew experienced during production – the writer’s strike (which delayed the season [...]

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Ratings Report: 02.02.09

Heroes returned Monday with its all-new “Fugitives” arc that is supposedly going to return the show to “season one greatness,” yet, for all of the pushing and promotion during Super Bowl Sunday, the return was watched by a mere 8.5 million viewers. That’s up from the numbers of the “Villians” volume, but still isn’t great [...]

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Ratings Report: 01.18 & 01.19.09

Well, another holiday happened over the weekend and as a result, the ratings were delayed by a bit. Sunday’s 100th episode of Desperate Housewives, “The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened,” only managed to pull in 13 million viewers – a series low, brought on by the incredibly stiff competition – including a special [...]

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Ratings Report: 01.12.09

Why will no one watch Gossip Girl? The CW favorite slipped in the ratings to just 2.8 million viewers. It’s normally been getting over three million this season. 24, however, stayed strong, averaging over 12.3 million viewers over its two hour run. It will be interesting to see how it does next week, when it [...]

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Ratings Report: 01.11.09

It was a busy night for television on Sunday, with the long-awaited return of 24 plus the Golden Globes. Plus all of the normal Sunday night television. With this stiff competition, everything that aired that night actually seemed to do pretty well, with 24 averaging about 12.5 million viewers across its two hours. Desperate Housewives [...]

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