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[24] Day 7 Postponed Due To Strike

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  1. superden

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    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21688956/

    Stop the clock: ‘24’ postponed by strike
    Fox pulls drama from midseason season to ensure uninterrupted run
    The Associated Press
    updated 8:48 a.m. CT, Thurs., Nov. 8, 2007

    NEW YORK - The writers strike has struck down the Fox thriller "24."

    "24" is absent from the network's revised, strike-affected schedule for midseason. In its announcement, Fox explained the "Day 7" season for the series would be indefinitely postponed to ensure an uninterrupted run.

    Like most series written by members of the Writers Guild of America, "24" is falling prey to a shortfall of scripts. But the heavily sequential, real-time "24" is dependent on a full-season run of 24 episodes.

    Fox's revised schedule also calls for "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" to have a two-night premiere Jan. 13-14. The new drama, a reinvention of the "Terminator" film franchise, stars Lena Headey.

    "American Idol" returns Jan. 15-16. A new game show, "The Moment of Truth," premieres Jan. 23.

    Looking further ahead, "New Amsterdam," a drama about a New York City detective who is immortal, premieres in February.

    The Farrelly Brothers comedy "Unhitched" premieres in March, as does an unscripted, role-reversal series, "When Women Rule the World," and a comedy from "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, "The Return of Jezebel James."

    "Canterbury's Law," a legal drama starring Julianna Margulies, arrives in April.

    Fox stressed that its revised schedule, announced Wednesday, was subject to further change, if strike developments warrant. WGA writers went on strike Monday, with no end in sight to their dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

    The announcement by Fox was likely intended, in part, to make clear that it has fresh programming — in the form of new series — on deck, despite forecasts of rerun-beset lineups looming as the season wears on. That was unlikely to console "24" fans awaiting the next 24-hour marathon of crises for put-upon hero Jack Bauer.

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    WORST NEWS EVER!!!!!
     
  2. macalu

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    "Writers, who are you working for!?"
     
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    "Damn it! We're out of time!"
     
  4. jeff from vandy

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    "Chloe, send the satellite imagery to my phone now!"
     
  5. rrj_gamz

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    Fock!!!!

    Where's Black Jack when you need him...
     
  6. TeamUSA

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    if these are the same writers who did the scriptwritiing for lastyear's episode. fire 'em.
     
  7. professorjay

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    Maybe Jack can have a normal 8 hour day at the office this time. You know...filling out TPS reports, other paperwork, grabbing some lunch at McDonald's, checking his email, discussing fantasy football w/ the other guys in the office...stuff like that. Also using the bathroom for once, he's going to have a serious bowel infection in the future if he keeps it up.
     
  8. Invisible Fan

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    Jack dealt him a bad hand and Black Jack busted.
     
  9. A-Train

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    This strike is obviously a plan cooked up by the terrorists to keep Jack Bauer distracted so he doesn't foil their plans for world domination...
     

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