Fans of `24' have a long wait
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One fallout of the Hollywood writers strike is that fans of Fox's drama "24" have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again.
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By TIM CUPRISIN  One of the interesting little footnotes to the new TV season is the way the networks are getting some of their new shows out to potential viewers before their actual premiere dates.
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Viewership drops, and networks aren't able to deliver on advertisers' expectations. But will the strike be settled soon?
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Some television dramas develop die-hard fans willing to take extreme measures â like buying 26,000 pounds of nuts â in the face of their showâs demise.
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Extremely high number of downloads in first 24 hours meant content was delayed or never got to the user.
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Major League Baseball plotted for two decades to create a 24-hour channel, and last month it got its way after months of tortuous negotiations.
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NBC is messing with the unwritten rules that the &quot;official&quot; start of the new TV season isn&#39;t until Sept 20. That&#39;s when the other traditional networks -- ABC and CBS -- will debut new and returning series.
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By Rob Owen  How did that get on TV?  It's a question viewers routinely ask while watching new programs at this time every year. But there's rarely a single answer.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - It may have taken 21 years to get a  new album from Duran Duran's original lineup, but it took the  five members only 24 hours to decide to get back together.
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Tycho:  I don't know why I get my hopes up reading shit about "broken street dates" online, I'm perpetually disappointed by the results.  I got a game on the actual ship date five years ago, and it's made me into some kind of Goddamned optimist.  There are scattered reports that people have picked them up, and you may invest your time in this way if you are desperate, but I apologize for wasting your time.  (CW)TB
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Kiefer Sutherland had a bad 24 hours. The dashing star of the TV drama "24" was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor drunken driving early Tuesday while still on probation from a similar 2004 conviction.
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The real wild card for Fox on Sunday night wasn't the NFL playoffs but the return of its signature drama "24." The real-time thriller didn't disappoint the network, posting strong numbers for its two-hour fourth-season premiere.
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Anyone who sees Edward Albeeâs latest effort, which stars a riotous Tyne Daly as the existentially bewildered mother of identical twins, should expect to have verbal vertigo for at least 24 hours after the show.
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LOS ANGELES  - "24" co-creator Joel Surnow, the highest-profile mastermind behind the Emmy-winning drama, abruptly left the show Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - The real wild card for  Fox on Sunday night wasn't the NFL playoffs but the return of  its signature drama "24." The real-time thriller didn't  disappoint the network, posting strong numbers for its two-hour  fourth-season premiere.
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For many of the broadcast networks' new fall shows, interested fans don't have to wait until they actually appear on television. How old-fashioned.
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After strong ratings in its first two weeks, ABC's new castaway thriller "Lost" appears to have given the network something it has struggled for years to find -- a hit drama.