Fox is going to release 24 on DVD...WHAT'S THE DEAL?

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Ok, what is the deal here...Why the hell is Fox releasing Kiefer Sutherland's show, 24
on DVD after only one season? I thought they had to wait five or six years...This makes me
so bloody mad that I still can't the first season on DVD here in the US...   

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Shouldn't this be moved to "It's got a TV!?"

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Perhaps they don't intend to make more series of 24, so it would never get into syndication, so they can release it to video/DVD whenever they want.

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24 is not a seasonal thing, it is a one off season, you can't really do another version of it, it wouln't work out the same.

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Originally posted by aslate:
24 is not a seasonal thing, it is a one off season, you can't really do another version of it, it wouln't work out the same.

And yet, FOX is bringing it back for a second season.   

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I didn't know that!

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Yeah, it's true.  I never watched 24, so I don't know if they left room for a continuation or not, but it is coming back in the fall.

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It was my understanding there was only 24 episodes, each an hour long, the whole series is about just one day, i.e. 24 hours?

Did I hear wrong, must I get out the punishment mace to smite those who befowled my ears?

(Say yes anyway.)

Edit: Actually they could make a sequel season called 48?
Patent pending, patent pending, patent pending!!!

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Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
It was my understanding there was only 24 episodes, each an hour long, the whole series is about just one day, i.e. 24 hours?

Did I hear wrong, must I get out the punishment mace to smite those who befowled my ears?

(Say yes anyway.)

No, you heard correctly.

 

Edit: Actually they could make a sequel season called 48?
Patent pending, patent pending, patent pending!!!

I think it would just be called Another 24.  Like that movie with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, 48 Hours, and its sequel, Another 48 Hours.  That wouldn't be very inspired, but hey, this is FOX we're talking about.

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Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
It was my understanding there was only 24 episodes, each an hour long, the whole series is about just one day, i.e. 24 hours?

Did I hear wrong, must I get out the punishment mace to smite those who befowled my ears?

(Say yes anyway.)

Edit: Actually they could make a sequel season called 48?
Patent pending, patent pending, patent pending!!!

Well, they are actually 45 minutes, 15 minutes for adverts. Also, 48 hours would last just less then a year! That would be insane!

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AFAIK, Fox tried to syndicate and got what they wanted, so they could go straight to DVD (basically the syndication value was met, the DVDs will make Fox as much money as possible this way).

edit: a little more reading and it seems Fox did find someone to syndicate it, undisclosed.

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When did 24 air in the states? It came to Norway last month

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I'm Brian Fellows!  I do what I want!

Move -> It's got a TV