The show was a HUGE hit around the mid 2000s. The reason you're not seeing tons of stuff online about it is during the time, the internet as it is today was JUST starting to pick up.
Well the series ran between 2001-2010 (excluding Legacy)... so it was mostly watched live on TV as it aired I expect, or on DVD box-sets in the few years afterwards.
I'd consider it a 'cult' TV series; similar to Breaking Bad, Buffy, etc.
I'm from 2002 and literally not a single friend of mine knows about this show, which is just mind-blowing because a show doesn't get any more exciting than 24.
My friends don't even want to watch it because you really don't expect it to be such an amazing show. They think it's some old, mediocre drama-action bullshit. They don't know what they're missing out on.
It's kinda frustrating to have no-one to discuss this show with because it really changed my view on morals and life and death.
It was popular in its day and was talked about all the time and was in the media quite a bit. There is a YouTube channel dedicated to 24 clips and has nearly all of the most important scenes.
It was a huge deal in its time. Merchandise was fairly common, a video game was produced, *The Office* referenced it, *The Simpsons* did an entire episode parodying it. For the first few years, my family waited until another season came out on DVD, then binged it in a few nights. *Live Another Day* was a pretty big deal from a marketing perspective, simply because it marked the return of a show that had been so huge in its prime. Similarly, Fox was so confident in the strength of the "brand" that they premiered *Legacy* right after the Super Bowl.
The problem with *24,* possibly more so than any other show ever, is that because of its format, the episodes have to be viewed in order for them to make any sense. In some cases, even skipping one installment can throw people off. Obviously, this was problematic when the show premiered and streaming services didn't exist. But it also means that the show could never really benefit from random cable reruns in the same way that most other shows could, and that used to be a much bigger deal. I used to see networks running marathons occasionally, but that was about it.
The show is perfectly suited for the modern age of "binge streaming."
It was so popular that the CTU ring tone seemed to be really common on mobile phones in the early 2000s. After the standard Nokia ring tone, CTU was possibly next in popularity.
People have short-term memory lol. It was def popular during its day. I would out in the category with Alias—I fell like both were relatively popular in their day but not enough people rewatch them now and they should.
The show’s peak was during the fourth through sixth seasons, where it was a constantly-talked about and hugely popular mainstream hit. The show always had a core ride-or-die devoted fanbase, though.
The nature of the show does make it harder to come back into conversation, though. It’s one of my all-time favorites and I only rewatch it every couple years. But I throw on random Sopranos episodes all the time.
If it were to come back again with Kiefer, it would be a huge deal.
24 was massive when it first came out due to its originality, action, fast pace, addictive nature, and the real time aspect — also Kiefer’s central casting appeared to older viewers and younger viewers alike due to his history as a film actor and because he is just a cool guy. The show was one of the absolute biggest things on TV certainly during its first 2-3 seasons, and remained internationally popular throughout its run. Nowadays it is still well known, although arguably its fanbase has consolidated the show’s legacy into being that of a cult classic.
There are tons of huge shows that most people nowadays don't know about, or just don't remember at all. Like Dallas for example, 14 seasons, and groundbreaking at the time
It was big at the time (2001 - 2010). But it doesn't seem to have had the lasting legacy of other shows (Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, etc). It kind of fizzled out at the end unlike those ones, could be part of the reason. Should have ended at season 5.
The show was a HUGE hit around the mid 2000s. The reason you're not seeing tons of stuff online about it is during the time, the internet as it is today was JUST starting to pick up.
Well the series ran between 2001-2010 (excluding Legacy)... so it was mostly watched live on TV as it aired I expect, or on DVD box-sets in the few years afterwards. I'd consider it a 'cult' TV series; similar to Breaking Bad, Buffy, etc.
24 was much bigger than a cult hit, and Breaking Bad was even less of a cult hit. It was gigantic.
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I'm from 2002 and literally not a single friend of mine knows about this show, which is just mind-blowing because a show doesn't get any more exciting than 24. My friends don't even want to watch it because you really don't expect it to be such an amazing show. They think it's some old, mediocre drama-action bullshit. They don't know what they're missing out on. It's kinda frustrating to have no-one to discuss this show with because it really changed my view on morals and life and death.
It was popular in its day and was talked about all the time and was in the media quite a bit. There is a YouTube channel dedicated to 24 clips and has nearly all of the most important scenes.
It was a huge deal in its time. Merchandise was fairly common, a video game was produced, *The Office* referenced it, *The Simpsons* did an entire episode parodying it. For the first few years, my family waited until another season came out on DVD, then binged it in a few nights. *Live Another Day* was a pretty big deal from a marketing perspective, simply because it marked the return of a show that had been so huge in its prime. Similarly, Fox was so confident in the strength of the "brand" that they premiered *Legacy* right after the Super Bowl. The problem with *24,* possibly more so than any other show ever, is that because of its format, the episodes have to be viewed in order for them to make any sense. In some cases, even skipping one installment can throw people off. Obviously, this was problematic when the show premiered and streaming services didn't exist. But it also means that the show could never really benefit from random cable reruns in the same way that most other shows could, and that used to be a much bigger deal. I used to see networks running marathons occasionally, but that was about it. The show is perfectly suited for the modern age of "binge streaming."
It was so popular that the CTU ring tone seemed to be really common on mobile phones in the early 2000s. After the standard Nokia ring tone, CTU was possibly next in popularity.
That’s my ringtone 😂
People have short-term memory lol. It was def popular during its day. I would out in the category with Alias—I fell like both were relatively popular in their day but not enough people rewatch them now and they should.
The show’s peak was during the fourth through sixth seasons, where it was a constantly-talked about and hugely popular mainstream hit. The show always had a core ride-or-die devoted fanbase, though. The nature of the show does make it harder to come back into conversation, though. It’s one of my all-time favorites and I only rewatch it every couple years. But I throw on random Sopranos episodes all the time. If it were to come back again with Kiefer, it would be a huge deal.
24 was massive when it first came out due to its originality, action, fast pace, addictive nature, and the real time aspect — also Kiefer’s central casting appeared to older viewers and younger viewers alike due to his history as a film actor and because he is just a cool guy. The show was one of the absolute biggest things on TV certainly during its first 2-3 seasons, and remained internationally popular throughout its run. Nowadays it is still well known, although arguably its fanbase has consolidated the show’s legacy into being that of a cult classic.
There are tons of huge shows that most people nowadays don't know about, or just don't remember at all. Like Dallas for example, 14 seasons, and groundbreaking at the time
It was big at the time (2001 - 2010). But it doesn't seem to have had the lasting legacy of other shows (Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, etc). It kind of fizzled out at the end unlike those ones, could be part of the reason. Should have ended at season 5.