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The Watcher - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL It's more of a soap opera with lots of murders, and "the killer makes '24's' Jack Bauer look like a pacifist," Gray wrote. Most of the thinly drawn characters exist as bait for whatever nut job (or nut jobs) are roaming the island (I actually nicknamed ...

By Tempo The self-contained “24: Redemption” (7 p.m. Sunday, WFLD-Ch. 32; two stars) is supposed to act as an appetizer for Season 7 of the Fox show, which arrives Jan. 11. And though the dogged “Redemption” transpires mostly in real time -- thus preserving the show’s central concept -- it doesn’t cont...

By Tempo Set in Washington, DC, “Day 7” opens with CTU dismantled and JACK BAUER (Kiefer Sutherland) on trial. Bauer’s day takes an unexpected turn when former colleague TONY ALMEIDA (Carlos Bernard) returns. Meanwhile, President ALLISON TAYLOR (Cherry Jones) leads the country alongside Whit...

By Tempo With CTU dismantled, the show’s setting moves to Washington, DC, where JACK BAUER (Kiefer Sutherland) faces trial for his actions in the pursuit of justice. Bauer’s day gets off to a shocking start when former colleague TONY ALMEIDA ...

By Tempo One thing that Season 6 revealed was that it’s very difficult to care about the outcome of any “24” scenario when you don’t care much about the people involved. Sutherland’s always a pro, and of course Jack is one of the most memorable TV characters of the last decade, but even Chloe didn’t qu...