Tuesday, September 26, 2006 '24' airs 100th episode
THE fifth season of "24", now airing on Studio 24 every Tuesday at 9:10 p.m., is a season of many firsts for the long-running hit show. Not only sweeping this year's Emmys, winning its first Best Drama Series award as well as the first Best Actor statuette for star Kiefer Sutherland, it also allowed 24 to mark a very special milestone in a series' life, as the show's 100th episode was produced in the fifth season.
Studio 23 will be airing this very special episode on Tuesday.
Being that it is "24", it's safe to assume that the show will not be trying out any special stunts to mark this milestone, which tends to happen with other shows that reach their hundredth. It is generally considered a cause for celebration if a show reaches 100 episodes, since the show can now enter the lucrative syndication market.
But with a show as tightly plotted and serialized as "24", viewers can rest assured that the tension is still on full boil as tough guy Jack Bauer (played by Sutherland) is forced to betray CTU after one of the terrorists holds his girlfriend's son Derek hostage. Will Jack's message - which contains an antiquated CTU code term showing that the message-sender is under duress and may be lying - be correctly interpreted by CTU? Or is he unwittingly setting his old colleagues up for a bloody ambush?
Watch the milestone 100th episode of "24" as it airs on Tuesday only on Studio 23. (Press release)
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