No More 24 Until 2009

Really bad news for fans of 24 – we won’t get to see season seven until 2009.

The hit TV show has become the most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike.

US network FOX has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to start last month.

But if it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs.

Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would have had to ramp up production soon to complete the season.