A 24 mini-season? Blerg.

Worst. Rumor. Ever.

OK, not the worst, because that would be a rumor that Audrey was returning in Season 7 (sorry, Sally Jo!). But damn(it!) close.

Mike Ausiello over at TVGuide.com is reporting that one of the options being considered in how to air Season 7 is this:

Another, and much more controversial, scenario being bandied about involves taking the eight episodes currently in the can and creating a 10- to 14-episode mini-season to air in the fall. That would be followed by another 10- to 14-episode mini-season — featuring a completely different plot — during the second half of the season.

I mean, what?

First off, you’d have to change the title to 8 and then the second half mini-season to 10-14.

Look, there’s an adrenaline rush that goes along with watching 24. It would be utterly craptacular to get it going and then just pull the rug out after only eight hours.

As much as I hate the thought of having another year to go before hearing Jack yell, “Dammit!” in primetime again, I’d rather wait until next January for a full, 24-hour season.

Two mini-seasons would suck. Just totally, utterly and completely SUCK.

Look at that, you’ve really pissed off Curtis now (can dead people be pissed off?):

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Look, they’re bringing back Tony Almeida from the dead and Jack’s on trial. There’s no way they’re wrapping that up satisfactorily in eight episodes, I don’t care what anyone says. Eight episodes that weren’t designed from Day 1 to be an eight-episode mini-season ARE NOT A MINI-SEASON. Period. End of sentence.

Photo courtesy of Fox.

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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 by AmyV • Curtis, Jack Bauer, Season 7, Um what?, audrey-raines, writers-strike Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “A 24 mini-season? Blerg.”

  1. steveegg says:
    January 16, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?! If I wanted 8, I would’ve watched 30 Rock or one of those other equally-worthless sitcoms, dammit!

  2. Jack Bauer says:
    January 16, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    THAT ISN’T ENOUGH TIME!

  3. Sally Jo says:
    January 16, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    This makes me mad enough to start writing Jack and Audrey fan fiction!

    Here’s a compromise for FOX–make season 7 go straight to DVD. I like it better without the commercials anyway…

  4. steveegg says:
    January 18, 2008 at 1:02 am

    Late word out of Hollywood is they have a deal.

    You think the Writers-Strike Substitute had anything to do with that?

  5. steveegg says:
    January 18, 2008 at 1:06 am

    Mea culpa; that’s the Directors Guild that had the deal. The writers are still on strike.