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I’m sure the other contributors at B4B will be throwing their thoughts out for you, but let me be the first to say how much I’ve enjoyed the time I’ve been blogging here. I was honored to be invited to join the group several seasons ago, and to say that it has been an enjoyable time would be a gross understatement. As much as I loved the show, the ability to come by here and lay out my thoughts or read what others have written has outpaced the enjoyment of the show at times. I have particularly enjoyed the comments from our faithful readers. You have contributed as much to this effort as any of us. To all of the readers let me say “Thank you!”

I don’t know what will happen here. We haven’t really discussed it. I suspect it will go, like Jack Bauer, in to retirement. Whatever happens, thanks again for coming along for the ride.

Don’t forget that tonight’s finale starts at 8pm eastern. This is it – tell your friends and come be a part of the last liveblog.

The festivities start about 15 minutes before show time. There’s not many more opportunities for you to get your award wining* B4B liveblogging fix, so be sure to join us.

*Best snark-filled 24 liveblogging by a mostly deranged blogging crew.

We’re getting close now. The end is almost here. Join us for tonight’s liveblog starting about 15 minutes before “viewer discretion is advised.”

Liveblog discretion is advised, but we don’t really think we’ll get it.

Join us tonight. The fun starts about 15 minutes before show time. And don’t forget to get your guess in on tonight’s kill counter.

Join us tonight. The fun starts about 15 minutes before show time. And don’t forget to get your guess in on tonight’s kill counter.

Here’s tonight’s JBKC3.5 for 10am-11am. Will tonight be the night that the Kill Counter spins wildly?

Each week we will ask you to submit how many points you think Jack will get, the person closest wins. Submit how many points Jack Bauer will rack up in tonight’s episodes in the comments – we will publish the winner on Tuesday (4/27).

Kill Counter 3.5

3 kills = 3 points + 3 combo = 6 points

Bonus Points
“Dammit” = 1 point
“We don’t have enough time” = 1 point
“Cover me” = 1 point
“Drop the weapon” = 1 point
Use of a Jack Sack = 5 points
Shooting down a helicopter = 10 points
Mentioning Kim Bauer = 2 points
Apologizing for anything = -5 points
Crying = -5 points
Surrendering to bad guys = -10 points
Headbutting anyone = 20 points

Previous Jack Bauer Kill Counters
Season 5 Kill Counter
Season 6 Kill Counter
Redemption Kill Counter

Previous Season 8 Winners
1am-2am – Wisekrakr and Juan Paxety win with “1″.
2am-3am – Steveegg wins with “Now that I’m commenting in the right post, I’ll go with 2. DAMMIT!”
3am-4am – No winners.
4am-5am – Juan Paxety wins with “The new sissy Jack will either apologize or cry. -5?”
5am-6am – Jim and Chase’s Right Hand win with “4 points.”
6am-8am – Jim wins with “Two hour total – 9. I have no idea why.”
8am-9am – Andy T gets closest with “A grand total of -6.”
9am-10am – Jim wins the day with “One. Any kills will be offset by crying.”

BREAKING NEWS: I got wind of this the other day, and was able to track down confirmation. There will be a Season 9 of 24!

Jack Bauer fans rejoice! There will be no silent clock for 24 at the end of the current season.

Original creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran have convinced Sutherland and many of the current cast to return for “at least one more season,” by promising their renewed involvement.

“We realize that our loyal fans have been somewhat dissatisfied with the direction the show has taken over the past seasons,” Surnow says, “and none of us want things to end on a low note.”

Keifer Sutherland spoke on the set during the filming of the last hours of the current season, saying, “This show has been terrific ride and Jack Bauer has been an amazing character to play. Originally, I was reluctant to continue, but after reading an outline of what Bob and Joel have in mind for season 9, I’m convinced that we can continue.”

As usual, there is tight security concerning the new plot line. However, citing the need to convince fans, Surnow did offer a teasing look at what is planned.

“Being accused of recycling plot lines and succumbing to political correctness made us realize that we would have to really push the envelope if we wanted to continue. I won’t offer details, but I will say that the new season places Jack and Agent Walker in the middle of a situation that will take them closer to the edge then they have ever been.”

There’s more at the source.

Here’s the post for tonight’s JBKC3.5 10pm-10pm. Enter your best guess in the comments. We sort of lost track of who had what in the first 56 hours because Arlo got his hands on the database we’re a bunch of slackers with the attention span of a typical CTU red shirt. We’ll have Chloe rebuild things shortly when Dana gets her hand out of her lap.

Since last season’s kill counter worked after a fashion, we’ll be running it again with only one modification since there will be a lot of Kim Bauer mentions. It will be a points based system that awards Jack Bauer points for doing good things like killing someone and negative points for doing bad things like saying “I’m sorry”.

Each week we will ask you to submit how many points you think Jack will get, the person closest wins. Submit how many points Jack Bauer will rack up in tonight’s episodes in the comments – we will publish the winner on Tuesday (1/26).

Here is the preliminary list of points. We may remove and/or add to this list as the season progresses, so send us any suggestions you may have.

Kill Counter 3.5
Killing Someone = 1 point
Killing a good guy = -1 point

Bonus Points
“Dammit” = 1 point
“We don’t have enough time” = 1 point
Shooting down a helicopter = 5 points
Apologizing for anything = -5 points
Crying = -5 points
Surrendering to bad guys = -10 points

Previous Jack Bauer Kill Counters
Season 5 Kill Counter
Season 6 Kill Counter
Redemption Kill Counter

According to the note I wrote on my hand, it’s almost time for tonight’s live blog. We’ll crank things up around 8:30 eastern. Get your guess into tonight’s Kill Counter.

Haven’t people learned by now that it’s not smart to fool with Jack? Granted, Keifer, not so much.

Prosecutors say Michael Wayne Carr of Linden had agreements to buy steers in Mexico for his customers and sell them for profit in the United States. Carr allegedly took $869,000 from Sutherland, star of the Fox TV show “24,” and $177,000 from a New Mexico couple.

This may just be a publicity stunt to give us a glimpse at the rest of Season 8. It turns out that the Russians are really working for Mexican cattle rustlers.

The upside is that after the interrogation — steak for everyone!

Here’s the post for tonight’s JBKC3.5 8pm-9pm. Enter your best guess in the comments.

Since last season’s kill counter worked after a fashion, we’ll be running it again with only one modification since there will be a lot of Kim Bauer mentions. It will be a points based system that awards Jack Bauer points for doing good things like killing someone and negative points for doing bad things like saying “I’m sorry”.

Each week we will ask you to submit how many points you think Jack will get, the person closest wins. Submit how many points Jack Bauer will rack up in tonight’s episodes in the comments – we will publish the winner on Tuesday (1/26).

Here is the preliminary list of points. We may remove and/or add to this list as the season progresses, so send us any suggestions you may have.

Kill Counter 3.5
Killing Someone = 1 point
Killing a good guy = -1 point

Bonus Points
“Dammit” = 1 point
“We don’t have enough time” = 1 point
Shooting down a helicopter = 5 points
Apologizing for anything = -5 points
Crying = -5 points
Surrendering to bad guys = -10 points

Previous Jack Bauer Kill Counters
Season 5 Kill Counter
Season 6 Kill Counter
Redemption Kill Counter

Between Zombie Edgar’s death, Chloe’s baby, and this whole move from LA to NY, well, things have gotten a little lax in the B4B bunker/pool hall. Some mole opened a socket on our settings and checked the “Users must be registered and logged in to comment” box. At the same time that marvelous bastard left the “Anyone can register” box unchecked!

What that means is, if you’ve tried posting a comment here lately you’ve been as lucky as a Red-shirt at the CTU Christmas party — stuck in the corner with the other expendables and not a chance in hell of gettin’ you any.

The good news is that Chloe dropped Morris’ spawn off at Mommies Morning Out and fixed everything while waiting in line at Starbucks.

So leave some comments. Season 8 is only a week away.

Just a quick interruption to say that Blogs.4Bauer.com has been updated to WordPress 2.9 and we’ve changed to a new theme. With that said, the new theme really needs a new banner image. Someone point me to some Season 8 images.

Could this be the end? TV Week says, SHOCKER: Fox Entertainment President Says This Season of ’24′ Could Be Its Last

Kevin Reilly, Fox Entertainment President, said that the upcoming season of “24” might be its last.

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“We haven’t made any decision whether it’s back or not [after this upcoming season],” says Reilly. “The producers are passionate, Kiefer is passionate and we don’t have any of them looking to jump ship. It’s a show we’re really proud of. It’s going to come down to a business decision. It’s not an inexpensive show on the network books and we also want to finish strong. This is not a show we want to prop up. It will be a whole creative and business discussion and something we’ll have to deal with over the next few months.”

Thoughts?

(h/t 24Fans on Twitter)