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Turns out the Great Neck Stab of Season 6, which followed the Great Kiwi Toss of Season 6, was not fatal.

Yes, that means what you think it does: Charles Logan is alive. And will make an appearance in Season 8, says Michael Ausiello.

He and President Allison Taylor will have a tete-a-tete when she seeks his counsel (REALLY?) because of an “escalating threat.”

Should we start taking bets on when Aaron Pierce will go all Guantanamo on Logan’s ass? Wait. Aaron doesn’t roll that way. Jack’ll do it for him. Does anyone have a towel?

(Note: This is the only blog where I cannot get the goddamn photos to correctly justify. Don’t be hatin’.)

We’ve got three new boys for Season 8:

Rami Malek, Julian Morris and Hrach Titizian will be on for several episodes apiece, at least, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

(That’s Morris – does he look like a SWAT agent to you?)

Rami’s a terrorist. Julian’s a CTU SWAT agent (redshirt?). Hrach is a high-ranking aid to the president of this year’s unnamed Middle Eastern nation (played by Slumdog Millionaire’s Anil Kapoor – the president, not the nation).

Katee Sackhoff has joined the Season 8 cast! Even better, she’s going to be in the new NYC-based CTU.

Ausiello reported:

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Battlestar Galactica heroine has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU.

So that means we’ll see her most every week.

She will be, however, in a relationship with a fellow agent, played by Freddie Prinze Jr. And she has a skeleton in her closet, of course. I just hope that skeleton isn’t Tony Almeida’s. I mean, that’d be gross.

Day 8 will have Slumdog Millionaire co-star Anil Kapoor on board, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

He will play a Middle Eastern leader who comes to the U.S. on a peacemaking mission.

What does that mean? It means one of three things:

1. He is the bad guy.
2. He will be mistaken for the bad guy and possibly tortured.
3. He will be killed, and his death will spark a national security threat.

Kapoor is a “Bollywood icon,” having appeared in more than 100 films in India, but this is his first time on American TV.

Let the casting news continue…

Hollywood veteran Donald Sutherland was forced to turn down the chance of playing real life son Kiefer’s fictional dad in hit TV show 24 – because he was too busy.
The actor was tied up working on Fool’s Gold when Kiefer approached him about the role, which ultimately went to Babe star James Cromwell.

Oh come on, Donald Sutherland as Jack Bauer’s father. Like that is even believable.

The 72-year-old- an avid viewer of the action series – says, “He asked me to play his father but I couldn’t because I was doing (Fool’s Gold). That was sad.
“When it turned out I couldn’t do it, I said to Kiefer, ‘Why don’t you have it turn out that James is your stepfather? And then I come in…”

Hell, Jack Bauer as a pissed off step-child? Donald should write for the show, that plot sure beats the hell out of the Africa plot the real writers were toying with. That would also make the subplot of Josh Bauer as his blond lovechild less objectionable. After all, it would mean that it was his step-brother’s wife Jack was messing around with instead of his biological bro’s.

Source: PR-inside

Jack Bauer is in jail…for 48 seasons, I mean days? Calm down people, there’s no reason to panic. Fox has simply decided to draw more fans to 24 by having Jack Bauer crossover to Prison Break. They tried a Jack Bauer crossover to K-ville but their fan rejected the idea.

It’s like when Steve Erkle visited Full House. Except it’s Jack Bauer visiting The Big House and someone’s going to die.

Fear can hold you prisoner. Jack Bauer can set you free.

Details are still sketchy, but I think Jack makes T-Bag his bitch.

There’s just so little out there in 24-land, given the writer’s strike, that we’re (well, I am, anyway) latching onto just anything that sounds good these days.

Alberta Watson’s name is on the IMDB cast list for the first episode of Season 7.

Name doesn’t ring a bell? Go all the way back to Season 4. Recall CTU Director Erin Driscoll? No? Remember the CTU director whose schizo daughter killed herself while in CTU medical so her mom collapsed and basically had to be carried out of work and was never seen nor heard from again?

Yeah, I thought that might jog your memory.

But given that Season 7 begins with Jack in front of a Senate committee, defending his actions (many of which Driscoll disagreed with), it’s not a wholly unreasonable thought that Driscoll might show up for at least a cameo appearance.

BuddyTV opines (thanks for finding this tidbit, guys):

Erin Driscoll could easily testify against him or, if she’s a changed woman, for him. But, she was a firsthand witness of what Jack was capable of at CTU, and would definitely be called upon to testify before Congress.

So, what do you think? Will we see Erin Driscoll or did IMDB just make a mistake?

Photo via Alberta Watson Fans.

Yep, we have official hotness.

24‘s added another woman to the cast for Season 7 — Carly Pope, late of the show Popular and also co-star of Dirt on FX (horrible, horrible show) — according to The Hollywood Reporter (that Pope’s joining the cast, that is, not that Dirt sucks. That’s just my humble opinion.).

Anyhow, she’s also been in the indie movies “Itty Bitty Titty Committee” and “Young People Fucking.”

Don’t ever say I don’t look out for you guys.

Anyhow, she’s going to play Samatha Roth, the girlfriend of the president’s son, who is missing. Roth, they suspect, is connected to his disappearance.

Photo courtesy of Fox.

Another hottie joins 24 — Ever Carradine, as an FBI agent.

Yep, you’ve heard that last name before —Ever (what a name. but it’s better than Apple, I guess) is the granddaughter of John, daughter of Robert, neice of Keith and David and also is a cousin of Martha Plimpton.

She’ll play an FBI agent. She also has a recurring role on Women’s Murder Club, which debuts Oct. 12 (next Friday) on ABC, which I know all of you will be tuning in to see (ha!).

According to Wikipedia:

The first of her legendary family to go to college, Carradine played volleyball and skiied during her time at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She started as an anthropology major, later following her family by switching to a theater major midway through college. After graduating from Lewis & Clark in 1996, she returned to Los Angeles and promptly landed guest parts on several television shows including Diagnosis Murder, Tracey Takes On…, and The Sentinel. In 1998, she received her first recurring guest role as “Rosalie”, a love interest on Party of Five. She is also remembered during that era for her role as “Pepper”, a ditzy assistant on Veronica’s Closet. In 2003, she got her first regular series role on Lucky, an FX drama about a professional poker player living in Las Vegas.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hollywood Reporter reports on two more additions to the cast — one for sure, the other’s in negotiations.

Annie Wersching is a lock. She’ll be an FBI agent squaring off against Jack. She’s being named as the “major new female lead.” Maybe she’ll finally get Jack’s mind off Audrey. (Please!)

Bob Gunton is the other name being dropped. He played SecDef Ethan Kanin in four episodes last season. In other words, he’s the guy who succeeded the best SecDef ever, James Heller. He’s also the guy who made Karen fire Bill. He’s in negotiations to become a regular this season.

Wersching’s claim to fame is as a star of General Hospital, playing Amelia Joffe. She’s also been in eps of Supernatural, Company Man, Boston Legal, Cold Case and lots of stuff like that. Gunton’s a character actor who’s been in tons of stuff.

If this entry sounds rushed, it was. I wanted to make sure to post it before bRight caught wind of it.

Two new cast members have been confirmed for Season 7.

Jeffrey Nordling, who co-starred on “Dirt” this year, has joined the cast of Fox’s “24″ as an FBI agent.

Also joining the real-time thriller is John Billingsley (ABC’s “The Nine”), whose character details are being kept under wraps.

It is good to see that progress is being made. It is also good to get up early on a Friday morning and beat AmyV to the punch. ;-D

Check it out here. There’s just too much stuff for me to keep up with today! The short version: Colm Feore is the new First Husband for Season 7.

I have no idea what his politics are, but I don’t care. Rhys Coiro, who plays the wonderfully nutsy cuckoo indie director Billy Walsh on Entourage, is joining Season 7.

Janeane spilled the beans in an interview with the Ottawa Sun. (She’s in Ottowa, Canada, shooting the made-for-TV movie “Binky.” I kid you not. It’s described as being “about the bittersweet relationship between a cranky rock critic and her [dead] mother’s Jack Russell Terrier.” Alrighty then.)

She told the Sun that she and Coiro’s characters will be working together on a counter-terrorism task force and she doesn’t know if they’re going to be good guys or bad guys.

The best news about this? Casting is continuing apace! Maybe the writers actually know where this season’s going, finally.

She’s scheduled to report to the set in Hollywood on Sept. 7. Hopefully, things won’t be postponed again.

And OK, here’s a quote from Janeane, about the fact that she’s a total leftie on a show considered by many to skew to the right. It’s gonna send all of you into paroxysms of, well, something:

That’s why I feel like I’m being punked. I feel like the creators are going to make me say things that cause my sphincter to tighten.

Photo of Coiro courtesy of HBO, by Claudette Barius.

Here’s the skinny from the official FOX press release:

Emmy nominee Janeane Garofalo (“The Larry Sanders Show”) joins the cast of “24″ as “Janis Gold,” an FBI systems analyst assigned to the team investigating the crisis befalling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and company in the upcoming Season Seven.

The press release also claims there will be “compelling new elements” to Season 7.

So let the speculation begin as to what on earth that means.

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Photo by Associated Press photographer Gus Ruelas.

From the horse’s mouth itself:

Bill Buchanan will be back on 24 next season. How this got missed by everyone (except TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello), I can’t figure out.

Holy crap, Batman!

No word if Karen Hayes will return; I’m torn on that. On the one hand, her character really just annoys the shit outta me. On the other hand, I heart Bill and they’re married, and I just want him to be happy.

Eek. I think I just made myself throw up a little in my mouth.

Photo courtesy of Fox television.