I tried to watch 24 after the Patriots game. I saw a few minutes of it, they were handcuffing Mr. Sutherland to a steel grate to hand him over to some bad guys I guess. I know you have to watch some of this stuff for a while to get into it but to me it seemed like a big joke. Bad acting, bad script, and just completely ham fisted direction.
My wife actually watched it with me and said it was soap opera camera work. I think 24 has become a caarcature of itself. The problem is now it has become PC aware. Jack is suddenly second guessing himself. I love it in Season 2 where he kills a guy in the upper office and cuts off his head to make a cover real quick with a drug lord. Unfortunately they gave Keifer a big fat 5 year contract but the show is on the downhill slide.