Director Joel Surnow (1955)

24: Live Another Day (2014) was a limited event television series that aired on Fox from May 5 to July 14, 2014. As activists gathered outside the United States Embassy where President James Heller was staying, CIA agents in London apprehended Jack Bauer, a former Counter Terrorist Unit Agent and wanted fugitive. Kate Morgan, a CIA agent who had recently been forced to resign because of her husband’s conviction, managed to regain her position when she discovered that Jack was planning to infiltrate the agency in order to reach Chloe O’Brian, a former CTU Data Analyst turned hacktivist. With the help of his friend Belcheck, an ex-Serbian Mob enforcer, Jack ...

From September 9, 2010, to December 27, 2013, Nikita (2010–2013) aired on The CW as an action thriller drama. The series is an adaptation of Luc Besson’s French film La Femme Nikita, the second such adaptation following the 1997 TV series La Femme Nikita. The show centers on Nikita Mears, a woman who fled from Division, a covert U.S. government-funded organization. After being in hiding for three years, she returns with the goal of taking down the corrupt agency. Oversight, the governing body behind Division’s operations, authorized black ops including espionage, sabotage, and targeted killings. The organization was led ...

24: Redemption (2008) is a TV movie set in the world of 24. It occurs four years after the sixth season and two months before the seventh, in real time between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (Sangala Time Zone) on Inauguration Day in the US. After the events of Day Six, a young boy is taken from his home in Sangala and forced into joining a rebel militia led by General Benjamin Juma. The coup they are planning is being financed by an American secret organization run by Jonas Hodges. During this time, Jack Bauer is working at a school owned by his old colleague Carl Benton, when he is served with a subpoena by US Embassy official Frank Trammel, who wants him to testify ...

24 (2001–2010), an American action drama TV show created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran for Fox, follows the life of US counter-terrorist federal agent Jack Bauer. Each season unfolds in real time, covering 24 hours in Bauer’s life. The episodes feature multiple interconnected storylines, often involving Bauer’s associates facing extreme challenges. The series first aired on November 6, 2001, with a total of 204 episodes across nine seasons. A television movie titled 24: Redemption was broadcast on November 23, 2008, between the sixth and seventh ...

Based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson, La Femme Nikita (1997–2001) (literally ‘The Woman Nikita’; called Nikita in Canada), is a Canadian action-drama television series. Co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, it was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The show premiered on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and had a successful five season run until March 4, 2001. It also aired on the CTV Television ...