24's Clock Has Hit Zero, Dammit!

Jack has tortured interrogated his last suspect. Word came down tonight that 24 has officially been canceled. I was actually a big fan of this occurring, but it's still sad to know that Jack, Chloe, Freckles, and the rest of CTU are coming to an end. My feelings were that a movie would be the way to finish things up and I'm still not ruling that out of the works. I'm not sure where this season will rank in the show's history, but after the past few weeks, my hope is that the show will be going out with a bang. Regardless this season seems like the last we'll see Jack kicking ass on TV.

So how did the news come down? Well, I found out from Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe on the show) tweeting about it on her Twitter account. Read this account from top to bottom to get how it went down. The two with the recycle-looking signs are tweets from other users, the last one (meaning the first you see) being the funniest:

And Yahoo! TV got Kiefer Sutherland's view of things and includes news about the movie still in discussion and the finale date. (H/T Dad):

"This has been the role of a lifetime, and I will never be able to fully express my appreciation to everyone who made it possible," Kiefer said in a statement to Access Hollywood. "While the end of the series is bittersweet, we always wanted '24' to finish on a high note, so the decision to make the eighth season our last was one we all agreed upon. This feels like the culmination of all our efforts from the writers to the actors to our fantastic crew and everyone at FOX."

The star added that a feature film based on the show is in development.

The series finale of "24" will air on Monday, May 24.

Tick, tick, tick. Time is truly running out on Jack and company, dammit!

Update: Saw this from a really good article from The Hollywood Reporter:

For fans, the ending of “24,” along with ABC’s “Lost,” represents the departure of one of the few successful serialized action-driven shows on broadcast, leaving a suitcase-nuke-sized gap in the creative landscape. In addition to its unique real-time storytelling model, the drama pioneered the modern-day TV cliffhanger...Even its scheduling was an innovation — a returning hit that airs in midseason without repeats.

My DVR just got a little more free and my life got a little sadder...

2nd Update: Movie is definitely in the works and will be a two-hour version of a 24-hour day according to EW.com. The realtime format was great at the beginning but has held back the show recently, in my opinion. According to Sutherland, the finale of the show will "tee off" the movie version and create a "definitive ending" for Jack. Does that mean death? Breaking away for good? Maybe Kim getting killed? Get excited, DAMMIT!