24
12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.
TV Flash files “12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.” as the hour the catalog opens — 24 (2001–2010) on Fox, season 1, episode 1, aired 2001-11-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 204 in the 24 guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2001-11-06 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.” (S01E02).
12:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.: the clock boots. Weekly real time as Fox drop architecture, November 2001.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In the series pilot, a Federal agent is assigned to stop an assassination plot after just learning his daughter has sneaked out after midnight. Bauer: Kiefer Sutherland. Teri: Leslie Hope.
Viewer FAQ
Where does 12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M. sit in the 24 guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 204 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did 24 S01E01 air?
12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M. aired 2001-11-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start 24?
Day 1, 12:00 a.m. The first hour is the UI: clock, splits, Jack. Starting at a “better” day is how you miss why the gimmick sold.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A Fox clock that became catalog. Watch it when you want plot velocity as a format, not a mood — one day per season, split screens as UI — then notice how the binge era swallowed a show designed to be un-bingeable. The 2014 limited return is in the pack; the reboot talk is not a season.
Calendar first: November 6, 2001, 12:00 a.m. Fox drops a drama that pretends an episode is an hour in the world. Split screens, on-screen clock, Kiefer Sutherland as CTU inventory with a name — Jack Bauer — that behaves like a franchise SKU before the marketers finish the deck. Each season is one day. That is not a vibe. That is **drop architecture**: twenty-four units, weekly, designed to punish anyone who shows up late. Rex will toast living-room America and the post-9/11 living room that wanted a ticking box.…
Filed against
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
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- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian
Mary Lynn Rajskub’s Chloe O’Brian is the CTU brain of 24 — the analyst who made Fox’s real-time clock feel like a workplace instead of only a jackboot franchise. Split screens and on-screen minutes needed someone who could type, snap, and…
- Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida
Carlos Bernard’s Tony Almeida lived real-time panic on 24 — CTU loyalty, betrayal arcs, and split-screen adrenaline as post-9/11 thriller template. The clock was his co-star; the weekly machine actually needed him. On TV Flash he’s…
- Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer
Elisha Cuthbert played Kim Bauer on 24 — family stakes on Fox's real-time clock, split screens as UI, a season that punished anyone who showed up late. TV Flash files her as the domestic weather inside Jack Bauer's day, the reason the…
- Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer
Dennis Haysbert’s David Palmer is the rare network president who behaved like a second lead on 24 — real-time crisis, split-screen adrenaline, civic spine beside Jack Bauer’s franchise clock. Post-9/11 thriller template with an Oval…
- Kim Raver as Audrey Raines
Kim Raver’s Audrey Raines is 24’s civilian-government orbit around Jack Bauer — real-time Fox format, split screens, a day that punishes late arrivals. Not the ticking SKU; the other pulse in the hour. On TV Flash she is…