--- description: "24" without Jack Bauer? It could happen title: '24' Might Come Back... Without Jack Bauer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a00ff3387db1c9b/69877a902dce010dc19dd079/jack-bauer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _24_ Might Come Back... Without Jack Bauer by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2015 8:07 PM CUT  Kiefer Sutherland films scenes for 24: Live Another Day in London on Jan. 22, 2014. Kiefer Sutherland films scenes for 24: Live Another Day in London on Jan. 22, 2014.Charlie Purvey—Splash News/Corbis by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2015 8:07 PM CUT [In a world](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDzuT0fXro "undefined")… where _24_… doesn’t… have… _Jack Bauer?_ A new pitch for a limited-series installment of the hit counterterrorism television show reveals a storyline that focuses on supporting characters but wouldn’t feature Kiefer Sutherland’s Emmy-winning role, Jack Bauer. 20th Century Fox TV chiefs Gary Newman and Dana Walden discussed _24_ on Saturday at an executives’ Q&A session, [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-tca-more-24-x-files-prison-break-executives-1201407936/ "undefined") reports. The duo cautioned that there are no concrete plans yet, but a new version of the show–sans the indefatigable covert-op Jack–could arrive as early as 2016. “We have great characters and that great creative team,” Walden said. She said the show would be an experiment to highlight supporting players, and added that Jack Bauer would remain the show’s central character in the long run. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-tca-more-24-x-files-prison-break-executives-1201407936/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3672743/new-24-no-jack-bauer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3672743/new-24-no-jack-bauer/"},"headline":"24 Might Come Back... Without Jack Bauer","datePublished":"2015-01-17T20:07:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:40:06.528Z","description":"None of Kiefer Sutherland's character? It could happen","url":"https://time.com/3672743/new-24-no-jack-bauer/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a00ff3387db1c9b/69877a902dce010dc19dd079/jack-bauer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a00ff3387db1c9b/69877a902dce010dc19dd079/jack-bauer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kiefer Sutherland films scenes for 24: Live Another Day in London on Jan. 22, 2014.","caption":"Kiefer Sutherland films scenes for 24: Live Another Day in London on Jan. 22, 2014.","creditText":"Charlie Purvey—Splash News/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3672743/new-24-no-jack-bauer/","name":"24 Might Come Back... Without Jack Bauer"}}]}] ```