Time running out for 24

US TV network Fox announced that its action-packed real-time show starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will close at the end of its current eighth season on May 24.

Sutherland said in a statement that the show’s cast and crew “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”.