The official website of 24 was hosted at http://www.fox.com/24 over the course of the series' original run. The website featured full episodes and clips, episode summaries, character and cast profiles, games, and many other features, changing from season to season. The site was reactivated for the 2014 event series 24: Live Another Day, and again for the 2017 spinoff 24: Legacy.
Recurring features[]
- Character profiles
- For the first six seasons, profiles were written for prominent characters outlining their work and educational histories. Marc Cerasini contributed the character profiles for season 1, which were later included and expanded in his novel Findings at CTU.
- For the season 7 redesign, tabs suggested the existence of character profiles for each of the main cast, but these were never made available. No profiles were featured for season 8 or later seasons.
- Research Files
- The Research Files were informative essays released weekly, exploring a real-world concept featured in that week's episode. The Research Files were discontinued after Season 6.
History[]
Season 1 (2001-2002)[]
The original version of the site was built in Adobe Flash and launched around October 2001 prior to the series premiere on November 6. A short intro featured the 24 Theme and images from the first two episodes. A ticker above the site content featured news items and the next episode's airdate.
This version of the site was available as an archived version through seasons 2 through 4.
- Episode Guide – recaps of each episode
- Character Guide
- Profiles – biographies on Jack Bauer, Teri Bauer, Kim Bauer, Nina Myers, David Palmer, Tony Almeida, and Jamey Farrell.
- Research Files
- Palmer Campaign – a representation of David Palmer's campaign website
- Jack's Desktop – a Flash representation of Jack Bauer's personal computer
- Kimberly's Desktop – an HTML representation of Kim Bauer's laptop computer
- Community
External links
- FOX Broadcasting Company: 24 at the Wayback Machine (archived June 4, 2002)
Season 2 (2002-2003)[]
In the run up to the second season, the flash website was updated, keeping the same format but with new content. It contained a link at the bottom to the archived version of the season 1 site.
- Episode Guide – recaps of each episode
- Character Guide
- Profiles – biographies on Jack Bauer, Kim Bauer, David Palmer, Kate Warner, Tony Almeida, Nina Myers, George Mason, Sherry Palmer, Michelle Dessler, and Paula Schaeffer.
- Research Files
- Welcome to The Palmer White House – a representation of David Palmer's White House website
- Marie and Reza's Wedding Page – a representation of Marie Warner's personal wedding website
- Jack's Desktop – a Flash representation of Jack Bauer's personal computer
- Kimberly's Phone – a representation of Kim Bauer's laptop computer
- Community
- Script to Screen – this replaced Jack's Desktop at some point after the season finished, and detailed some behind the scenes information.
External links
- FOX Broadcasting Company: 24 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 25, 2002)
Legacy (2016-present)[]
In January 2016, the official website was relaunched and redirected to the URL http://www.fox.com/24-legacy. The initial version featured the 24: Legacy press release and a playlist of officially released promotional videos.