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The Golden Globe-nominated "24" ratchets
up the suspense, hour by hour.
that we took out," Surnow says.
Because 24's two dozen episodes cover
the events of a single day, keeping up the
illusion of continuity is very important.
Mr hat scenario would
"Across the board, we have to make sure
cause someone to stay
every show is consistent, including
awake for 24 hours?
wardrobe and make-up," Surnow says.
That's what former
That requires a lot of people looking
Michigander Joel Surnow, co-creator
at it for quality control, and it means the
of the Fox network's critically
actors can't gain or lose any weight, or
acclaimed show 24, asked himself
change their hair."
when he sat down to write the pilot.
Surnow, who is Jewish, says his back-
After determining the entire season
ground has played a role in
would take place in one day,
shaping the show. "Bob is a
with each of the 24 episodes
Christian Scientist and I am
covering one real hour in
Jewish and we are both
time, he needed a. storyline.
deeply committed to our
"Bob (co-creator Robert
respective religions, and that
Cochran) and I sat down
influences the way we write
and tried to think of what
our characters," he says.
would be compelling
"We are always concerned
enough to keep people up
that Keifer Sutherland's
for 24 hours," recalls-
character has strong values
Surnow, who cast Keifer
and a commitment to his
Sutherland in the lead role.
country, his family, etc. This
"We started with an
comes from both of our
assassination attempt on a
"24" co-creator Joel
president, which would
Surnow spent his early religious upbringings."
Surnow, 47, spent his
cause everyone to be on .
childhood in Detroit
childhood in Detroit and
high alert, but we also
and Oak Park.
Oak Park, beginning his
needed a personal story
"Bob and I both have teenage daugh- education at Clinton Elementary and
transferring to Einstein Elementary.
ters and we thought if our daughters
When he was 8 years old, his parents,
were missing, we wouldn't be worrying
about sleeping, showering or eating. We Max, a carpet salesman, and Reva, a
saleswoman at Ferguson's in Detroit,
would be completely committed to
moved the family to Los Angeles.
finding them. So we put those two
"It's ironic that I'm being written up
ideas together and it grew from there."
in the Jewish News," says Surnow,
The 24 hours of the title begin at
whose parents are both deceased. "The
the midnight hour, the day of the
Jewish News was [my parents'] favorite
California presidential primary. After
paper, and they had it sent to
playing chess with his 15-year old
California and read it every week until
daughter, CIA agent Jack Bauer
they died. They would have loved this."
(Sutherland) gets called into work,
Surnow went to high school in
where he learns of a plot to assassinate
Beverly Hills, Calif, and spent his col-
the presidential nominee.
lege years at Berkeley and UCLA,
He has only has 24 hours to hunt
down the potential assassin. But Bauer where he earned his bachelor's degree.
Following graduation, he worked for
also has to deal with another crisis —
his father selling carpets for a few
his daughter is missing.
years, and then landed his first writing
Surnow, who is married with five
assignment on the TV hit St. Elsewhere.
daughters, ages 6 to 19, says 24 "has a
From there I was the head writer
lot of elements that audiences are famil-
on Miami Vice for the first season, and
iar with — a crime story and a personal
family story. We didn't want any kind of then became executive producer of
The Equalizer, which was shot in New
science fiction, just dramatic elements
York," says Surnow, who also pro-
that people are comfortable with."
Because of the events of Sept. 11, the duced and wrote the Rock Hudson
vehicle The Commish.
writers had to make a script change.
"Then I developed and executive
"We had a scene of a plane exploding
ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER
Special to the Jewish News