It’s debatable whether 24 was the dawn of the binge-watch, a series which tapped into that desire to view one episode after another. However, when terrorist-basher Jack Bauer made his debut on TV, if you had access to the next episode, then resistance was futile.
Created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, the duo hoped the idea of a Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) would strike a chord with the masses, though some thought the horrors of September 11, 2001 would jeopardise the series before it got started.