Top 10 Moments From 24 Did you know that 24 was originally planned to be a romantic comedy showing 24 hours in the life of a wedding? It seems ridiculous now to imagine Jack Bauer as some nervous bridegroom-to-be on his big day, especially when you consider some other facts about 24. For example, would the script writers have managed to find time for their nervous groom to kill 198 people over the six-and-a-half series of the show? Probably not.