24 premiered on FOX on November 6, 2001. This series unravels one 24-hour day,from midnight to midnight, with each episode covering one hour in the characters' lives told in real time. Jack Bauer is the head of an elite team of CIA agents who uncover an assassination plot targeting Presidential nominee David Palmer. With only 24 hours to find the killer and save Palmer, Jack must also deal with the sudden disappearance of his troubled teenage daughter. The name changed to 24: Legacy in the ninth season.