Joel Surnow

Joel Surnow is the co-creator (with Robert Cochran), an executive producer, and a writer on 24. Politically, he is a conservative.

He previously worked with Brad Turner and Robert Cochran as the executive producer of La Femme Nikita and a writer of The Commish. Surnow has also worked as a staff writer for other popular series such as The Equalizer, Miami Vice, Nowhere Man, and Wiseguy. He was a writer on Special Unit 2 where he worked with Evan Katz, the creator of that show.

24 Related Work

Executive Producer

• Surnow has executive produced every episode of 24 since Day 1 (147 total as of the end of Day 6).

Day 1

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6:00pm-7:00pm	7:00pm-8:00pm	8:00pm-9:00pm	9:00pm-10:00pm	10:00pm-11:00pm	11:00pm-12:00am"
The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU

Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

Prequel
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Conspiracy

Day 5

Prequel
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Day 6

Prequel
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Debrief

24 Related Appearances

• 24 Inside season 5 show 2
• Pure 24 episode 1x23
• 24 Heaven
• 24 Access All Areas

DVD Commentary

On the 24 DVD sets, Joel Surnow provides audio commentary for the following episodes:

• Day 2 5:00pm-6:00pm (with Penny Johnson Jerald)
• Day 2 3:00am-4:00am (with Kiefer Sutherland)
• Day 3 1:00am-2:00am (with Mary Lynn Rajskub)
• Day 4 7:00am-8:00am (with Mary Lynn Rajskub]]
• Day 6 12:00am-1:00am (with Mary Lynn Rajskub)

External links

• Template:IMDb-link
• Interview with The Hollywood Reporter
• Interview with Phase 9 Movies