THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT – AT 10:01 A.M. ET:  The moment we have dreaded.  From The New York Times: 

If any one show has represented the post-9/11 era on television, it is “24,” the Fox drama that has offered counterterrorism as entertainment for nine years.

On “24,” torture saves lives. On “24,” phones are tapped, plots are disrupted, terrorists are killed, and one man, Jack Bauer, will stop at nothing to protect the American people. For viewers, “24” is part sum of all fears, part wish fulfillment in an age of shadowy enemies.

For Fox, the show’s trademark clock is about to stop ticking. Nearly a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that so heavily influenced people’s perceptions of the series, cast and crew members said they were told on Friday that it had been canceled.

If this be treason... 

I am going into mourning.  I will need the spiritual help of readers for some time to come.  Words of sympathy, words of encouragement, Bible verses.

There is no Monday night without "24."  In my home we will go directly from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning.

The last episode will air in May.  After that, darkness.  They will probably replace it with some prissy series about teenaged love in a California high school.  I can't wait.

This is how civilizations die.  Roman civilization started to die when the hit series, "Clockum Countum Jackum Bauerum" stopped playing at the Coliseum.

March 28, 2010