I’ve been hearing from mulitiple people that 24 is a TV show that’s right up my alley. But seeing as I have a hard enough time watching The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Lost, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, The O.C., and Gilmore Girls (laugh all you want, but it’s funny, wonderfully written, and has the hottest mother/daughter combo on TV), I’ve never been able to fit Fox’s action phenom in my tight schedule. I almost watched the two hour season opener last night, but I’m glad I didn’t given the uproar in today’s local news.

Columbia’s Fox affiliate, WACH, really dropped the ball last night. You see, the start of 24 was delayed because a football game went past its scheduled 8 p.m. off time. Naturally, this made 24 run over its 10 p.m. off time by several minutes. No biggie, right? It is when Fox decides to show the 10 p.m. news at its regular time, cutting short the final moments of 24. A flood of complaints from local viewers forced WACH to acknowledge the mistake. In response to the outcry from Jack Bauer’s Midlands fans, WACH is reairing the last hour of the premier tonight at 7 p.m. While I don’t know a lot about making programming decisions for TV networks, I do know that you don’t mess around with the rabid fans of 24 or Lost. These audiences tend to have their local affiliates on speed dial in case of any moronic programming decisions.