24 Hours or 24 Months?

CNN.com ran a story estimating the time it would take our favorite shows to make it back into production.

The prognosis isn't good.

It's rumored that 24 won't make it back at all this year. The earliest we can expect to see new content from Keifer and company is 2009. And that's assuming Sutherland can stay sober and out of trouble. Honestly, haven't innocent Christmas trees around the world suffered enough?

Lost is another tragic victim of the strike. It managed to finish eight episodes before picket lines formed, but that's far from a full, normal season. It seems the Lost producers would love to crank production back up for up to eight more episodes, but that the network will likely prove reluctant since the additional shows would air during the summer, a traditional TV hiatus for viewers and networks alike.