12 Hugely Disappointing Seasons Of Beloved TV Shows

24 was one of the first shows in the golden age of TV that started in the 2000s. A ground-breaking real-time action thriller, when 24's at its best there is simply nothing else like it. The first five seasons, despite the occasional dumb subplot, were great and season five in particular was completely outstanding. Season six was the start of the show's decline.

After a good first few episodes which concluded with a nuke being detonated on US soil, the season went badly wrong. Lacking in memorable twists, genuinely powerful action or any real sense of tension, this felt like some mediocre action film stretched out across 24 hours.

This also, like many of these disappointing seasons, brings the problems lurking beneath the surface in previous installments right out into the open. There are too many pointless subplots, the torture becomes entirely gratuitous and everything just gets too over-the-top and convoluted. Worst of all there's an awful story-line involving Jack Bauer's evil family.

This season ultimately did nothing except repeat past plot-lines such as the threat of a nuke or the invocation of the 25th Amendment. Even some members of the production team have admitted this season was a major disappointment.

Seasons seven and eight were better, but 24 only got back up to its original standard with the release of 24: Live Another Day, which benefited from being tighter and having only 12 episodes.