24. Season 1's Premiere Was Delayed By A Week Because Of 9/11
24's first ever episode aired on November 6, 2001, and this was following a week's delay due to a plot element in the episode bearing a rather tricky similarity to the recent 9/11 attacks. The scene in which Mandy blows up a plane was edited prior to airing to cut out a shot of the explosion (which was shown in a previous trailer) so that the show wouldn't court as much controversy or cause too much upset to the sensitive American public right out of the gate. Even so, it still aired less than 2 months after the attack took place, so it didn't stop some crying, "Too soon!"
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