What happened? It's confirmed. The eighth season of Kiefer Sutherland's hit TV show 24 will be its last.

Why was it in the news? The series, starring Sutherland as action man Jack Bauer, became an instant hit with TV audiences around the world when it premiered in 2001. More recently, veteran Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor joined the series as the president of a Middle East country.u00a0