12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

"**12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.**"
"12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m."
24 episode
	Mandy (Mia Kirshner), a freelance terrorist, moments before exploding a 747. This scene, broadcast two months after the September 11 attacks, delayed the airing of the 24 pilot. This scene was also edited for sensitive content.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Stephen Hopkins
Written by	Joel Surnow; Robert Cochran;
Cinematography by	Peter Levy
Production code	1AFF79
Original air date	November 6, 2001
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearances
	Mia Kirshner as Mandy; Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida; Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer; Michael O'Neill as Richard Walsh; Xander Berkeley as George Mason; Rudolf Martin as Martin Belkin; Richard Burgi as Alan York; Daniel Bess as Rick Allen; Matthew Carey as Dan Mounts; Jacqui Maxwell as Janet York; Tanya Wright as Patty Brooks; Karina Arroyave as Jamey Farrell; Devika Parikh as Maureen Kingsley; Jeff Ricketts as Victor Rovner; Gary Murphy as Vincent O'Brien;

"12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." (retroactively referred to as "Day 1: 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.") is the pilot episode of the Fox television series 24. It was written by series creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran and directed by Stephen Hopkins. It premiered in the United States on Fox at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2001.

The episode takes place between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on the day of the California Presidential Primary. It chronicles one hour in the day of Jack Bauer, a government agent called into work at the Counter Terrorist Unit, his daughter Kim who has snuck out of the house, his wife Teri who goes out searching for Kim, and Senator David Palmer who is seeking to become the first African-American President of the United States. CTU believes that David Palmer is being targeted for assassination.

The 24 pilot was originally scheduled to air on October 31, 2001, but was preempted due to the September 11 attacks. A quick scene of an explosion was also cut from the episode after the attacks. It was met with very positive critical reception. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for this episode.

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