24 Minutes

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The Simpsons episode
"24 Minutes"
Episode no.	400
Prod. code	JABF??
Orig. Airdate	2007-05-20
Writer(s)	Ian Maxtone-Graham
Director(s)	Unknown
Guest star(s)	Kiefer Sutherland Mary Lynn Rajskub
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Season 18 September 10, 2006 – May 20, 2007
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24 Minutes will be the 400th episode of The Simpsons and will air on May 20, 2007. It has been written by Ian Maxtone-Graham.

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Matt Groening, in an interview with FOXNews, described the episode as "The landmark 400th half-hour, due to air in May 2007, is a spoof of Fox's 24 that's titled "24 Minutes" and features the drama's Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub as their characters (Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian)." ^[1]

It has also been revealed that a Counter Truancy Unit will be set up at Springfield Elementary School, a parody of 24's Counter Terrorist Unit.

Kiefer Sutherland will guest star in two episodes in the 18th season: this episode, and "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)". Kiefer is the second in his family to guest star. His father, Donald Sutherland, guest starred in season 7's "Lisa the Iconoclast".
This will be the third episode that characters from another FOX show have appeared in a "crossover" storyline, following "A Star is Burns" (The Critic) and "The Springfield Files" (The X-Files). Other episodes have featured cameos from other Fox series characters. The Hill family from King of the Hill made a brief cameo in "Bart Star", as did Peter Griffin in "Treehouse of Horror XIII" and the "The Italian Bob". American Dad's Stan Smith was also pictured in "The Italian Bob". Bender from Futurama has made numerous appearances, and Fry has appeared in an opening couch gag.