Counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, one day at a time. With episodes unfolding in real time, 24 covers one day in the life of Bauer per season. Jack deals with assassination attempts, nuclear attacks, bioterrorism, torture, traitors, sleeper cells, bad guys and the alarming tendency for his romances to end badly – very badly.

Michael Scofield is a desperate man in a desperate situation. His brother, Lincoln Burrows, was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and put on Death Row. Michael holds up a bank to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary, then sets in motion a series of elaborate plans to break Lincoln out and prove his innocence.

Once out of jail, their perils aren’t over — the brothers must flee to escape recapture and battle an intricate political conspiracy that puts everyone’s life at risk.

Victims’ rights and missing children advocate John Walsh hosts the long-running show dedicated to bringing criminals to justice. He appeals to viewers to be on the lookout for criminals profiled on the show.

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels on the side, has an incredible ability to read clues left behind in a victim’s bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless. Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes, but who has developed a respect for Brennan both professionally and personally.

In a secret facility (the titular Dollhouse), Echo and her fellow ”Actives” have had their own personalities erased so they can assume any relevant personas they may be assigned in engagements that cater to the wealthy, powerful and well-connected. After each assignment, the Actives have their memories wiped again so they can enter the next scenario with no memory of before. At least, that’s the plan — but as the series unfolds, Echo’s memory begins to return and she slowly starts piecing together her true identity.

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to investigate the bizarre case of an international flight that landed at Boston’s Logan Airport with a load of passengers and crew members who all have died grisly deaths. After another agent, John Scott, is nearly killed during the investigation, Olivia’s search for clues takes her to institutionalized genius Dr. Walter Bishop, whose estranged son, Peter, may prove helpful in solving this mystery. After meeting manipulative corporate executive Nina Sharp, however, Olivia and her colleagues begin to realize the riddle of that ghastly flight is only a fragment of an even more shocking truth.

Optimistic teacher Will Schuester tries to inspire a group of ragtag performers to restore McKinley High School’s glee club to its former glory and take part in a national competition. Of course, it would be an easier task if it weren’t for the current stars of the choir: a nerdy soprano, a diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up, a geeky guitar player and an awkward girl who struggles to suppress her stutter. Still, with two real talents in his sites, Will and fellow teacher Emma Pillsbury are determined to do whatever they can to prove all naysayers wrong and make the show choir great again.

At fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey, prickly genius Dr. Gregory House tackles baffling health mysteries like a medical Sherlock Holmes, while amusing himself by playing mind games with hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy and House’s best friend, Dr. James Wilson, an oncologist. House’s original team of young diagnosticians — Drs. Eric Foreman, Allison Cameron and Robert Chase — have graduated to other duties, replaced by House’s new team: Drs. Lawrence Kutner, Chris Taub and a female doctor House has dubbed Thirteen.

Eddie and Joy Stamm have been married for what seems like forever — and they’ve got the scars to prove it. Their new next-door neighbors are young newlyweds Steph and Jeff Woodcock, an idealistic, sickeningly adorable pair who only just got hitched. Naturally, cynical high school teacher Eddie thinks its his manly duty to offer “sage” advice to Jeff, who happens to be the new vice principal at Eddie’s school. But Eddie’s little secret is that he loves Joy more than anything; and however sarcastic Joy herself appears, she loves Eddie right back.

Stan Smith is a CIA agent painfully dedicated to homeland security with a doting wife, a liberal daughter, a socially awkward son, a goldfish with the brain of a German guy and an alien from Area 51.