UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- In response to the Golden Globes live blog, reader LUV PENS asked what became of the wife of Bill Buchanan (James Morrison) on "24." Jayne Atkinson starred for a couple of seasons as presidential adviser Karen Hayes, but she's nowhere to be found in the new season that debuted Sunday.
I sought out "24" executive producer Jon Cassar at a Director's Guild reception to try to get an answer.
"Karen is not back this year," he said. "Weren't she and Bill bumpy at the end of year six?"
Neither he nor I could remember exactly where the Bill-Karen relationship stood -- it's been almost two years since season six ended -- but he said there would ne references to her in the new season.
"She's just one of those people who passes on in '24,'" Cassar said. "You can't service everyone."
At the moment, Cassar said he's working to whittle this season's finale of "24" down to an hour running time. At the moment, it's coming in at 23 minutes too long.
UPDATE: "24" executive producer Howard Gordon said there was a reference to Bill's wife in a script, but it got cut.
"They're still married," Gordon said. "Everything is fine."
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Jan 13 2009, 09:14 AM
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Rob Owen