DVD News: 24: The Complete Series – and 24: Season Eight – Arrive on DVD and Blu-ray In Time for Christmas!

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Time may have run out on 24, one of the most innovative and acclaimed [not to mention harrowing] dramas on television, but fans can relive every pulse-pounding minute of the show’s final season when 24 Season Eight arrives – just in time for Christmas – on December 7, 2010 to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Additionally on December 7, fans will also have a chance to experience all 8 days of Jack Bauer when 24: The Complete Series arrives in a collectible DVD box set. Details from the press release follow the jump.

24: The Complete Series is a must-own collectible box set, that includes Seasons 1-8, and bursting with bonus features including deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage; a comprehensive retrospective that looks back at the show’s unforgettable eight seasons; an alternate ending for the series finale and much more.

In :24: Season Eight, New York City is the backdrop and Emmy Award® winner Kiefer Sutherland is back as rugged counter-terrorist, Jack Bauer.  Just when he thought he was leaving the dangerous life behind to be with his daughter and her family, Jack is once again called on by CTU to uncover a Russian extremist plot to assassinate an Islamic leader during peace negotiations with U.S. President Taylor.  Fan favorites Elisha Cuthbert, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Cherry Jones, and Annie Wersching are joined by new faces Anil Kapoor, Katee Sackoff, Bob Gunton and Freddie Prinze Jr. for Jack’s final, nail-biting 24 hours protecting America’s freedom.