UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly is reporting that NBC may pick up 24.

The clock is ticking down for Jack Bauer and the cast of 24.

Variety is the first to call time of death on Fox’s thriller, which is now in its eighth — and apparently final — season.

Rumors that this would the show’s last season have been circulating for months. Ratings are down and many critics have jumped ship as well. The show premiered in 2001.

However, talk of a 24 movie persists. Star Kiefer Sutherland has publicly said he’s on board if and when 24 movies to the big screen.