08.19 | Still, it's the best show on Sunday nights after 'Songs Of Praise'

The conclusion of '24' failed to attract the 3-4 million viewers that were expected of it. Although it hit the front pages of quite a few Sunday broadsheets, only 2.9 million viewers tuned in to watch Federal Agent Jack Bauer complete the 'longest day of his life'. Preceding that on Channel 4, 'The West Wing' completed its season two run with a poor 1.1 million viewers. Maybe if 'West Wing' could make itself more relevant to people, who may have little understanding of American politics, and could hit the zeitgeist more often - like, say, Kiefer Sutherland's paranoid terrorist-baiting back-stabbing '24' - it could pull in more fans...