Kiefer: 'TV's really the home of drama now'

Kiefer Sutherland says television is 'the home of drama' because they don't make movies like they used to.

The 24 star is taking Jack Bauer to the big screen after the hit show was axed following its eighth season.

Kiefer told Variety: "(Television's) really the home of the drama - I grew up and the films I wanted to do as an actor were films like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Urban Cowboy. Why don't they make those movies any more?

"The drama got picked up by television, and that's why you're seeing a huge influx of very successful actors looking at television for work.

"When you look at everything from ER to The West Wing to The Sopranos to The Wire to Californication, there's amazing television out there.

"The traditional format of television is obviously changing, as advertising is changing. But I still think it's an unbelievably exciting place to be."

On shooting the final series of 24, Kiefer said: "It's going to get sadder and sadder. But I think it's going to be tempered by a sense of accomplishment.

"I absolutely believe that creatively we finish in a really strong place."