Robert Cochran (also credited as Bob Cochran) is the co-creator of the

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'' 24.'' Before that, he and

Joel Surnow Joel Surnow (born December 18, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director. He is the co-creator of the action series '' La Femme Nikita'' and '' 24''. Life and career Joel Surnow is of Jewish descent. He was raised in Michi ...

written and produced for the television series ''

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''. Cochran had also written for shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' JAG''. Cochran and Surnow later created and produced the television series '' La Femme Nikita'' and later also served as the series consultants. His production company is Real Time Productions. In 2007, he created the TV show pilots, ''

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'' with

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and also '' The Call'' with

David Hemingson David Hemingson (born July 26, 1964) is an American writer and producer for film and television. He is best known for writing the 2023 film ''The Holdovers'', which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Early life ...

, both of which went unsold. In 2014 he returned to write for '' 24: Live Another Day''. In 2016, he wrote on the spin-off series '' 24: Legacy.'' In 2019, Cochran published a young adult fantasy novel, ''The Sword and the Dagger''.

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