12 Hours (TV Series)

60 is a TV series based on the popular Fox series 24. 60's events take place in real time, much like the latter series, except the whole season takes up an hour's worth of time in lieu of a day, hence the title 60. There are 12 episodes in each season, running for approximately 5 minutes.

Season 1
Season 1 takes place from 9:00am to 10:00 am. The main plot of the first season involves Raymond Kramer, the son of President Gavin Kramer, who is kidnapped by terrorists demanding President Kramer to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

The main characters of the season are: Recurring characters:
 * Henry Jasper, the son of Vice President Blake Jasper and best friend of Raymond Kramer, who attempts to rescue him after he gets kidnapped. Henry appears in all 12 episodes of the season.
 * Blake Jasper, the Vice President of the United States and father of Henry. Vice President Jasper appears in all 12 episodes
 * Gavin Kramer, the President of the United States and father of Raymond. President Kramer appears in all 12 episodes
 * Raymond Kramer, Henry's friend. Raymond appears in all 12 episodes
 * Jacinta Foxworthy, Henry's girlfriend. Jacinta appears in 8 episodes.
 * Reginald McCullough, the mastermind of the abduction. McCullough appears in all 12 episodes.
 * Will Jasper, Henry's brother. Will appears in 5 episodes
 * Eliza Jasper, Henry's sister. Eliza appears in 5 episodes
 * Max Glass, Henry's friend. Max appears in 4 episodes
 * Amelia Jasper, Henry's mother. Amelia appears in 3 episodes

Season 2
Season 2 takes place from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. The main plot of the second season involves Henry Jasper who is forced to go on the run after being falsely accused of the murder of a politician.

The main characters of the season are: Recurring characters:
 * Henry Jasper, the son of Vice President (and later President) Blake Jasper. He is accused of the murder of a politician and is forced to go on the run and clear his name. Henry appears in all 12 episodes.
 * Blake Jasper, the Vice President (and later President) of the United States. He is later sworn in as President after the assassination of President Gavin Kramer. Vice President (and then President) Jasper appears in all 12 episodes.
 * Gavin Kramer, the President of the United States. He is later assassinated by Duane Somers via Henry Jasper's pistol. President Kramer appears in 7 episodes.
 * Jacinta Foxworthy, Henry's girlfriend. Jacinta appears in 7 episodes.
 * Duane Somers, the main antagonist of the season. Somers appears in 9 episodes.
 * Will Jasper, Henry's brother. Will appears in 2 episodes.
 * Eliza Jasper, Henry's sister. Eliza appears in 2 episodes.
 * Max Glass, Henry's friend. Max appears in 2 episodes
 * Raymond Kramer, Henry's friend. Raymond appears in 1 episode
 * Amelia Jasper, Henry's mother. Amelia appears in 1 episode.

Season 3
Season 3 takes place from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. It is the first season to not begin at the start of the hour. The main plot of the season involved an anthrax attack on the White House that Henry must prevent.

The main characters of the season are: Recurring characters:
 * Henry Jasper, the main character of the series. He appears in all episodes.
 * Blake Jasper, Henry's father and the President of the United States. He appears in all episodes.
 * Jacinta Foxworthy, Henry's ex-girlfriend. She appears in all episodes.
 * Diane Andrews, Henry's new girlfriend who is involved in the terrorist plot against the White House. She appears in all episodes.
 * Will Jasper, Henry's brother. He appears in 8 episodes.
 * Eliza Jasper, Henry's sister. She appears in 7 episodes.
 * Max Glass, Henry's friend. He appears in 6 episodes.
 * Serena Anatolyvich, the main antagonist of the season. She appears in all episodes.
 * Donald Byrne, the Vice President of the United States. He appears in 9 episodes.

Season 4
Season 4 takes place from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. It is the first season to take place at night. The main plot of season involves Henry attempting to find the people responsible for the deaths of his friends and family.

The main characters include: Recurring characters:
 * Henry Jasper, the protagonist. He appears in all episodes.
 * Blake Jasper, Henry's father and the President of the United States. He appears in all episodes.
 * Jacinta Foxworthy, Henry's ex-girlfriend. She is brutally attacked and left comatose in episode 2. She appears in 3 episodes.
 * Will Jasper, Henry's brother. He is murdered in episode 2. He appears in 3 episodes.
 * Eliza Jasper, Henry's sister. She appears in 9 episodes.
 * Max Glass, Henry's friend. He appears in 10 episodes.
 * George Glass, the head of Globex Corporation, the people responsible for the assassinations, and Max's father. He appears in 11 episodes.
 * Raymond Kramer, Henry's friend. He is murdered in episode 1. He appears in 2 episodes.
 * Amelia Jasper, Henry's mother. She is murdered in episode 3. She appears in 3 episodes.
 * Donald Byrne, the Vice President of the United States. He appears in 3 episodes.

Season 5
Season 5 takes place from 11:00pm to 12:00am. The main plot of the season involves Henry continuing to unravel the secrets behind the Globex Corporation.

The main characters include: Recurring characters:
 * Henry Jasper, the protagonist. He appears in all episodes.
 * Blake Jasper, Henry's father and former President of the United States. He resigned due to the events of Season 4. He is murdered in episode 8. He appears in 9 episodes.
 * Eliza Jasper, Henry's sister. She appears in 9 episodes.
 * Donald Byrne, President of the United States. He appears in 10 episodes.
 * Alexandra Kingsley, the new Vice President of the UnIted States. She is a high ranking member of the Globex Corporation. She appears in 10 episodes.
 * Henry Blake Jasper, Sr. - Blake's father and a former member of the Globex Corporation. He appears in 6 episodes.
 * Jacinta Foxworthy, Henry's comatose ex-girlfriend. She appears in 1 episode.
 * Max Glass, Henry's friend. He appears in 4 episodes.

Gavin Kramer
Gavin Richard Kramer (October 23, 1956 - January 23, 2011) was an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 2009 until his assassination on January 23, 2011 and as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President Harvey Scott. He was the first Jewish man in American history to become President and Vice President.

As a member of the Republican Party, he was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district from 1995 until December 2000.

Kramer was born in Powell, Ohio to Jeremy Kramer (1928-2005), a doctor and Emily Kramer (née Schwartz; born 1930), a professor. He has three siblings - James (born 1955), Edward (b. 1959) and Anna (b. 1960).

Kramer attended Frederick Douglass High School and graduated in 1974. He attended Occidental College, where he met his future wife Jennifer Snowden (born 1956). After graduating in 1978, he worked as an aide for U.S. Representative George Carter.

He married Snowden in 1980 and had five children - James (b. 1981), Diane (b. 1982) and Julia (b. 1989), Stephanie (b. 1993) and Raymond (1996-2013).

Kramer worked as a financial lawyer at Goldman and Hauer from 1984 to 1993, before announcing his intention to run for Congress.

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1994 mid-term elections, defeating incumbent Democrat Harry Vance by a 5% margin. (Two other future Vice Presidents turned Presidents were elected to the House in 1994 - Blake Jasper, who would be Kramer's running mate in 14 years and later ascend to the presidency after his death, and Donald Byrne, who would become Jasper's vice-president in 16 years and then succeed him after his resignation).

Kramer was selected as the running mate to Republican nominee Governor Harvey Scott of North Dakota in the 2000 presidential election, where they eventually defeated the Democratic ticket of Governor Eric Snell of Oregon and Senator James Fuller of Oregon. Scott and Kramer were inaugurated as President and Vice President on January 20, 2001. Kramer made history as the first Jewish man to become Vice President of the United States.

Both Scott and Kramer were well liked during their first term, with both men averaging a 54% approval rating.

They were re-elected in 2004, defeating Senator Ryan Peterson of Maine and Governor George Foster of Nevada.

After winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, Kramer went on to win the 2008 presidential election with running mate Senator Blake Jasper of Texas, defeating the Democratic ticket of Governor Bradley Garland of California and Senator Steven Green of Illinois. They were inaugurated as President and Vice President on January 20, 2009. Kramer set another record as the first Jew to become President.

On March 18, 2010, fourteen months into Kramer's presidency, his son Raymond Kramer was kidnapped by terrorists, but was rescued with the help of Vice President Jasper's son, Henry Jasper.

On January 23, 2011, President Kramer was shot and killed in the Oval Office. Hen. He was 54 years of age.

He is survived by his wife and four children. His son Raymond would be murdered himself on March 9, 2013.

Blake Jasper
Henry Blake Jasper II (June 7, 1964 - December 31, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2011 to 2013, assuming the office after serving as the 47th Vice President of the United States to President Gavin Kramer from 2009 to 2011.

As a member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Texas from 2001 to 2009 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 8th district from 1995 to 2001.

Jasper was born the third of three children to Henry Blake Jasper Sr. (1928-2016) and Yvette Jasper (née Jones; 1929-2007) in Plano, Texas. He has two siblings - John (born 1960) and James (born 1962).

He graduated Deer Park High in 1982. He was childhood friends with Donald Byrne, a future Congressman who would eventually become his Vice President and then President in his own right. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a political science major in 1986.

Jasper married his high school sweetheart Amelia Jordan (1964-2013) in 1990 and had three children - Eliza (b. 1995), Henry (b. 1996) and Will (1997-2013).

He worked at public relations and marketing firm Birch Gold from 1987 to 1994, when he left to run for Congress. After incumbent Republican William Haskell retired, Jasper was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1994 midterm elections, defeating Democrat opponent Hazel Greer by a 0.5% margin in a very close election. (Two other future Vice Presidents turned Presidents were elected that year - Gavin Kramer, who he would serve under as VP and ultimately succeed after his death, and Donald Byrne, who would serve under him and succeed him after his resignation).

After three terms in the House of Representatives, Jasper was elected to the Senate in 2000, defeating Democratic incumbent Geraldine Baker by a 2% margin. He was eventually re-elected in 2006.

Vice President Gavin Kramer became the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and selected Jasper as his running mate. They went on to defeat Governor Bradley Garland of California and Senator Steven Green of Illinois in the 2008 presidential election. They were inaugurated as President and Vice President on January 20, 2009.

After Kramer was assassinated in the Oval Office on January 23, 2011, Jasper ascended to the presidency.

On February 1, 2011, he nominated Senator Donald Byrne of New York to be his Vice President. This selection caused controversy as Byrne was a Democrat and only one Vice-President in American history did not match the party of his President. However, on February 19, his nomination was approved by the Senate, who voted him in 75 to 22. Byrne was inaugurated as the 48th Vice President of the United States on February 20.

Jasper fell victim to an anthrax attack at the White House on July 23, 2012, just months before the presidential election. Eight members of his cabinet were killed but Jasper survived with minor respiratory issues.

On November 6, 2012, Jasper was elected to the presidency in his own right, with he and Vice President Byrne defeating the Democratic ticket of Senator Joanne Cox of Michigan and Representative George Hanson of Tennessee 307 electoral votes to 231 in the presidential election.

Jasper and Byrne were reinaugurated as President and Vice President on January 20, 2013.

After Jasper's wife Amelia and son Will were murdered, he resigned from the presidency on March 9, 2013, just 49 days after his second inauguration.

Jasper himself was murdered on December 31, 2014 by a hitman working for Vice President Alexandra Kingsley. He was 50 years of age.

Donald Byrne
Donald Byrne served as the 48th Vice President of the United States to the 45th President of the United States, Blake Jasper, from 2011 to 2013.

Byrne ascended to the vice-presidency in the aftermath of President Gavin Kramer's assassination. On February 1, 2011, he was nominated by President Jasper and he was approved by the Senate on February 19 before being sworn in on February 20.

After Jasper's resignation on March 9, 2013, Byrne was then inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. He was the third person to become President in four years, after Kramer was elected in 2008 and Jasper ascended in 2011.

He nominated Senator Alexandra Kingsley of Maryland as Vice President on March 12, and she was approved 78-19 by the Senate. Kingsley was inaugurated the following day, becoming the 49th Vice President of the United States and the first female to ever serve as Vice President.

It was discovered in early 2014 that Byrne and Kingsley were engaged in an affair. This scandal was tremendously embarrassing for both parties and strained both marriages.

Byrne was seriously injured in an assassination attempt on December 31, 2014. Kingsley briefly became Acting President of the United States but after her role in the assassinations of ex-President Jasper and his family, as well as the attempted assassination of President Byrne, came to light, she was killed by Henry Jasper. She was 45 years old.

After Kingsley's death, Speaker of the House John Hammond became Acting President of the United States and served until January 19, 2015, when President Byrne successfully recovered from his injuries.

Soon after he recovered, he announced that he would not run for re-election and dedicated the remainder of his term to the memory of President Jasper, Amelia Jasper and Will Jasper.

The Democratic ticket of Governor Oliver Thwaites of Arkansas and Representative Edward Porter of Arkansas defeated the Republican ticket of Governor Jeff Stevens of Tennessee and Senator Bill Gunn of Georgia in the 2016 presidential election, winning 278 electoral votes to 260. Thwaites and Porter were inaugurated as President and Vice President on January 20, 2017.

Episode Count
Henry Jasper - All 60 Episodes (60 episodes as main character in Seasons 1 to 5)

Blake Jasper - 57 Episodes (57 episodes as main character in Seasons 1 to 5)

Eliza Jasper - 32 Episodes (7 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 1 to 2, 25 episodes as main characters in Seasons 3 to 5)

Jacinta Foxworthy - 31 Episodes (30 episodes as main character in Seasons 1 to 4; 1 episode as supporting character in Season 5)

Max Glass - 26 episodes (10 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 1 to 2 & 5; 16 episodes as main character in Seasons 3 to 4)

Donald Byrne - 22 episodes (12 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 3 & 4; 10 episodes as main character in Season 5)

Gavin Kramer - 19 Episodes (19 episodes as main character in Seasons 1 to 2)

Will Jasper - 18 Episodes (7 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 1 & 2; 11 episodes as main character in Seasons 3 & 4)

Raymond Kramer - 15 Episodes (12 episodes as main character in Season 1; 3 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 2 & 4)

Diane Andrews - 12 Episodes (12 episodes as main character in Season 3)

Serena Anatolyvich - 12 Episodes (12 episodes as supporting character in Season 3)

Reginald McCullough - 12 Episodes (12 episodes as supporting character in Season 1)

George Glass - 11 Episodes (11 episodes as supporting character in Season 4)

Alexandra Kingsley - 10 Episodes (10 episodes as main character in Season 5)

Duane Somers - 9 Episodes (9 episodes as supporting character in Season 2)

Amelia Jasper - 7 Episodes ( 7 episodes as supporting character in Seasons 1, 2 & 4)

Henry Blake Jasper Sr. - 6 Episodes ( 6 episodes as supporting character in Season 5)

Henry Jasper is the only character to appear in every episode of 60.

Most Episodes as Main Character
1. Henry Jasper - 60

2. Blake Jasper - 57

3. Jacinta Foxworthy - 30

4. Eliza Jasper - 25

5. Gavin Kramer - 19

6. Max Glass - 16

7. Raymond Kramer & Diane Andrews - 12

9. Will Jasper - 11

10. Donald Byrne & Alexandra Kingsley - 10

Most Episodes as Supporting Character
1. Donald Byrne, Serena Anatolyvich & Reginald McCullough - 12

4. George Glass - 11

5. Max Glass - 10

6. Duane Somers - 9

7. Will Jasper & Amelia Jasper - 7

9. Henry Blake Jasper Sr - 6