From a longish New Yorker piece on the politics of 24:

[24 creator Joel] Surnow, for his part, revels in his minority status inside the left-leaning entertainment industry. “Conservatives are the new oppressed class,” he joked in his office. “Isn’t it bizarre that in Hollywood it’s easier to come out as gay than as conservative?” His success with “24,” he said, has protected him from the more righteous elements of the Hollywood establishment. “Right now, they have to be nice to me,” he said. “But if the show tanks I’m sure they’ll kill me.”

The piece also mentions that Surnow is working on a “Daily Show for conservatives” called The Half Hour News Hour that will debut on February 18th. Libertas has a write-up about an early taping of show.