Eric Balfour Asked To Leave 24, No CTU Next Season

In an interview with TV GUide Online, Eric Balfour revealed that he asked to be killed of on 24. “About two months ago, I got an offer to do a CBS cop show that sounded really exciting, and I felt it was a golden opportunity,” he says, referring to Protect and Serve, a pilot about LAPD officers costarring Dean Cain. (Next week CBS will announce whether or not the show has been picked up.)

Balfour is also in Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, Hellfire. “I’m rockin’ the whole thing, so I felt like I needed a change from 24,” Balfour says. “The show is incredible, but Milo was just one pillar in that structure. As an actor, it didn’t give me much room to show my colors.”

Balfour may have revealed one spoiler about the show he’s leaving behind. “We’re probably not going to see CTU next season,” he says, echoing recent reports that the six-year-old drama is planning to “reinvent” itself. “Jack’s going out in the field and they’re moving locations. It’s time for a new look and a change of scenery. That’s another reason I thought Milo needed to get out of there.”