The fourth season of Fox’s ’24’ has seen the series continue to climb in popularity, even against the new Sunday night ABC juggernaut of ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ and ‘Desperate Housewives’. The first hour of the program on Sunday night drew series-high ratings of 15,360,000 viewers, an increase of more than 30% over the 11,600,000 viewers of the season three premiere. Ratings dipped only slighly to 14,350,000 viewers in the second hour against the hugely popular ‘Housewives’.