'24' star Kiefer Sutherland begins 48-day jail sentence

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Sutherland will serve the 48 days consecutively rather than in two separate stints as had been previously planned in order to prevent a conflict with the production schedule of the Fox network show.

Fox announced last month it would suspend production on the series due to the screenwriters' strike, so there was no longer any need for Sutherland to break up his jail term into two parts.

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Behind bars: Kiefer Sutherland's mug shot after surrending to jail yesterday

Locked up: Sutherland surrendered himself to Glendale City jail to serve his 48 day sentence for a drink-driving offence

Sutherland, who turns 41 later this month, was arrested in September while still on probation for a 2004 drunken driving offence.

In October, he pleaded no contest - the equivalent of a guilty plea - to a single count of driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit.

Prosecutors agreed then to recommend he serve 30 days for the new offence plus 18 days for violating his probation in the 2004 case.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stuart Rice endorsed the plea deal and the sentence during a brief hearing attended by the actor on Wednesday.

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Hardman: the Emmy awardwinning actor in his hit series 24

The judge gave Sutherland until March 30 to complete his jail term.

But Sutherland's lawyer, Blair Berk said the performer decided to turn himself in on Wednesday evening to begin serving his sentence immediately.

The celebrity Web site TMZ.com later reported the actor was being booked.

In addition, Sutherland was placed on five years' probation and fined $510, according to Assistant City Attorney Dan Jeffries, who said the actor also was ordered to enroll in an 18-month alcohol education-treatment program and to attend six months of weekly alcohol counseling sessions.

The Canadian performer, the son of screen star Donald Sutherland, won an Emmy Award last year for his role as the terrorist-fighting agent Jack Bauer on "24."

The show averaged 13.5 million US viewers last season.