Fox Makes Kiefer Sutherland's Go back to Primetime Official

Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland's back at Fox and once more searching in order to save the planet, but this time around having a twist. Fox has given a strong series order to the touch, a brand new drama starring Sutherland because the father of the 10-year-old boy by having an unusual gift.Fox had formerly introduced Touch like a contender for midseason, but professionals desired to first begin to see the show's pilot before carrying out to some full pickup. Producers shipped the show towards the network earlier this year, and Fox professionals loved the things they saw.Touch continues to be given a 13-episode order and can air a while in spring 2012 on Fox, even though network has not trained with a strong airdate. Sutherland's old 24 home, Mondays at 9 p.m., is appropriate now set to become filled through the new drama Alcatraz in midseason."Every every now and then, you encounter a bit of material that you simply cannot refuse to," Sutherland states. "That, combined with chance to operate again with Peter Chernin and also the Fox studio and network, makes me thrilled to take part in this project. I additionally anticipate dealing with an remarkable author and producer like Tim Kring."Heroes creator Tim Kring is behind Touch, which stars Sutherland as Martin Bohm, a widower and also the father to his mute, seriously autistic boy, Mike. Martin struggles to speak with Mike, but eventually finds out that Mike provides hiding for an uncanny capability to connect designs and uncover this is behind apparently unrelated occasions happening around the globe.Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as social worker Clea Hopkins, while Danny Glover plays a maturing professor who helps Sutherland's character connect the dots. Sutherland can also be a professional producer around the project, together with Kring, Carol Barbee, Francis Lawrence, Suzan Bymel, Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. twentieth century Fox TV may be the studio.Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!