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Kiefer Sutherland's Return To Television Gets Cautious Praise

Kiefer Sutherland can't have felt anything but pressure as his first major TV role since 10 phenomenal years spent on '24' aired for the first time last night (26 January 2012).
Fans and critics were certainly eager to see how the Canadian actor was going to follow up what has come to be known as one of the iconic TV characters of the 21st century in secret agent Jack Bauer.
'Touch,' which sees Sutherland playing a single father of a mute son who sees things other cannot, aired last night for the first time - and the answer to whether he's managed to follow up what may be career defining role successfully?
A cautious yes, according to the critics.
Newsday was effusive in its praise, saying the program was "A bit melodramatic, a bit manipulative, Touch is still one of the best pilots of the 2011-12 season to date," and others were similar praiseworthy though understandably a little more cautious given it was the pilot episode.
"It's Mr. Sutherland's portrayal of the father--unyielding in his effort to break through to his mute child and grasp what he's trying to say with his numbers--that is the heart of this story, the power likely to sustain this promising enterprise," said the Wall Street Journal, whilst
TV Guide said "[Touch is] emotionally compelling but wildly fantastical and undeniably manipulative."Not all were enthused though, The New York Times commented "The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator.
It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case," whilst the Los Angeles Times weren't fans at all, stating "Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person.
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Friday, January 23, 2009

24 movie 'may be set in London'

Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed on The Chris Moyles Show

Season seven, set in Washington, is described as a 'reboot' of the franchise
Friday, 23 January 2009
24 star Kiefer Sutherland has said that a proposed movie version of the hit series could be set in London.
Speaking on Radio 1, Sutherland, who plays Jack Bauer, also said it was likely a film would take place after the television series has ended.
"When we have talked about doing a film, which will take place after the series has finished," he said, "England has always been a part of that discussion."
24 is currently in its seventh season.
A feature film has reportedly been in the pipeline for a number of years, and rumours of filming scheduled for the break between the sixth and seventh seasons circulated.
"England really mattered to us so much," explained Sutherland of the programme team's attachment to the UK, "because I don't know if a lot of people understand this, but the show broke here.
"We didn't have a really strong audience, it took us a long time to build in the States, whereas the show took off here right away, and it was the success of the show here in England that allowed us to continue working in the States, 'til we built up an audience."
Writers' strike nerves
The seventh series, set mainly in Washington DC, was delayed for a year due to the US writers' strike, something which had worried the actor.
"We were really nervous coming back after a year and a half, a year, it's a lot to ask of the fans of this show to have waited. And they came back in the States and they've come back here in England."
Sutherland also joked about the difficulties of keeping to the show's 'real time' format.
"We had to all keep each other honest about it," he explained.
"I remember sitting with the writers and going, 'Look, it's impossible to get from Pasadena to Santa Monica in two hours, let alone half an hour, let alone the ten minutes that you've allotted for this to happen. If we're gonna do the real time thing we need to take it seriously'.
"And just as I had said it, a helicopter started coming over the horizon, and the writers smiled and looked at me and said, 'That's your ride'. And so I was humbled there!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7847000/7847437.stm