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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, February 27, 2009

The following scoop will take place between January 2010 and May 2010. All forthcoming spoilers will occur in real time.

Could it be that Jack Bauer is clock-blocked no more and will finally find time for a new romance?
24 executive producer Howard Gordon says that the increasingly intense moments between the disgraced CTU agent and his Season 7 sidekick, FBI agent Renee Walker,
are leading to some good — if complicated — loving.
"They have established the emotional framework for a relationship that I think we're going to see manifested in the eighth season,"
Gordon tells TVGuide.com. "It's definitely part of our plan."
In the Fox thriller's latest hour, Renee slapped Jack — twice —
before breaking down in his arms, distraught over the indirect role they played in an innocent woman's death.
Of course, said tragedy came in the name of stopping the latest terrorist threat on U.S. soil.
Jack being Jack, whatever may come for him and Renee won't come easy. Says Gordon, "It's not a romance in the traditional sense of the word. It's a lot more broken and jagged than what you might imagine."
Since losing his wife to Original CTU Mole Nina at the climax of Season 1,
Jack has only hooked up with Audrey Raines (played by Kim Raver)
and trailer-park hottie Diane (the woefully underused Connie Britton).
And where are they both these days? Gone.
As such, stepping into the role of Jack's next love interest had to be a daunting prospect for Annie Wersching.
However, Gordon raves, the 24 newcomer "has really connected with the audience.
I think she's done a spectacular job and we're extremely proud of her."
Thank You, Lou!