[11.09.06 - 09:30 AM]
EMMY AWARD NOMINEES JEAN SMART AND GREGORY ITZIN RETURN FOR ANOTHER DAY ON “24”
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EMMY AWARD NOMINEES JEAN SMART AND GREGORY ITZIN RETURN FOR ANOTHER DAY ON 24

Season Six Premieres with 2-Night, 4-Hour Event Sunday, Jan. 14, and Monday, Jan. 15, on FOX

The midterm elections are over, but the political drama is heating up on FOXs 24 with Emmy nominees Jean Smart and Gregory Itzin set to recur in 2006s most Emmy Award-winning television series. The clock for Day Six starts ticking with a highly anticipated 2-night, 4-hour television event Sunday, Jan. 14 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Monday, Jan. 15 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The shows regular time period premiere is Monday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

In Season Five, Itzins PRESIDENT CHARLES LOGAN masterminded the unthinkable, including the assassination of former President Palmer, and pitted himself against his wife, the pill-popping, petulant FIRST LADY MARTHA LOGAN, portrayed by Smart. Although the conniving First Couple survived the days horrific events, Day Five concluded with the First Lady covertly recording President Logans confession of his misuse of power. As the situation and their partnership unraveled in the final minutes of the day, President Logan was taken into custody by his own security agents, while Chinese government agents captured JACK BAUER (Kiefer Sutherland) and beat him bloody aboard a tanker headed for points unknown.

24s Season Six will feature WAYNE PALMER (DB Woodside), the strong-minded brother of the late President David Palmer; SANDRA PALMER (Regina King), a determined and powerful advocacy lawyer; presidential advisors KAREN HAYES (Jayne Atkinson) and THOMAS LENNOX (Peter MacNicol); and CTU colleagues CHLOE OBRIAN (Mary Lynn Rajskub), CURTIS MANNING (Roger Cross) and BILL BUCHANAN (James Morrison).

In addition, this season welcomes newcomers Powers Boothe (Deadwood) as Vice President NOAH DANIELS; James Cromwell (Six Feet Under) recurring as PHILLIP BAUER, the estranged father of Jack Bauer; as well as Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar), Marisol Nichols (In Justice), Alexander Siddig (Syriana), Harry Lennix (Commander in Chief) and David Hunt (Everybody Loves Raymond) as villainous accomplice DARREN McCARTHY. Eric Balfour and Carlo Rota will reprise their respective roles as CTU contractors MILO PRESSMAN and MORRIS OBRIAN.

24, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, is a production of Real Time Productions and Imagine Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Jon Cassar, Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Grazer are the executive producers.

Schroder joins '24'


Thesp pulls shift at Fox


By JOSEF ADALIAN

Rick Schroder
Schroder

Former "NYPD Blue" star Rick Schroder has a new beat, joining the cast of Fox's "24."

Schroder has signed on for a regular role on the skein, which returns for its sixth season next month. He'll play CTU operative Mike Doyle, teaming with Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) to pull off key field operations.

Other new cast members include Chad Lowe, Regina King, Powers Boothe, Peter MacNicol, James Cromwell, Kal Penn and David Hunt.

Most recent regular TV gig for Schroder was Lifetime's "Strong Medicine." He spent three seasons on "NYPD Blue" as Det. Danny Sorenson.

On the film side, Schroder's recent credits include "Poolhall Junkies" and "Black Cloud."