Scheduled to begin in mid-January 2008, the season was indefintely postponed during the lengthy WGA strike. Now that the strike it has been officially announced that the season would now begin in January 2009. A Two-Hour TV Movie will air in Fall 2008 to bridge the gap between Seasons 6 and 7.
Regular Cast
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O’Brian
Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida
James Morrison as Bill Buchanan
Colm Feore as First Gentleman Henry Taylor
Annie Wersching as FBI Agent Renee Walker
Bob Gunton as White House Chief of Staff Ethan Kanin
Jeffrey Nordling as FBI Agent Larry Moss
Janeane Garofalo as FBI Agent Janis Gold
with Rhys Coiro as FBI Agent Sean Hillinger
and Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor
Recurring Guest Stars
Carlo Rota as Morris O’Brian
Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce
Peter Wingfield as Emmerson
Frank John Hughes as Director Of Homeland Security Fox
Warren Kole as Secret Service Agent Gedge
Nick Chunlund as Former Agent Masters
John Billingsley as Latham
Roy Vongtama as Japanese Pilot Sato
Vince Keneally as Chinese Agent Mike Lee
Ever Carradine as an FBI Agent
Isaach De Bankole as Ule Motobo (former Prime Minister of an African Nation)
Tommy Flanagan as Gabriel Schecter
Mark Kiely as Secret Service Agent Vossler
Carly Pope as Samantha Roth
Kurtwood Smith as an Senator
Vince Keneaily as Chinese Agent Mike Lee
Roy Vongtama as Chinese Pilot Sato
Marlene Forte as Rosa Gonzales
Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Ike Dubaku
Prequel
– Very little is known about the prequel, except that it apparently takes place roughly a year after the events of season 6.
Plot
– Mulitple Sources have confirmed there will be No CTU, having been disbanded by the government and it’s new President.
– At the Start of the season Jack is up before a Senate Committee to answer question about his past actions.
– Highly possible a main plot thread will take place outside of the U.S.
– Meanwhile expect atleast the first 12 episodes to take place almost entirely in Washington D.C. and New York
– Expect “smaller, more personal storylines”
– Tony will be back in the first episode.
– Bill Buchanan will be back sometime between the start of episode 2 and the end of episode 4.