24 Revamping Beings, Casting A Female President

Michael Ausiello is reporting that the President of the United States on next season’s revamped 24 will likely be a woman. Casting could begin any day now on the part. A show representative, however, cautions, “Nothing about next season has been absolutely decided as of yet.” The show is also said to be adding a female FBI agent to the mix.

24 — in an effort to reclaim some of the creative and ratings steam it lost last season — is shaking things up in a big way during Season 7. For the first time in the show’s history, CTU will be MIA as the majority of the action moves outside Los Angeles; New York, Washington D.C. and London are among the new locales being considered. Additionally, of last season’s cast, only Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub are expected to return.