Fox’s 24 Lands Female President For New Season
July 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment | Email | Share | TweetCherry Jones has been appointed president on the upcoming season of “24,” The Hollywood Reporter said. The network wouldn’t confirm, but sources said Jones has come on board the real-time thriller, the first major casting addition to the show’s upcoming seventh season. 24 producers had been contemplating having a female president next season for some time. Their decision to go for it might reflect the closely watched Democratic Party’s presidential race, in which Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner. Production of 24 was recently delayed until August when a set-in-Africa storyline fell through and the producers went back to the drawing board. Jones’ feature credits include Ocean’s Twelve and The Village. She has won two Tonys, for her lead performances in The Heiress and Doubt.
[...] to the action drama, which is going through a major revamping coming off a lackluster sixth season. Cherry Jones was hired last month to play the new president. After two production delays related to major changes to the story line, 24 is now slated to begin [...]