And On the Seventh Day There Was "24"

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You'll have to sit through a gushy introduction from Kiefer Sutherland — and probably an annoying DirectTV ad — to see the trailer for the seventh season of "24." However, it's totally worth it because this is gonna be the best day yet. (Yes, we say that every season.) Looks like not-dead Tony Almeida will be the villain du jour, which should make for more drama than Jack's dad ever did.

Unfortch, there were only two brief blink-and-miss-them glimpses of Bill Buchanan and Chloe O'Brien. We're worried they may not figure too heavily into the plot since CTU has been dissolved. Meanwhile, new cast member Janeane Garofalo was absent from the teasefest altogether. Whatev. We're such suckers 'cause we'll be there for the two-night Jan. 13 premiere, anyway.