After sitting out one broadcast cycle to mull over a 24 feature film and produce a web series, Kiefer Sutherland is ready to return to primetime network TV. And he’s coming back to his former home FOX, no less. He will star in Touch, a drama from Tim Kring (Heroes). The story will focus on a father (Sutherland) who discovers that his autistic, mute son can predict events before they happen. Though the network has only committed to producing a pilot, Sutherland’s touch (pun intended) is expected to launch it into episodic treatment. In a similar fashion to 24, FOX will air Kring’s latest creation in midseason. Why, you ask? Well that’s because production is being delayed to late May-early June so that Sutherland can continue to pursue his Broadway career in a revival of Jason Miller’s That Championship Season. In addition to starring in Touch, Sutherland will serve as executive producer along with Peter Chernin and Kathrine Pope. Charles McDougall (Desperate Housewives, The Good Wife, The Chicago Code) has been tapped to direct the pilot.

Need your Kiefer fix right now? Look out for his upcoming web series The Confession premiering on Hulu next month.

[Via Deadline]