Sutherland returns to TV in thriller

Tribune News Service

Kiefer Sutherland will be on TV this fall in ABC’s ace-thriller “Designated Survivor.” Sutherland says the last thing he wanted to do was another TV series after his smash sojourn in “24.” But his friendship with producer Mark Gordon goaded him into reading the script for “Designated Survivor.”

“I was doing a small film in New York. Very busy. I’ve known Mark for 20 years. When my daughter was born, I would walk her in the carriage down the street, and Mark was doing the same thing across the street. And we became friends. And I’ve had huge respect for not only how prolific he is as a producer, but the incredible quality of work that he has done.”