Fox announces premiere date for "24"

Season six of "24" will launch Jan. 14 and 15 in a special four-hour event, Fox announced this morning.

The series will pick up 20 months after Jack Bauer was captured by Chinese government agents. There have been a series of "horrific terrorist attacks" and Bauer now faces an "unthinkable, nail-biting day."

Whoo-hoo. China here we come.

For those of us who just can't wait, Fox is offering a trailer at www.24trailer.com beginning Oct. 24. The first television promo will air during game 3 of the World Series that same night.

Fox said season six will feature Wayne Palmer (brother of the late President David Palmer), Sandra Palmer (an advocacy lawyer), presidential advisors Karen Hayes, Thomas Lennox and CTU coworkers Chloe O'Brian, Curtis Manning and Bill Buchanan. There are a host of recurring characters as well.