Photo exclusive: First look at '24'

Here’s a first look at “24” – the Big Apple edition.

This season, or Day 8 as it’s popularly known, is going down against the familiar skyline of New York City.

Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) may be happily planning to return to his home in Los Angeles, but it isn’t long before he gets sucked back into the fray, trying to foil an assassination plot during a peace keeping conference.

President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) and her new chief of staff Rob Weiss (Chris Diamantopoulos) are in town and in the process of negotiating international security with Middle Eastern leader Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor), who is on a peacekeeping mission.

Although the CTU is now under the command of business-minded Brian Hastings (Mykelti Williamson) and there’s a new agent, Cole Ortiz (Freddie Prinze Jr.), leading field operations, Jack’s the one that winds up trying to save the day, stalking streets packed with yellow cabs and shaded by skyscrapers.

“24” premieres on Jan. 17 at 9 p.m. on Fox.

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