Upfronts: 24 / Season 7 'the best'

Midway through the Fox upfront, actor Kiefer Sutherland came out on stage and made quite a promise: "I know for a fact that Season 7 is going to be the best season of '24.' ''

A promo trailer offered a glimpse of what we can expect: CTU is disbanded, Jack Bauer is hauled in front of a Congressional committee to defend his past practices and Tony Almeida is back -- as a bad guy?

Also, Sutherland said, "Chloe is crankier than ever; the dammit count is pretty high."

-- Matea Gold