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After months of hearing Fox executives talk about the pilot for new series Touch (back in August, the network’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly called it “extraordinary”), here is the first trailer for the science-meets-spirituality drama starring Kiefer Sutherland, which will premiere in the spring. Like in his previous series, NBC’s Heroes, Touch creator Tim Kring tackles the premise that everything in the universe is interconnected. Sutherland plays a widower whose mute 11-year-old son possesses the ability to detect patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. The trailer was first unveiled Tuesday at MIPCOM, where Sutherland said that in contrast to his signature role on Fox’s 24, where he had to keep all the emotion back, his character on Touch is all about emotion, something that is on display in the trailer. Fox has not announced an exact launch date for Touch, but speculation is that the series would premiere in March in what has become known as the “Kiefer” slot on Fox: Monday at 9 PM, where 24 (as well as Heroes) aired.
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Why did Heroes go bad? Was it Tim Krings fault or NBCs fault?
ok ok ok….i have one question from this trailer…..Sutherland LIVES with his son…they LIVE together…the son presumably eats and takes a shower and sleeps and plays etc. etc. and you’re telling me he finally…..FINALLY HEARS his son telling him something or uhmmm understands his communcation after how much time?
i hate when they make this situations convenient for the dramatic story points but they don’t fill in the blanks BETWEEN sightings……hopefully this will be addressed otherwise it’s just lazy ‘supernatural’ cliches!
IN MY OPINION!!
Yours is the 1st comment on this page and shows just how ignorant people choose to be.You obviously have no clue what a lot of parents that have autistic kids go through.My son is extremly high-functioning,and yet communicating with him is still difficult,because his brain doesn’t work in a neurotypical fashion.He is the opposite of this child, in that he was extremely verbal as a toddler,but so many parents are dealing with a child that can’t even tell them what kind of food they want,or that tags in their clothes feel like needles stinging them.People who jump to conclusions like you just did,are why parents like me stop going places for fear they will be judged for their childs behaviour,when they have no clue what might attack their childs nervous system from day to day.Maybe you should read a little before you give an uneducated opinion.
This looks fantastic. Excited to have Kiefer back on TV!
Like the pitch. Lotta possibles with this. From the creator of HEROES, with Glover and Sutherland…right on.
Besides, the Suther has banked millions off his back end from 24…what else
is he gonna do? Just stay in TV and keep rolling in the dough.
But…the trolls are out there.
So just start up the snarks.
It’s a better-looking Person of Interests – one guy sees the future and the other guy acts on the information.
So this is KNOWING, the TV show.
How novel. A rip off.
No kidding!! I agree with you 100%!! As soon as I saw the promos from this show, I thought this was “Knowing” the TV show! The elements appear the same, but mostly it’s a clear rip-off to me! Glad to see I am not the only one that thought the same -although I am sure that there are more out there that feel the same.
looks amazing! cant wait for it to premiere! kiefer showing a broad range of emotions and the style looks really intelligent!
he’s getting too old for this shit…
Good one, Rigs.
NBC and the suits overriding Kring is what screwed up HEROES.
Just looking at the fan base alone in its first year, shows the goldmine
they had with HEROES. And then when crossovers hit?
This is standard hollywood exec fashion.
Friggin’ pols and personalities from non – creative types, who still, beyond
any reasoning, have enough power to screw up a solid show.
Here’s hoping Kring has enough backing now, that with talents as much as Glover
and Suther, that he won’t be forced into choices he knows are just plain wrong.
And — NO — I don’t know Kring. Don’t work for him.
But I know good storytelling when I see it.
HEROES was it…and NBC dropped the ball.
Isn’t Monday at 9 when “Heroes” aired as well?
Looks good. Want to see how they’ll sustain the story arc over a season. Or two.
This thing is mesmerizing. I’ll buy a season ticket.
I look forward to finding out in the pilot if he does what the kid wanted, if he follows the numbers, if lives are saved because of that and if he can finally ‘hear’ his son.
Oh wait…
Wow. This looks awesome.
And Danny Glover as the Mystical Negro!
You mean the “old sage.” The kid is the mystical one.
This actually looks really good. Kring isn’t the best with long-form stories, but this could be awesome for 40 episodes, which is better than 40 more episodes of police procedurals.
Fox really banking on 24 fanbase sticking through season 1 of Touch for Keith Sutherland. Would of been smarter if they kept The Chicago Code for a midseason replacement.
Read the pilot script. I thought it was the cheesiest thing since Patch Adams. Total exploitation porn. Wait ’til you get hold on the Iraq suicide bomber angle. Let alone the magical negro and magical autistic kid tropes. So of course it’ll be a smash.
I’ve read the script. It is phenomenal — packed with mystery, science, thrills, action and drama all in one TIGHT script. I can bet on this show to have a long healthy life on the tube. People are going to LOVE this show!
it’s a dramatic tv version of Aronofsky’s pi
I didn’t really understand it, but the dramatic music and Kiefer doing his sad face, looks awesome. I am in.
TV is not good right now. The only thing I am liking is Prime Suspect and it seems like they will cancel it. Persons of Interest will not be able to sustain. Sorta cool, like JC…. just not sure if the concept holds.
Wait wait wait!!
This is just a TV version of the Nic Cage movie Knowning!! WTF!!
Looks like an amazing, exciting new show. Love the young boy playing Jake!!
Kiefer Sutherland is awesome. 24 was such a great show. I don’t know about this one though. What are the chances he’s going to get another hit series. 99 percent of them get cancelled!
Hope it’s a good show!
You just know they’re dying to premiere it on Sunday, March 18th. After which it can settle into its Monday slot.
DO NOT get suckered in by this show. This show is from Tim Kring, creator of Heroes and Crossing Jordan. Here is how this will play out…Season 1 will be AWSOME! In Season 2 he will add new characters that have ABSOULTELY no reason to be added, and will only take time away from the original characters you liked. Season 3 will start to abandon the original concept of the show and get rid of one or more of the characters central to the original concept. Season 4, oh who cares anymore…. MARK MY WORDS/THIS WILL HAPPEN!!!
Sounds like you know him well, what is with all these creative types who cannot keep a show running at the same level?
Looks like fun, but isn’t it, along with the others mentioned above, just basically a rip-off of the old Celestial Prophecy books?
Strong trailer but where is the weekly TV show in all this? This concept feels better suited to a movie or a one off.
Is this show really just Kiefer running around doing what his sons predicts for 100 episodes?
Pass.
This is “Knowing”, just without the aliens and shit. Should be awesome!