Season 5

The fifth season of 24 will follow a 5th day in Jack Bauer's life. The season will premire in the US on the 15th of January 2006 with the following hour being shown on the 16th of January. The rest of the season will air in a regular timeslot of 9 p.m. ET every Monday.

Backstory
Season five of "24" will pick up 18 months after Season4's end, with the presumed-dead Jack Bauer living under a false identity with a woman (Connie Britton) and her son (Brady Corbet).

Cast and Characters
Tony Almedia, Chloe O'Brian, Bill Buchanan, Audrey Raines, Curtis Manning and Edgar Stiles will all be back, while Jean Smart and Sean Astin are joining the cast.