24 and the Big Apple

According to EW.com's Michael Ausiello,the eighth season of 24 will take place in New York.The show will still primarily film in Los Angeles,with some exterior scenes shot in N.Y (the same was done in the current season,with some exterior scenes shot in Washington).Ausiello also reveals some of the new characters (and that CTU will return) – including the head of a New York based branch of CTU,named Brian Hastings.He says Hastings is "an MBA type with a razor sharp intellect." There will also be two new agents in their 20s, one male, one female.

[via EW.com and IGN.COM]