It’s official. Jack Bauer will return from his extended stay in China to save the world again on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 8PM with a two hour premiere. As FOX has done with the past two seasons of 24, hours three and four of season six will air the very next night (Monday Jan. 15) at 8PM as well.

To give fans something to chew on in the meantime, on October 24 FOX will be releasing an extended “Day Six” trailer here. Click on it, there’s a countdown and everything! There’s a lot of buzz around this new season though, 24 will also be welcoming a boat-load (no pun intended) of new stars including Regina King, James Cromwell, and Peter MacNicol. Plus, Eric Balfour is back to reprise his season one role as Milo.

In conclusion? Tick tock… tick tock… tick tock.