Sutherland signs up for new '24' series

Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to play Jack Bauer for an eighth season of the popular American counterterrorism drama '24' and remains committed to the show.

The 42-year-old actor said the eighth season will start shooting in May.

Sutherland said the show hasn't been confirmed beyond that and that its makers will "take it one season at a time".

He said the series has been "really good to me" and that he wants to be "really good back".