It was almost exactly one year ago when we got our first look [1] at what was to be the seventh season of 24 [2]. How foolish we were! A year of production problems and one writers' strike [3] later, here we are again, looking at a trailer for 24's seventh season. Hopefully this one's for real.

The basic outline for the season (which will air in 2009 following a November prequel [4]) appears to be basically the same: The first female president is sworn in, there's trouble in Africa, and Tony Almeida is back from the dead. This preview has a little less action on the ground in Africa — I wonder if some of that ended up in the prequel? — but there's a whole lot of action in general.

The trailer will air on TV after the prequel on Nov. 23, but why wait? To watch it now, just .

Photo courtesy of Fox [5]