The hit series 24, which did not run on TV last season because of the writers’ strike, looks poised to make a strong run this year with a new jolt of energy.

The Fox Network will begin running new episodes of season 7 this coming January, and in the meantime it will set things going with a TV movie, 24: Redemption, on Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. EST.

According to published reports including a story on E! Online, 24: Redemption will set up the story lines for the season’s episodes. The trailer, embedded below, reveals that the new season deals with international problems originating in Africa and includes the same kinds of powerful moral dilemmas that have characterized the series over the years.

In addition, the E! Online story reveals, protagonist Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) daughter, Kim (Elisha Cuthbert), will return to the series during the season, though not in 24: Redemption, and two new twentysomething characters will be introduced. One of them is the son of the president of the United States, and he becomes increasingly enmeshed in an international conspiracy at the center of the story.

Here’s the trailer: