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“24” producers may be installing a new president, according to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello.

And it looks like the successor to David Palmer, John Keeler, Charles Logan, Hal Gardner, Wayne Palmer and Noah Daniels may be female.

I find this interesting not because of the character’s gender, but because the producers have been talking about big changes for “24” next season, and possibly even taking the Counter-Terrorism Unit out of the picture. (Though, Ausiello says, CTU's Chloe O'Brien is likely to be back in some capacity.)

But having a new U.S. president as a character very much adheres to “24” pattern and tradition.

A sitting U.S. president has been a major character in every season of “24” except the first – and even season one focused on powerful U.S. senator and presidential candidate David Palmer, who was then only months from ascending to the highest office in the land.

And every season of “24” except season three has begun with a new president in the White House.

If producers plan to create a new president, this suggests that whatever Jack Bauer is up to next season, he’ll continue to draw the attention of the most powerful people on Earth.

And here’s a wacky idea that just crashed into my brain. What if the new president’s name turned out to be Sandra Palmer?

New episodes of "24" return to Fox in January.

Find all of Ausiello's story on the matter here.

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