The late Bill Buchanan's heir apparent has been named, and it's Mykelti Williamson.
The actor, whose credits include TV's Boomtown and
CSI: NY and the Sundance hit Black Dynamite, is joining Fox's
24 in the series regular role of Brian Hastings, the boss man of CTU's New York outpost.Hastings, says Fox, is MBA-schooled and wields a razor-sharp intellect.Previous Season 8 castings include Freddie Prinze Jr. (as the head of CTU Field Ops/a wannabe Jack Bauer) and Jennifer Westfeldt (as an ambitious newswoman).
CSI: NY kicks off Jack Bauer's bad day in the Big Apple on Jan. 17, 2010.