Kelsey McNeal/Fox Kiefer Sutherland will be back in action as Jack Bauer. Everything's quicker these days. Even '24.' Adam Taylor/Fox 'To have the chance to reunite with the character, Jack Bauer, is like finding a lost friend,' says Kiefer Sutherland, shown here in a '24' episode that was broadcast in 2009. The Fox network said on Monday that it was bringing back '24,' the counterterrorism drama that stoked the American public's fears after the Sept. 11 attacks, as a 12-episode series next year. The show's original conceit, a story that plays out in real time over a 24-hour period, will stay intact, but the producers will skip some hours and condense others to fit into the 12-hour format. Kiefer Sutherland will return in the title role of Jack Bauer, a secret agent who will stop at nothing to stave off impending attacks. 'It'll be dictated by the plot,' Kevin Reilly, the chairman of Fox Broadcasting, told reporters at a...