(l-r) Kiefer Sutherland and Natascha McElhone stars in DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. ©ABC/Ian Watson.

Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the U.S. Capitol during the State of the Union, on the highly anticipated ABC series DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. ©ABC/Ian Watson.

Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman in DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. ©ABC/Bob D’Amico.