Title: Touch (TV series) Content: Touch is an American supernatural drama television series, written and created by Tim Kring for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It was first aired on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 as a preview and on Thursday, March 22, 2012 as a series. 13 episodes have been ordered for the first season by Fox. The series was scheduled to begin on Monday, March 19, 2012, but was moved to Thursday, March 22, 2012, and on Thursday, March 15, 2012, a rerun of the first episode was broadcast. The show has a TV-PG and a TV-14 age rating in the United States. In Canada, the show is simultaneously broadcast on the Global Television Network, and premiered on the same day at the same time as the U.S. broadcast. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment. In the United States, the second season began airing on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. == Plot == The newspaper reporter Martin Bohm was once successful, to his wife in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in one of the towers of the World Trade Center was killed. Since then his life is no longer the same. Its mission is to since, about his autistic son to take care of Jake. Martin fails not only from communicating with his son, but can not cope with his behavioral problems. Soon the youth protection authority is turned on. Clea Hopkins believes that it would be best if Jake would come into a home. Martin sees it differently, because he noticed that his son is three times cut off at the same time from school to access a transmitting tower to climb. May be it soon becomes clear that Jake can predict the future. He gets information and support from Arthur DeWitt, a specialist in children with unusual talents. == Production == === Development === On January 19, 2011, Fox announced that there was going to be a new pilot by Tim Kring. On January 26, 2011, Fox announced that the new pilot was going to air in the 2011–2012 television season. === Casting === On February 22, 2011, Fox said that Kiefer Sutherland would be the main actor in the show. On June 10, 2011, Danny Glover got a part in the series. On June 16, 2011, Gugu Mbatha-Raw got a part in the show. In July 2011, Titus Welliver got a part in the new show as a social worker. == Characters == The characters are created by Tim Kring. === Main characters === * Martin Bohm (played by Kiefer Sutherland) is a former journalist whose wife, Sarah, was killed in the September 11 attacks. He is the father of Jacob. He was fired from the New York Herald not long after Sarah's death. Willing to do whatever is necessary to provide for his son, he has since worked as a doorman, taxi driver, and construction worker, and currently works as a baggage handler at JFK Airport. He also helps he's son with numbers. * Clea Hopkins (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is a social worker, who is assigned to evaluate Jacob Bohm's living situation and his father Martin's ability to care for him. Clea is new at her job, but appears to genuinely want to help Jacob. After deciding that Jacob would be best served by his moving into an institution for autistic children, she begins to see what Martin was trying to tell her about Jacob's gift. * Jacob "Jake" Bohm (portrayed by David Mazouz) is the autistic son of Martin and Sarah Bohm. Jacob does not speak or let anyone touch him, including his father. He sees the world in numbers, and seems to have a special ability to predict future events. His obsession with numbers turns out to be the way he communicates with others, mainly his father. Though he has received no formal training in complex mathematics, he has discovered the Fibonacci sequence on his own simply through observation and his unique perception of the world around him. === Other characters === * Professor Arthur Teller (portrayed by Danny Glover) is an expert on children who possess special gifts when it comes to numbers. He runs the Teller Institute (seemingly a one-man operation out of his home) which specializes in misdiagnosed mutism in children. He seems very abrasive when he first answers his front door, but his tone quickly changes when he realizes he's found another gifted child. Showing his familiarity with similar situations, Teller makes a guess about Jake's cell phone tower incidents without prior knowledge. * Kayla Graham (portrayed by Karen David) is a call center worker for a cell phone company. Kayla aspires to be a recording artist in the music industry. * Sheri Strepling (portrayed by Roxana Brusso) is the director of the facility that Jake attends. * Simon Plimpton is a British traveler who loses his phone, which contains a photo of his deceased daughter. == Series overview ==  == Online media == Most recent episodes can be viewed on Fox.com in the United States, it can also be viewed on many other sites. In Canada, recently aired full episodes air on Global Video at GlobalTV.com. == Related pages == * James Burke—a television documentarian whose works (Connections and its sequels) show how seemingly unrelated people and events in science history are actually connected * Fox Broadcasting Company * Television program