Touch - Creator Tim Kring Q&A (Hollywood Reporter)

Kiefer Sutherland returns to Fox, but this time he won't be racing against time.

Created by Heroes executive producer Tim Kring, Touch focuses on ex-journalist and single father Martin Bohm (Sutherland) and his mute son Jake (David Mazouz), an 11-year-old boy with the ability to connect seemingly unrelated people through his gift with numbers. Martin realizes that in order to connect with his son, he must decipher the numbers' meanings. As for the show's international feel, it grew simply out of modern-day realities.

Source and more: THR