Kiefer Sutherland as an accidental president in his new show

(AP) — If there's a clear-cut hit on broadcast TV's fall lineup, it's likely to be ABC's political thriller "Designated Survivor."

Sutherland stars a bottom-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills the incumbent chief executive and most of his administration.

Sutherland's character, an appointee with no political ambitions of his own, is in charge of pulling the government, and the nation, back together while keeping his own family intact (Natasha McElhone plays his first lady).

Feldman described "Designated Survivor" as a blend of the aspirational qualities of "The West Wing" with the terrorism whodunit of "Homeland" and the political machinations of "House of Cards."