Logistically, Designated Survivor had been a difficult show. Production took place in Toronto, the writers room is in Los Angeles, and creator David Guggenheim is based in New York.

Like Jack Bauer on the old TV show "24," Kiefer Sutherland plays a man besieged on "Designated Survivor." But on his new ABC series, the stakes are even higher.

At the time of its cancellation, Designated Survivor was in talks with a new showrunner to take over the series, which would be its fifth.

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Being the designated survivor brings extra adrenaline jolts and humbling thoughts about being unwittingly catapulted into the presidency and unthinkable tragedy.