(RNS) - The FOX television network has agreed to distribute public service announcements against stereotyping American Muslims following a meeting in which Muslim groups objected to the depiction of an American Muslim family on the fictional program "24."

The one-hour show, about a counterterrorism unit, chronicles the event of one day, with each show depicting a single hour.

This season, which began on Jan. 9, features an upper-middle class Muslim family, made up of parents and a teenage son. But the family, hiding behind the facade of an upscale home and the son's attendance at a public school, is a terrorist sleeper cell.

After the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged its members to write letters to the program objecting to the depiction, a meeting with representatives of the show followed.

Calling the Jan. 12 meeting "constructive" and very encouraging," CAIR reported afterward that FOX had agreed to distribute public service announcements, produced by CAIR, that discourage common stereotypes about American Muslims, to FOX affiliate stations.