24: Legacy canceled; Fox plans 'new version'

EW ^ | June 7, 2017 | James HIbberd

[EdnaMode]

The Legacy is over, but 24 will live on.

Fox has decided not to renew 24: Legacy for a second season despite investing heavily in the show by premiering it after the Super Bowl this year. The network will instead work with producers to re-develop the franchise for a “new version” with a refreshed cast later on down the line. The next edition will be more anthological, the network says (so more like a single season miniseries — which Legacy ultimately became).

The decision concludes a rather dramatic rise and fall for the high-profile reboot, which revived the action-drama franchise with Straight Outta Compton breakout star Corey Hawkins, along with Homeland actress Miranda Otto and Sons of Anarchy veteran Jimmy Smits.

[EdnaMode]

Not a surprise. The show just doesn't work without Jack Bauer.

[Blue Jays]

"...The show just doesn't work without Jack Bauer..."

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Well they did write Black Jack into the storyline, if that helps.

[House Atreides]

It not only “didn’t work”, it sucked big time!

[cmj328]

How about a version which looks at real-world existential threats to America like the consequences of social, immigration, fiscal and trade policy. It could be called “24 Years”.

[BurrOh]

I liked the show. The entire crew should be happy with what they created. My opinion of course. ;) I tuned in each week to see what was happening.

[sheana]

Hubby tried to watch it and just couldn’t. He was a huge 24 fan.
I never even tried.

[Personal Responsibility]

24 was a great show for a few seasons but it became repetitive and less believable every year. It needed to end and did so but it needs to stay gone. Its not the lack of Jack Bauer that’s the problem.

[sheik yerbouty]

PC revisionist trash..

[pinkandgreenmom]

Indeed. It was dreadful.

[clamper1797]

Changing a well established and liked white character into a black character just for the sake of PC is a sure way to fail.

[KarlInOhio]

At least they didn’t seem to have nearly as much petty backbiting as some of the later seasons of 24. I felt like screaming at the TV - “Someone just nuked Los Angeles and you’re worried about who stole your (@#(*#@ Lean Cuisine from the CTU break room freezer!” Well, not quite that bad, but there was way too much office pettiness during a national emergency.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I enjoyed it, as well.

[montag813]

Not a surprise. The show just doesn't work without Jack Bauer.

It could have, but they went insane. The very first episode pulled the race card, bashed cops as racists, and portrayed "Black Jack's" White Army Ranger buddy as willing to sell out tens of thousands of American lives to terrorists for money.

It is despicable before they even got to the absurd gay "couple" at CTU. I stopped at episode 3.

[EdnaMode]

Yeah I watched the pilot, part of the second one, and a few of Tony’s scenes. I didn’t like it at all.

[montag813]

Not only was 24:Legacy liberal tripe, but many former "24" vets are now ultra-left propagandists. First, there's Kiefer in the absurd Islam preach-fest of "Designated Survivor," but look who was starring in the just-cancelled Trump-bashing play "Building the Wall":

YEP...that's "Alberta Green" and "Chase Edmonds" from Season 3 dead center to portray Trump as Hitler:

The political thriller, according to the Times, follows a history professor named Gloria (Tamara Tunie) who interviews a former security officer named Rick (James Badge Dale). It’s 2019, and President Donald Trump has been removed from office after a terrorist attack in Times Square forces him to declare martial law and place Muslims and Mexicans in containment camps — which eventually turn into killing chambers. Gloria visits Rick in prison, where he explains his hand in the deadly terror.

The play received a series of negative reviews, which Richards said contributed to its early shutdown.

[Williams]

Started to lose me when he was able to deliberately be arrested -and brutalized- just by “being black” in a nice neighborhood.

[EdnaMode]

Agreed, the show became stale and predictable around season 6.

[rstrahan]

Didn’t care a bit about the lead character, just a bad story line. If you don’t care about the characters, show will fail.

[BurrOh]

*thumbs up* Yay!

[EdnaMode]

Yeah I didn’t care for any of the new characters. The original show had so many great characters (Jack, Chloe, Tony, Michelle, David Palmer, George Mason, Nina Myers, Charles Logan, etc).