Fox is desparate. They have had a horrible year and now with American Idol leaving and possibly Bones leaving, they will have a lot of hours to fill. They are going to throw everything out there to see if something sticks. They were lucky with Empire, but that was not a remake and it is a pretty decent show. They need to try some original stuff and see if something sticks. Trying to recycle will not work.
Which is why they are brining back the “X Files”.
They really are desperate with the Prison Break and 24 reboots. Both of those series, experienced significant ratings declines as the shows went on.
24: Live Another Day had modest ratings with four returning characters from the original show. With an entirely new cast, I don’t see it doing even close to those ratings. It will probably fail worse than Heroes Reborn.