Hollywood Chooses Sides in 24: Legacy, and Chooses Poorly

Here’s a crazy idea – I know it seems kind of nuts, but if you are trying to make me watch your show or see your movie, perhaps it might be better not to disrespect patriotic Americans like me. Sure, it’s hard to believe that the industry that brought us virile superhunk Michael Cera and sexy ultrahottie Lena Dunham could make bad decisions.

’24: Legacy’ review: This American carnage isn’t stopping

2017 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Guy D’Alema/FOX Fox’s real-time thriller “24” is back without Jack Bauer, but with a compelling new combatant in the war against terror in former Army Ranger Eric Gardner — a man on the run from acolytes of a terrorist mastermind he and his fellow soldiers had killed in Afghanistan.

Legacy Of A Long War On Terror: T…

The War on Terror has been with us for so long that even our terror-fighting TV shows are entering a second generation. It’s almost unbelievable that in all the time that has passed since the first “24” aired on Fox — 2001-2010 — we’re still fighting the same war, in real life and on TV.