24: Legacy is an American television series created by
Manny Coto and
Evan Katz for the
Fox network.
The series is a
spin-off of
24 which was created by
Joel Surnow and
Robert Cochran.
It premiered on February 5, 2017, serving as the
lead-out program for
Super Bowl LI before moving to its regular time slot of Monday at 8:00 p.m.
The series' premiere was watched by 17.6 million people, the lowest post-Super Bowl program viewership since 2003's
Alias but the most viewed episode in the franchise's history.
Consisting of 12 episodes, the show follows the life of war hero Eric Carter (
Corey Hawkins) using
real time method of narration.
Miranda Otto plays Rebecca Ingram, the former head of the now revived Counter Terrorist Unit in
Washington, D.C.
Set three years after the events of
24: Live Another Day, it adheres to the
real time concept of covering the events of a 24-hour period and begins and ends at 12:00 p.m.
However, like
Live Another Day, there is a 12-hour time jump within the final episode.
In May 2017, Fox announced the series would go on a hiatus.