Granted, any number of action-oriented situations could fill a ticking clock, but is 24 still 24 without the familiar setting?
The floundering of FOX’s 24: Legacy gave way to potential anthology talk, but the reboot may be more drastic than we thought.
According to FOX brass, any future iterations of 24 might do away with the counter-terrorism approach altogether, looking to take “the same kind of ticking clock format and apply it to something else.â€
The opportunity is for them to think their biggest thoughts.