(CNN) "24: Legacy" is ending with more of a whimper than a bang. Along with "Prison Break," its tepid performance -- after the high hopes associated with a post-Super Bowl introduction -- indicates the limitations of programs built on TV nostalgia, and the missteps networks can make with reboots. Like the network's adaptations of the movies "Lethal Weapon" and "The Exorcist," "24" and "Prison Break" came armed with a pre-sold audience and plenty of name recognition -- a benefit not to be sniffed at in an age of media abundance. As with Fox's year-ago revival of "The X-Files," however, the actual product left much to be desired. "Prison Break," by contrast, followed a model closer to Netflix's "Full House" and "The Gilmore Girls" revivals by reassembling the cast, thrusting them into a new adventure that quickly fell apart dramatically because of its silliness.

Source: CNN April 17, 2017 14:03 UTC