Sheila Vand cast in 24: Legacy as series regular

It’s been informally picked up for a season. The major networks do this thing in May called Upfronts where they present to potential advertisers what their programming will be for the next season or so. This is why you hear about a lot of renewals of existing shows in the late April/May time of the year. It used to be that almost everything was renewed or cancelled around this time because pretty much nothing new was on in the summer. Now, television has become a more year-round business but for network television, the biggest time of the year for renewals of old stuff and pickups of new stuff is just ahead of or at the May Upfront events. Most networks will renew some old stuff ahead of the Upfronts in May and then have presentations on new shows coming up to get the interest of the advertisers. It’s a lot easier to sell an existing brand than it is to sell something brand new, which is one of the many reasons why Legacy being picked up is a near certainty. Chances are, they’re waiting to announce it near to or during the May Upfront event– that’s May 16th. We’ll likely get some more information about Legacy around then, too, if it follows a similar pattern to what they did for Live Another Day.

Not for nothing but another indicator is that Trial By Fire, the next 24 novel? If you look at the description of what it’s about, it’s a pretty clear thematic tie-in to Legacy (I know the site is 24Spoilers but, just in case, either look at the announcement bit here on 24Spoilers or put it into Amazon, if you don’t know but want to) and it’s also set to be released on August 23rd, which is pretty splendid timing, marketing-wise, if they’re planning on airing Legacy as a fall show.