Fox has cloning fever with ‘Lethal,’ ‘Exorcist’

Fox is not immune to TV’s remake fever: The network will add two fall dramas — Lethal Weapon, a sequel of the 1980s film franchise — and The Exorcist, based on the 1973 horror film. And for midseason, it’s remaking its own shows with a limited return of

Prison Break and a revamped 12-episode season of thriller 24 with a new cast.

Exorcist portrays priests working on a case of demonic possession. It will get a Friday-night slot. Lethal Weapon features Damon Wayans Sr. and Clayne Crawford and will be paired with hit Empire on Wednesdays. The network’s lone new fall comedy is

Son of Zorn, a live-action/animation hybrid featuring a warrior (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) who returns to California to reclaim his live-action family, led by Cheryl Hines.

Fourth-place Fox is averaging 5.9 million viewers this season and is the only network not to lose viewers.

But it struck out with seemingly bankable stars in John Stamos and Rob Lowe, whose Grand

fathered and The Grinder, respectively, were canceled after one season, and American Idol ended its 15-year run last month.

For midseason, 24: Legacy will premiere after the Super Bowl Feb. 5. Prison Break, with original stars, is due Thursdays. And

Sleepy Hollow is set to return Fridays. Producer Lee Daniels’ Star, about a girl singing group and featuring Queen Latifah, will be a winter fill-in for Empire.

Fox Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden also says that “everyone is on board to do another installment” of The X-Files, but it won’t happen until the 2017-18 season.