Hollywood has a long history of casting that ignores the calendar, and there’s a particularly prominent example of that in “24: Legacy” (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13).
Jimmy Smits stars as Sen. John Donovan, who is running for president. Gerald McRaney plays his father, Henry.
Smits was born on July 9, 1955; McRaney was born on Aug. 19, 1947. Which him less than eight years older than his TV son.
Actually, it pretty much works — not because McRaney looks older than his 69 years, but because Smits looks yo...
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