Christopher Chance and company have been struggling in the ratings this season and FOX isn’t exactly helping them out. On Wednesday, the pair of scheduled Human Target episodes were pre-empted by President Obama’s speech from Tucson. Those episodes have been rescheduled for tonight, an evening when viewership is much lower and many fans of the show will probably miss them.
Now, FOX has decided to expand the Wednesday, January 26th edition of American Idol to two hours. As a result, the previously scheduled episode of Human Target will be bumped to Monday, January 31st. It’ll precede the final Lie to Me of the season (and possibly the series). The network hasn’t announced it yet but, if the two-hour Idol on the 26th is a success, FOX could certainly decide to expand the next couple episodes which would displace the last two episodes of Human Target’s season. While the series was once going to get a ratings boost from an Idol lead-in, it’s now getting shuffled around instead.
It would seem that FOX has all but given up on the series. At this point, it’s hard to blame them. The ratings certainly don’t warrant a third round of episodes. Season one averaged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.6 million viewers and it was almost cancelled with those numbers. Thus far, season two has averaged just a pitiful 1.6 rating and 6.04 million total viewers. Human Target is currently the lowest-rated scripted show on the network.
It seems that Human Target is already destined to be cancelled and these latest schedule changes will be the final blow.
What do you think? Will Human Target be renewed for season three or cancelled? What would you suggest doing to increase the ratings?
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PERSONALLY I THINK HUMAN TARGET IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON FOX, THERE ARE ONLY THREE. 1.) FRINGE 2.) HUMAN TARGET
I LOVE Human Target. It is actually exciting (!) Although the first season was better than the second, the scheduling hasn’t given the second season a fair shot. Not everyone DVRs programs and it is impossible to see where it will pop up on the FOX schedule. I am sick of 2 hours stretches of Idol twice a week, or even once a week. I’d rather see one hour of action and cool guys doing really cool things than another hour of screeching singers and judge… The show does need to return to being more like a Bond miniseries. The… Read more »
MY HUSBAND AND I LOVE “HUMAN TARGET”. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW DECENT SHOWS LEFT ON TV. WE HOPE THAT IT IS NOT CANCELLED, AND THAT FOX WILL PLACE THE SHOW IN A SPOT FOLLOWING A POPULAR SHOW, SO THAT OTHERS CAN SEE HOW CLEVER IT IS.
Come on really? Again? Firefly, Dollhouse, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and now Human Target? WTF Fox?! Oh wait, thats right you have to put every thing you have into American Idol to keep it from sinking. Good Idea!
Keep this show on–it is great! Also, you should have kept “The Good Guys”. We’re all sick of reality tv.
Cancel?? This is quite possibly the best show on TV. Any adult watches this show for one whole episode….you will be hooked. My wife & I are 37 & 38 & this is BY FAR our favorite show. Not even close. Are there other shows on TV as good as this show? If so…someone please tell me what??
I hope Fox will give Chance and Co. a third chance. Even though the 2nd season has been a little weaker with the added female characters and a change in the show’s directions and background music, HT is still a fun show to watch. Hopefully, the ratings will be stronger in House’s time slot, giving Fox something to think about. This is the best time slot HT has seen. It needs to preform well. Crossing my fingers.
DO NOT CANEL !!!!!!!!!!!! They need to advertise it more like everyone else has stated. Great show, I agree with Kim completely I’ve had to resort to watching the last 3 episodes online cause I’ve searched for it and can never find it. I have a DVR from Brighthouse and because of all the changes they have made it says Human Target and records something different. How stupid can these people really be. These people make tons of money and have no BRAINS. Lets get the people who are unemployed and have a brain to manage FOX. Maybe we could… Read more »
I came across Human Target by accident i found it to be one of the most compelling and exciting shows on T.V. there is definetly a problem with the advertising, time slot vartions, in which this show is being shown. It is full of great actors and excellent screen writing. The eposides are such as you start to watch it and you are unable to turn away from it, it is a must see the ending show. I would not miss one eposode if it is on the same day and time regardless what hour it is being shown at… Read more »
Do not Cancel Human Target. It’s GREAT
Do Not Cancel…..Since they have brought in the 2 women, I think it makes the show complete. Shifting around the night it aires is not good either. My wife couldn’t get interested the first season, but she watched an episode and met Pouche and the younger gal, and has been a fan every week. I say advertise and promote the two ladies, along with Chance.
Okay, this is not the first time I am pleading for FOX to keep a show! This show with such a great cast is FANTASTICLY entertaining! We Love Mark Valley, we prefer action adventure shows, smartly written and this one is a KEEER! FOX please listen to the viewers, we don’t want Reality shows, we want shows like this one and The Good Guys! We are over 49, but watch more TV than young people, don’t we count?
Season 3 please?
Please do not cancel. We enjoy watching this show when we can find it. If Fox would quit moving it around it might gain a following. This is one of the shows we try to watch regularly…
If FOX cancels Human Target and Lie to Me- I’d say the execs at FOX are a bunch of sell-out morons. American Idol? Are they serious? The concept was mildly entertaining for maybe the first 3 seasons; they should move this program to the Nickelodeon channel where it belongs. Why is it FOX continues to sign all these new shows on only to give it one, maybe two seasons (just enough to hook intelligent viewers) and cancel them prematurely? Does the president of FOX have A.D.D.? He can’t sit through a whole hour of a story line- he’d much rather… Read more »
Do Not cancel the show !! I am not in the dumb, dumber category of 18-49.. thank God. Leave in the same day, same time slot. Advertise it more!!! You do not show enough spots on other shows or during commercial breaks as you do with say “Burn Notice” Royal Pains”. YOU have created lack of viewership. Over Idol and do not expand it. Enough is enough! Show ALL of the episodes, period !!!!!