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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Don’t cancel. Great show!! Action, romance, humor. No gore, psycho-yuck.
Great show, action with comic relief, when they start shuffling time slots it’s not a good sign, will miss it. Fox didn’t advertise it during superbowl because there is only one episode left.
I would LOVE to see Human Target get renewed! It is such an amazing show, one of my favorites and it’s only had two season, shuffled seasons at that, their schedule has been a mess. It’s too bad that the ratings are lower, but it’s a really great show! It NEEDS to have a season three! The show deserves it, everyone who works on it is fantastic! DON’T CANCEL IT FOX. But fox never listens…
i love it only show that i check to see when it is on. would love it if you did not cancel.
Human Target is our favorite show – we enjoyed it more in the first season without the cast changes… and the theme song was better in the opening season! But still a great show. Simply fun to watch, fun adventure.
CAN’T BELIEVE THEY’RE GOING TO CANCEL HUMAN TARGET.
LOVE THE SHOW AND THE CHARACTERS ARE THE BEST.
BIG BIG MISTAKE. PLEASE RECONSIDER.
I AGREE KEEP THE SHOW ON THE AIR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY WEEK AS THERE AREN’T ANY GOOD SHOWS ANYMORE THAT PEAK OUR INTEREST. I THOUGHT THE FIRST SHOW WAS ONLY OK, BUT THE RECENT SHOWS HAVE BEEN GREAT. LOVE THE CAST… MOVE IT AROUND TO DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS OR SOMETHING..DON’T CANCEL IT PLEASE!!!!!
Keep Human Target it is the best show on tv.
It;’s Fox’s fault this show isn’t doing so well. They barely advertise it. During the superbowl, they literally advertised every show BUT Human Target. They’ll rape us with ads for Glee and American Idol, but not one single ad for this show? Not to mention them pushing back the premiere twice? And moving it all around the schedule, Human Target is just the redheaded step child at Fox. It’s cancelled, it’s all but confirmed. And it’s not the shows fault, it’s great. maybe if Chance was gay with Guerro then Fox would give it a chance.
I think they should take another look at the show. The cast is great! They need to get a better writer. I think they should get back to more action, fighting, secret operatives, just a better story line.
I did see one promo during the pre-pre-pre Super Bowl show. A solo, 30-second one I believe. Nothing during the actual Super Bowl game; every other Fox show had a commercial, with the exception of Cops and America’s Most Wanted I believe. I was watching for any HT promos. Plus, the promo with all of the Fox stars tossing a football to each other, HT was missing there, too. During the Pro Bowl, the same promo aired with HT (Chance and Winston) and I think the Lie to Me star. This was not an over sight. Fox did not promo… Read more »
We love this show. It is like a movie every week with roller coaster action and great cast . The plots are unique and memorable. Always leaving you wanting more. Please don’t scrap this great show. Give it the advertising it deserves and see the audience grow.
We have loved every episode of Human Target we were able to find on Fox. The constant moving around of the slot didn’t help. This is one of the best shows on this year and to think it may be pulled is untenable! What are the execs thinking? Or, do they think… The cast is tremendous and the shows are like a movie and not contrived and generic plots that most shows serve up. From what I have read on several websites concerning Human Target we are not a minority, the people who have been able to see the show… Read more »
Why no ads for Human Target during the Super Bowl????? Maybe I missed it, but it seemed that every other Fox show, current and future, all got tons of promo. Way harsh, Fox. This is one of the best shows on TV and Fox Publicity seems to have totally dropped the ball. The finale is Wed at 9pm pacific time, you’d think if Fox cared they would have had at least one spot promoting it. Blame the low ratings on the clueless “plan” of moving the time and day of this show continuously. Other networks have a much more consistent… Read more »
Say it ain’t so! We love Human Target in our home…great show……puh-leze keep it around…
The only show I watch during the week. I’m sure Fox will cancel it. I mean, why won’t they. They kept ‘Til Death on forever and NOBODY watched that steaming pile.