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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please, do not take off air
It’s my favorite show on TV. I love the interaction of the characters, especially Chance and Guerrero! Hard to believe Guerrero was once a child star. All the characters work very well together, with Ilsa being the upper-class counterweight to the funny, gritty side of things. I didn’t watch it last season but ordered the whole thing from Netflix after seeing the first couple of episodes of season 2. I hope Fox can keep it on the air, and if not, I think the USA channel might have a place for it. It seems like their kind of thing.
It would be a shame to cancel this show. It is different, breath taking, and suspenseful. My husband and I can’t wait to see the show every week. I just wish they would decide on one time slot. That jumping around isn’t helping. Fox doesn’t have that many great shows to pick from. All those reality shows are not our thing. We only watch Human Target, Bones, Fringe, and Lie to me. The Chicago Code started well, let’s see if it can keep the momentum.
Again: Please don’t cancel Human Target!
This a very good show. Fox has done it’s self and the show no justice. Give it a good time slot and leave it. It is way better than Hawaii 5 oh yet it manages to do poorly because no one can find it….always at a different date and time
Please DON’T cancel Human Target! I have enjoyed the characters /show immensely. It’s been more than a little difficult to know WHEN to watch it since it gets moved around so much. Well-known popular series usually play on the same night, every week; You really haven’t even given it a fair chance to be watched!
My family and I enjoy Human Target. It is one of the better shows on tv right now. It also is a show I watched on my laptop while I was at a cancer hospital with my brother while he under went a stem cell transplant. It made me smile when things were tough. Don’t cancel the show!!!
Fox always messes stuff up with changing time slots, and the like. The only thing I see wrong with Human Target is this season seem to focus on the pucci character too much. Should have kept FBI girl, an new case each week keeping the theme find who is trying to kill you expose the threat and eliminate it. I like the show seems like I am going to have to develop a new rule watch the show on DVD after they are cancelled then I don’t have to worry if it will be cancelled. Think I’ll be looking into… Read more »
dont canel human target. it is actually one of the last shows that i really enjoy watching. i would choose this show over any of the others that i watch. maybe see if the 101 network would pick it up if you choose not to continue it. also fox stop putting it on standby to play american idol.
Once in awhile I’m fortunate to find something I enjoy and the “pinheads” find a way to screw it up. Like some others that started slowly, give it a chance and stop counting beans.
We love Human Target. It is one of very few programs we truly look
forward to. Fox has not helped by bouncing it around from night to night
so fans must go out and hunt for it each week. There is so much junk on TV
and the chemistry of the characters, the action and subtle humor is terrific!
It definitely could join USA or TNT if Fox is foolish enough to dump it
Love the show. The characters all have a great chemistry similar to Burn Notice. Hope it is picked up by any network.
This is a great show. Alot of people I know are just now finding out about the show. I think that may be the problem…no one really knows about the show. The characters are fun. each one unique. It’s a fun show. A little effort by fox I’m sure it would do well for them. It’s way better than Hawaii 5-0. If it doesn’t work here it feels like a USA show. Cool characters and interesting stories, maybe they would pick it up and give it the backing Fox has not.
Human Target rocks! FOX…please don’t cancel! One of my favorite shows! FOX needs to get on the ball and fix this…better promotion, better time slot, whatever. Don’t worry though. If FOX does cancel I’m sure this will be picked up by a rival network!
I really love the show and the characters-a real shame to cancel
Please, please don’t cancel this show. I love it. Maybe another network should pick it up if Fox wants to throw it away. I wish a Canadian network would pick it up.