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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Let’s face it, if a good show is produced and Fox picks it up then they will put it in a crappy time slot with a bad lead in and then wait to see what happens. When they have a show that has a deep character development or the show is at a point of turning the corner in getting better they move it around without notice or cancel it and put on a cartoon. Human Target had a rough season 2 but has great potential still. Strange how I stopped watching House and Bones as they have become soap… Read more »
Why does it seem like every show I watch and like gets canceled? KEEP this show FOX! Its better then 99% of what is on TV right now.
oh come on………really ? why would they cancel a show thats good? to put on jersey shore and the like? please stop dumbing us down!!!!!
Keep the show! It’s fun, no harsh violence. A show I can watch with my grandchildren. Who doesn’t like a good comic book series? Please keep it!
I hope FOX doesn’t cancel Human Target, although season 1 had a lot more going for it than Season 2. I agree with Carmen that they should be growing the show instead of re-creating it. In season 1 it had a wild-west element to it, with the hero going off into the sunset with a strong female character being stronger for knowing him. And lots of the most amazing action sequences on a tv show ever. Jamming a love story down the audiences throats when we were expecting Action/Mystery/Love story twists really slowed the entire show down. I think there… Read more »
I am sooooo upset. I don’t watch TV often because there aren’t many good shows. This is one show I NEVER miss. I DVR every episode and if for some reason my DVR does’t work, I will watch it at my computer. This is one of the BEST shows I can remember every watching. It’s packed with action, mystery and even romance. I can remember when I was a child growing up, my mother used to watch Magnum PI. She loved Thomas Magnum and Tom Selleck. I feel the same way about Christopher Chance. He is a real hero. When… Read more »
Fox has a history of turning GREAT shows into nothing. It took me years to come back to them after the way they destroyed Firefly. If they do it again to Human Target… I’m gonna hafta go all Guerrero on ’em.
Human Target is the only show on FOX I watch. That goes and so do I.
Human Target is the most exciting action show on TV. Put in on Friday night at 8 pm as a lead in to Fringe. That would be a killer line-up. Then leave it there. Give it some promo. People I’ve introduced to the show didn’t know it existed, but once they found it they are hooked.
Human Target is a great and unique show that deserves to continue. The story lines show thought and attention to detail and are so much better than a lot of the copycat crap that’s on TV today. Please don’t cancel this show. Give it a time slot, keep it there and let it grow its audience. Please don’t just dump it for another lame game show or contest.
Human Target is a refreshing show! Please don’t cancel it! If it was scheduled on a certain night during e week…and leave it there!….then it would work. Guerrero is watching!
Human Target should be renewed…it deserves a season without the network messing around with its schedule. It deserves a season committed to growing the show, not recreating it. It deserves better than pre-empting for American Idol (talk about a show that deserves cancellation). FOX give it a…Chance.
why cancel a good action show that has a wonderful working cast that is worth watching? you surly must realize that everyone out here does not care to watch mindless reality shows. human target is a great show given what there is to choose from. i know its all about ratings and it would help if you would give the show a every week day and time so the viewer would know where to look for the show. please do not cancel a good show.
Of course we can’t keep around a show that is different and fun cause we have to go with the standards I guess?? I love Human Target and have many friends who watch also. We can’t wait to see what happens to Chance and the team each week. Being shuffled from one night to the next certainly hasn’t helped. I hope FOX changes it’s mind about canceling and get it on a good night and keep it. Otherwise I hope another network like USA would pick it up as others have stated in comments. Sad to think that another network… Read more »
figures, they always cancel the decent shows. they should give it a legit shot insted of bouncing them all over