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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This is the best show on Fox! It’s the only Fox show I watch and it beats anything else in its class on any other network! Cancel it and I will have no reason to watch Fox…
Maybe if you left Human Target in one time slot for more than a month the viewership would have the opportunity to increase.
This is one of the better shows on network television. The characters are interesting and funny and the cast works very well together. It’s one of the few shows I watch on FOX as it is but I look forward to it every week.
I am so damn sick and tired of these idiot networks who have a good show, talk of cancelling it, then move it all around the schedule with little to no warning, promote it to return, then delay its premier,….and then they wonder why the show gets low ratings!! Well try a little consistency with its airing times and maybe people will keep up with it. I like Human Target and do what I can to watch it. I’ve even bought episodes from ITUNES when available so I can watch the shows I missed because the stupid idiot network has… Read more »
It is hard for me to find shows that have a good plot, the right amount of action and drama, and fantasy that makes you want to be part of the show, while still being a show that everyone in the family can enjoy. Human Target is one of these shows. It keeps me on the edge of my seat and makes me want more. It keeps me guessing and I, like so many others, would be heartbroken if this show was not carried on for at least another season or two. The new cast seems to fit well together.… Read more »
How can the ratings be good when Fox started this season a month & a half late. Then the switch they played this week still showing on the schedule as Human Target but putting 2 other programs in its place. Then with all the confusion, I as a loyal fan, missed tonight’s tow hour episode. Give this show another change for it is well worth it but don’t screw with its fans. Get a night to show it & keep it there. Maybe then the ratings will be good.
DON’T CANCEL THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fox is a series killer. They move air dates around without warning, make permanent schedule changes, also without warning (right now, the next ep is moved to 1/31, but that’s nowhere to be found on the site, and I only found out the cancelled and rescheduled two-hour, twin ep airing was moved to 1/14 about two hours before the start time. Anyone remember what the did to Arrested Development? All I can say is don’t get interested in a Fox series, because they’ll beat half to death with schedule changes, then cancel it to run another POS reality show. Human… Read more »
I just learned about this show two weeks ago and promptly bought season 1 and am now addicted. I hope they don’t give up on it. The addition of the two female roles was a big plus also. I really hope they give it another chance. They keep moving it around to which is not helping its ratings.
We watch and/or DVR this show every time it’s on and thoroughly enjoy it – until this week. Can’t believe that they didn’t show it on Wednesday and then just throw it in the line up for Friday. Of course our DVR didn’t tape it since it thought we had already taped it on Wednesday (which turned out to be two hours of some shows we didn’t even recognize!) We have also watched every season of American Idol, but don’t plan to tune in this time around – that show is getting old. Why does Fox keep cancelling the new… Read more »
I too am frustrated with trying to find when Human Target is on. DVR taped the wrong shown on Wednesday and didn’t realize it was on Friday night so missed that as well. It is one of the better shows on right now. Have never watched American Idol and never will. My husband and I are big fans, like the addition of the two females. Please keep it.
I love the show. Look forward to every episode. I work nights so have my DVR set to record it and really pisses me off when the network shuffles it around as my DVR then misses recording it. Seems like every show I really like gets canceled. What group of people decides what airs on TV anyway? Most of the shows on the air are real crap and whenever something a little different and/or refreshing comes on it doesn’t make it long. I’m dissappointed. At least leave it in it’s current time slot every week to give it a little… Read more »
My husband and I both enjoy Human Target and hope it will be renewed. Have liked the addition of the two females and learning more about each character. Don’t watch American Idol EVER. Not big fans of reality shows.
American Idol is past its prime. I will never watch it again after what happened when Kris Allen won when he should have been second. Human Target is one of the better shows on TV this year and I have been watching it since day one. It grabbed me from the first episode; I did not have to grow into the show. I am just sick and tired of networks moving shows around at their whim and to heck with the viewers. Any wonder shows lose viewers when they can’t find them half the time. I was frantic when I… Read more »
If Fox channel cancels Human Target for some of the other crap that they have on, I will also stop watching the channel. Grrrrr.
Please do not cancel this show!!! Sure it’s a little campy, but that’s why I like it. I like the changes made this season with Ames and Pucci. Please FOX, I want to keep watching your station!!!!