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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You are diffenitly making a great show better with the addition of the 2 beatiful women. The 3 guys are a great team! It is my favorite show on TV. The charractor Garrario was a brilliant addition. Please, lets not cancel.
I love this show it is the only thing that I watch on Fox. I hope they do not cancel it I would be so disappointed. I really like the addition on the 2 female characters.
We love Human Target and will be very disappointed if it is canceled. It is a lot of action and fun. If FOX would keep it consistent and we did not end up having to search for it I think the ratings would be better. As for Idol we watch the begining of the season and the end of the season and skip the middle.
Human Target has to be one of the best shows on TV. I don’t why people are not watching. Even with two new characters, it has gotten even better. The interactions between all the characters is fabulous. It is one of the fastest shows for action. I DVR it and it is always the first thing that I watch for all the shows that I DVR. I sure hope they don’t cancel this show. Seems like all we do is have reality shows now. I am sure they are much cheaper to do but I personally don’t watch any of… Read more »
It figures!!
A show that doesn’t really curse and doesn’t have sex all over the place and they are ready to cancel it. It’s hard to find shows my wife and I can actually watch any more. Fox is horrible.
I love the show! Therefore it is doomed.
My thanks to a great cast & crew. You will be missed.
I love this show. It’s one of my favorite shows….great acting. I even like the two new females on the show. Come on, FOX. The ratings would be much better if you wouldn’t keep moving the show around. It’s a winner!! Please keep it on the air!!!
I absolutely love this show! It’s funny and exciting and has lots of emotional/human interest angles that have yet to be explored. There really is no show like it on tv now, and I sure hope that Fox does not make the mistake of canceling it! Human Target is one big reason why I tune into the Fox channel! Let there be a season 3 please!!!!!
My wife and I enjoy Human Target. We hope for a third season. But the show needs to be scheduled at a time when airings are much more consistent.
Well, I agree with the other posts. If Fox wants to get rid of the show, they will, by simply moving it around like a moving target, which will kill the ratings. It is a shame, really. I enjoy the show, and would hate to see it canceled. 🙁
Screw all the reality shows!! I am sooooo sick of those shows! And they can the good dramas, sci-fi, fantasy, & action shows! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have no idea also who decides which shows get cancelled but it should not be HUMAN TARGET. Great show with a great cast!
LOVE Human Target! This season has been great and I hope they don’t cancel it.
Human Target is one of only two shows I watch on Fox. The other is Fringe. I also missed the cancelled Wed. 12th episode replay and am very disappointed. I really liked this show and hope it is not cancelled. As for Idol I hate it!!!!!
I’ve given up on finding a cast of actors each of whom has a sense of comic timing on “comedy” shows. Human Target is cast with actors who seem to treatr action and comedy as exactly the same thing. It is a pleasure watching them work. Effortlessness like this is damned difficult. How to keep the show on the air? Adding females to the boys club was the right idea. Good actors, good scripts…What this show needs is a strong lead in until it’s audience discovers it. Put the show after House or anything else with self-contained strength. Advertise, advertise,… Read more »