Fox is making a few announcements ahead of its Upfront presentation next week. The network has reportedly picked up pilots of the Bones spin-off The Finder, the J.J. Abrams series Alcatraz and the comedy The New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel (read more about the pick-ups here).
But the news coming out of Entertainment Weekly is that Fox has decided not to renew Human Target for a third season. Human Target premiered on Fox in January 2010. Early in the series, the show jumped around the schedule on different days, before finally settling on Wednesday nights. When it returned for a second season, the show was supposed to be paired with Fringe on Friday nights, but ended up going back to Wednesday nights after the season 2 premiere episode was delayed. Ratings dropped to around 6.5 million viewers in its second season, although there was a pick-up in ratings towards the end of the second season.
There's not a lot of room on the Fox schedule next season, particularly with the renewal of several established shows, like Bones, House and Glee. Fringe was also surprisingly given a renewal, despite being a lower-rated show. With the premiere of the new Simon Cowell reality series, The X Factor, next season, real estate is at a premium for the network. With the pick-up of The Finder, The New Girl and Alcatraz, it's possible Human Target was a casualty to free up space.
Two more lower-rated shows - Lie to Me and Chicago Code - are still "on the bubble" and awaiting news about renewal or cancellation.
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Human Target was a very smart show with great people working on it. Hope it moves to another network where it gets advertised well.
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NO! This was one of me and my dad's favorite shows! Honestly if it was cut just to free up space I will be extremely disappointed with Fox especially seeing as the Bones spinoff, The Finder, was ok but nowhere near the greatness Human Target had achieved…
I LOVED THIS SHOW AND SO DID SOME OF MY GIRLFRIENDS. WE LOOKED FORWARD EVERY WEEK TO WATCH IT . EVERYTIME THERE IS A GOOD SERIES YOU CANCEL. I DO HOPE IT GETS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER NETWORK. YOU KEEP STUPID PROGRAMS AND THE GOOD ONE ARE REMOVED.
this was the best action show on tv and it should be brought back even on another station lots of people are upset with its cancelation
i hope that it will be brought back
ugh. . . . our favorite show. This is sick. Someone please pick it up. :(