Good news, everyone! Human Target has been granted a reprieve from its Friday night timeslot - at the cost of its much-hyped premiere date.
HitFix.com is reporting that the show will return to its old timeslot of Wednesdays at 8 PM, but that said move will also push the show's premiere back to mid-November. Said change is a direct result of the cancellation of Lone Star; with Lie To Me moving from HT's old timeslot to fill the Monday void from that series, Human Target found itself a new home, or rather an old one.
The news no doubt comes as a relief to fans, who had been taking a long look at FOX's (and any other's network's) history on Friday nights and nervously hoping that the sophomore actioner wouldn't be the next victim of the Friday night "death slot." In its first season, while not highly rated overall, Human Target was performing well in the Wednesday timeslot, especially in the coveted 18-to-49 demographic. Said move also ensures viewers who haven't heard of the change will be able to find the show in the same place, which is always a good thing (ask Peter Krause of Sports Night, who once joked that he had no idea when his own show was on thanks to repeated preemptions and timeslot changes).
Unfortunately, that means the show's second-season premiere has been pushed back yet again (you'll recall that it was supposed to be last week, then this week) to mid-November, meaning all those awesome promos and all of our getting excited (okay, my getting excited) was for naught. No specific airdate has been set for the show's return, but needless to say, if I hadn't already been able to do an advance review of the second-season premiere, the fan in me would be throwing a few things. Myself and the rest of the Human Target Fan Club will just have to learn patience, I suppose.
What do you think? Glad the show's returned to its rightful timeslot? Annoyed you'll have to wait another month to see it? Both? Sound off below.
Dumb move. I love this show, but already have 2 shows at the Wed. 8pm time slot that I am invested in. Friday worked great for me. Very disappointed.
Just means you have to make good use of your DVR. Human Target performed well in the Wednesday timeslot, so it’s not necessarily a “dumb move,” just one that doesn’t fit into your personal schedule.
True, it preformed well on Wednesday and I watched it every week, but Survivor was not on Wednesday then. I am already recording two shows in that time slot, so not sure if I will watch this year.
Depends on how many tuners your DVR has. That's also why there's also full episodes available through various online outlets. Last year, there were also Friday reruns. If you like the show enough, chances are you'll find a way to watch it.
Isn't Undercovers also on at the same time? The shows are tonally similar, so I hope there's enough room for both of them to do well.
It is, though with the way the ratings have fallen for that series, possibly not for much longer. It's already on cancellation watch.
If anything, that makes me more nervous for Human Target; if the Abrams name can't ensure the success of a show like this, then Chance's chances aren't looking so good.
I maintain that Fox should've moved Human Target into 24's old timeslot. There's still a possibility, they should take that.
I disagree. A name doesn't make a series. Viewers aren't going to tune in if the show isn't very good, and from what I saw of Undercovers, I didn't care for it.
Human Target has already performed well in this timeslot previously, anyway. And Monday nights are already packed with other programming – it's the most contested night on the schedule.