human target-related stories
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
The networks have had a quiet summer, quietly introducing scripted bomb after scripted bomb, so they're certainly ready to jump into the new fall season. And It looks to be an interesting one. ABC is scheduling a two-hour block of new comedies on Wednesdays as the sitcom tries to make a comeback.
Even more risky is NBC handing 10:00 to Jay Leno every night of the week. Everyone's waiting to see how that one plays out. FOX is banking on huge positive buzz for
Glee to make it a hit, while ABC is hoping
FlashForward can pick up where
Lost is leaving off when it wraps its run this season.
To help you with it all, TV Squad has put together a handy calendar of all the premieres so you can schedule responsibly in this busy time of TV watching. Some nights have as many as twelve premieres scheduled, so you might need to invest in a few more DVRs to catch all your favorites; Monday's still look grim. Bookmark this page and you'll have it handy to help see you through.
Continue reading TV Squad's complete 2009-10 fall season premiere calendar
Posted Aug 17th 2009 3:07PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
For those who don't know, DC Comics is more than superheroes and spandex. Under their Vertigo imprint, they've brought such sophisticated fare as
The Sandman,
Preacher and
100 Bullets to the masses. And by masses, of course, I mean the sixty-two people still reading comics.
This forthcoming season sees DC/Vertigo's
Human Target make the leap to the small screen. And now a much lesser known property is following its lead as
NBC has picked up Midnight, Mass. as a live-action drama. Over two series,
Midnight, Mass. ran a total of fourteen issues from 2002-2004.
Continue reading NBC picks up DC Comics' Midnight, Mass. for television
Posted Jul 29th 2009 7:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming
Every year, various ad agencies, marketers, and consultants choose which new TV shows they think are going to be winners, and which are going to crash and burn. They're not always accurate, of course, but it's still interesting to see what they pick.
NewsMediaMetrics says that The Jay Leno Show will not only do well, it will be a "powerhouse." They also see
NCIS: Los Angeles as being a hit, and good things ahead for
Flash Forward,
Glee,
The Forgotten,
Cougar Town, and
Eastwick.
Continue reading And the most promising new shows of the fall are ...
Posted Jul 7th 2009 9:42PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Upfronts, Reality-Free
While it was a little odd that the "screener" of
Glee we got was the exact same episode that FOX aired after
American Idol in the spring, the rest of these shows were truly new. Dramatic offerings included FOX's loose adaptation of the DC Comics property
Human Target and
Past Life. On the comedy side they offered us screeners for
The Cleveland Show, Brothers, Sons of Tucson and the aforementioned
Glee.
After enduring the screener for
Do Not Disturb last season on FOX, I could only hope that these offerings were at least better than that offense to the senses. And they were. Well, most of them. Unfortunately, it seems that FOX has at least one
Do Not Disturb in them every season. Other than that, one of these shows was far better than I expected, another a bit worse, and a third one stands as one of the better pilots I've ever seen.
Continue reading TV Squad previews FOX's new shows
Posted May 19th 2009 7:26PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Reality-Free
The
original version of The Human Target in the 90s wasn't that great, but it was enjoyable. It starred Rick Springfield and looked a little more sci-fi-ish than this
new version with Mark Valley. It's going to be on Wednesday nights at 9 starting next year. Here's a sneak peek. I'm assuming that this train is only in one episode. Otherwise it looks like they dusted off
Supertrain and shipped it to FOX.
Posted Feb 12th 2009 1:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Reality-Free
Jason told you yesterday that
Fringe cast member
Mark Valley is going to star in a new version of The Human Target, about a masterspy-ish person who flies around the world on his superplane, donning disguises to become the people he tries to help out of trouble. I say "new" version because this actually was
already a TV show, in 1992, with Rick Springfield in the lead. It was on ABC and lasted only a handful of episodes. Then it was gone, but for good reason.
It wasn't very good.
To be fair, the premise was pretty cool (if impossible), and the show had a great theme song. It just didn't come together that well (though I wish it had lasted longer than it did - I'm a sucker for shows like this). It was created by the same people who did
The Flash, but that show was better.
Continue reading Here's the original Human Target - VIDEO
Posted Feb 11th 2009 1:08PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting
Well this is promising news indeed.
Human Target is one of the most interesting concepts in the DC Universe and the Peter Milligan Vertigo series of the same name was one of the highlights of the early 2000s. The story centers on Christopher Chance, who takes on the identity of his clients to protect them from pending threats and help them eliminate them. He's a master of disguise in a way that
Face/Off would envy. And now he has a name.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that
Mark Valley has been cast as Christopher Chance in the Fox pilot for
Human Target. Valley has been a staple on the screen for years, most prominently for three years on
Boston Legal and currently recurring on
Fringe, where he has mastered the creepy stare. The guy can go from comedic to heartfelt to bad-ass to, as I said, creepy, and diversity is what you need for this role. This is a great casting choice. He's not too young, he's big and he's got an intensity about him. Man, I hope Fox picks this up even more now! Maybe Valley can go in to FOX in disguise and vote to go to series.
Posted Jan 20th 2009 10:02AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Fox has inked a deal
for a bunch of new pilots for next season. They include such titles as
The Station,
Walorsky,
Two Dollar Beer,
Sons of Tucson and
Human Target.
Among them,
Human Target is of the most interest to me. It's an adaptation from a DC Comics character. He's a bodyguard named Christopher Chance that assumes the identity of the person he is supposed to protect. Properly done, this could become a companion show or successor to
24 (particularly since
Prison Break is ending).
This isn't even the first television adaption for
The Human Target, as Rick Springfield starred in a
brief series about the same character in 1990. However, things were different then. The environment is better for such a program now, assuming they take it seriously and don't make it too cartoon-like (although I could argue that
24 is cartoon-like in its presentation).
So which of the new Fox pilots do you find interesting?
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