When the MCU was still in its infancy, before the DCEU came to fruition, and before DC comic book superhero shows were the norm, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television produced one of the most underrated DC comic book shows of all time. We’re talking about Human Target, an excellent, yet sadly short-lived, series. Based on DC Comics’ Human Target, created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino, the series starred Mark Valley as the show’s eponymous “Human Target,” aka Christopher Chance. Unfortunately, despite an incredible setup and an amazing first season, host network FOX and Warner Bros. Television cut the series short, forcing changes that upset the show’s dynamic and killed it. This explains how the most underrated DC comic book series never became the hit it should have been, and how it’s overdue for a streaming comeback.

‘Human Target’ Hit a Home Run in Its First Season

Human Target boasted an incredible ensemble in its first season, featuring Mark Valley as Chance, an undercover specialist and mercenary-for-hire. A now-reformed former assassin, Chance offers help to those in need, taking undercover assignments to become a veritable “Human Target,” placing himself in the line of fire for his clients. The incredible Chi McBride portrayed Chance’s stern partner, the ex-detective Laverne Winston. Plus, the series also featured Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley as another former assassin and Chance’s friend, Guerrero. Along with some other recurring cast members, such as the memorable Lennie James as the brutal Baptiste, the cast’s dynamic was electric. Each week brought a new assignment and challenge for Chance.

Human Target came at an interesting time in the television landscape. Streaming was still in its infancy, but it came out post-Lost and post-24. Television was starting to get much bigger in scope and budget. However, it also debuted before the comic book superhero renaissance that started with shows like Arrow, The Flash, etc., on The CW, and later the Marvel Netflix shows. Human Target was based on a DC comic book, but it wasn’t a genuine “superhero” series. That said, the series did have a dynamic, pulpy comic-like style, incorporating inventive and creative action set pieces each week. In the pilot, Chance fights an assassin in a ventilation shaft. The second episode featured some unique action sequences aboard a commercial jetliner. All these factors helped elevate Human Target into one of the best television shows that, sadly, was criminally underrated and overlooked.

Season 2 Attempted To Fix What Wasn’t Broken

Unfortunately, Human Target’s second season was marred by various studio and network changes that worked to the show’s detriment. Matthew Miller became the new showrunner in Season 2, replacing series creator and executive producer Jonathan Steinberg. Basically, Miller saw fit to fix things that weren’t broken in an attempt to make the show funnier, sexier, and more like Miller’s previous hit series, Chuck. But Human Target wasn’t Chuck, nor did it portend to be Chuck at the outset.

The series brought on new cast members, Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery. Varma portrayed Ilsa Pucci, who served as a wealthy new benefactor for Christopher Chance and his team, while Montgomery portrayed Ames, a cunning thief and con artist who joins the team. Having a billionaire bankroll Chance’s operation took away from the first season’s more lower-tech aesthetic. It worked better when the group didn’t have unlimited funds and scrounged up what resources and favors they could. Varma and Montgomery are both talented, but their characters stuck out and didn’t come off as natural, organic additions to the cast. Also, Season 2 essentially abandoned all the storytelling and setup with The Old Man (Armand Assante), Chance’s adoptive father and former mentor, and Timothy Omundson as the nameless villain who appeared in the first season finale, and only briefly in Season 2.

The biggest offense entailed dropping Bear McCreary’s incredible orchestral score and music. Human Target featured a wonderful opening credit sequence and theme song that perfectly set the mood for Chance’s adventures. Miller dropped McCreary’s immaculate score in favor of cliché pop songs and needle drops. The opening credits also threw out McCreary’s music, replacing it with a sonic cacophony that sounded like an assault on the eardrums. Even Miller had enough integrity to eventually admit that replacing McCreary’s opening theme song was a mistake, telling Give Me My Remote in a 2011 interview, “In hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would not have changed the opening theme song. So there you have it: I made a mistake.”

The Legacy of ‘Human Target’

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The fans who remember know Human Target was great and didn’t receive its fair shake, much like plenty of other great shows like Firefly and Terriers. It got two seasons, but it never became the huge hit that it should have due to studio interference and executive meddling, fixing things that didn’t need fixing and making changes that hurt the amazing framework that was set up in the first season, rather than allowing the changes to happen naturally.

Right now, Human Target is available for streaming, but through Roku’s Howdy streaming service. It really needs a proper streaming platform through Roku’s main channel, Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and/or Prime Video. That way, viewers can properly indulge in the show’s greatness and see how audiences were robbed of a television classic.

Amanda Batula and West Wilson are putting their blossoming romance on full display.

The Summer House costars packed on the PDA at a baseball game in New York on Friday, April 17. Their display of affection was captured on the venue’s Kiss Cam and broadcast via the Yes Network.

In the footage, West, 31, could be seen leaning in to plant a kiss on Amanda, 34, as they sat among the crowd watching the Kansas City Royals take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

Last month, Amanda and West posted a joint statement via Instagram to address their relationship as whispers got louder that the pair had embarked on a romance following Amanda’s split from Kyle Cooke.

Related: Summer House‘s Ciara Miller, Amanda Batula and West Wilson Drama Explained

The  Summer House cast drama is raising eyebrows with Bravo fans. Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke announced in January that they decided to separate after four years of marriage. “After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple,” their joint statement read. “We share this with a heavy heart […]

“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,” read the joint statement posted on March 31. “It was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.”

In the statement Amanda and West went on to share how their relationship had evolved from their initial friendship.

“We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected,” they continued. “Our connection grew out of a genuine, longstanding friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”

The pair faced backlash for their burgeoning relationship due to West previously dating Amanda’s best friend and Summer House costar, Ciara Miller, in 2023.

Related: Where Ciara Miller Stands With Amanda Batula After West Wilson Scandal

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Ciara Miller is still sorting through her feelings after longtime friend Amanda Batula started seeing her ex-boyfriend, and their Summer House costar, West Wilson, earlier this spring. “Ciara has told friends that if they really are in love, she will accept it,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, noting that if West, 31, and Amanda, […]

For her part, Ciara, 30, broke her silence on the controversy during an interview with Glamour published on Friday.

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“It’s one thing to experience hurt behind closed doors,” Ciara told the outlet.. “To experience it so publicly is like another layer, and then to have to see what you thought was your life still play out in season 10. It’s a major mindf***.”

Ciara also claimed that she had “less than 24 hours” notice about the statement before it was posted.

“I read it with the rest of the world,” she said. “There’s something about the lack of being able to say each other’s names in the statement that I found very telling, but I don’t know.”

One of the best procedurals on CBS, the Max Thieriot-led and executive-produced Fire Country premiered back in 2022 and has proven a favorite of viewers ever since. The chaotic drama inside the walls of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has drawn many millions of live viewers and even more on streaming, with the current fourth season continuing last Friday with Episode 15, “Making Things Go Boom.”

Last month, the series finally crossed over with its hit spin-off Sheriff Country in a two-part event with their respective episodes, “The Finest” and “The Bravest.” Dubbed the franchise’s “greatest achievement yet,” the crossover saw Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), Bode (Thieriot), Sheriff’s Deputy Nathan Boone (Matt Lauria), and the rest of the cast of both shows face their most explosive challenges yet. No doubt boosted by this crossover, Sheriff Country‘s popularity has gone from strength to strength since, with viewers excited about next week’s installment, “Twenty Four Candles.” The synopsis for the episode reads, “While Skye celebrates her 24th birthday, Sheriff Mickey Fox investigates a brutal attack tied to a land-grab scheme.”

Ahead of the next episode, Sheriff Country has just hit a hugely impressive streaming milestone. At the time of writing, as per FlixPatrol, the show has just passed the 100-day mark in the Paramount+ top ten, on all Amazon channels. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Sheriff Country boasts an impressive 75% score, with one critic writing, “Sheriff Country has already set up some good stories and rivalries in its first episode, and Baccarin strikes the right tone as a person who wants to keep her hometown safe.” In Collider’s review, Megan Vick wrote, “Sheriff Country is at its best when it doubles down on being a relatable family drama with crime elements.”

Will ‘Fire Country’ Return?

Fear not, Fire Country fans, your favorite blazing hot procedural is coming back for more. Late in January, it was announced that the series had received the green light for a fifth season following impressive ratings, with the show averaging 8.1 million Live+35 multi-platform viewers. However, this exciting news came with the disappointing reveal that longtime showrunner, Tia Napolitano, would not be returning following Season 4. Season 5 is expected to debut this September or October as part of the CBS fall 2026-2027 lineup.

Sheriff Country streams on Paramount+. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming stories.

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Ice Spice is smooth with the bars and punches, too!

The rapper was spotted squaring it up with an unidentified lady who attacked her while grabbing a meal at a McDonald’s outlet in Hollywood, and it was quite the scene.

Ice Spice has been caught in a few situations in the past, although most of the back-and-forth has been on the internet from former friends and a service provider.

Ice Spice Throws Down With Mystery Woman In Hollywood

In the trending clip, the songwriter was seen having a conversation with a friend in the nearly empty restaurant as she munched on her plate. A few minutes after the clip started, a tall, slender young woman walks over to the table and starts having a conversation with the duo. The mystery lady even tried to convince Spice’s friend to slide over so she could get a seat at the table.

The rapper promptly intervened, agreeing with her friend that the strange woman should not sit with them and find her way to the door. The displeased fan did not take this in good faith, and she responded with a whack to the rapper’s face, causing a fight to break out. Spice hopped on the table, donning a jogger and hoodie combo, running after the fan who was now headed for the door.

Outside the venue, TMZ confirmed that Spice and the rest of the crew, including those who accompanied the attacker, got into another heated exchange with curse words flying left and right, and another punch being thrown in the singer’s direction. 

The ‘Bikini Bottom’ Rapper’s Attorney Threatens Criminal And Civil Action

Ice Spice did not back down from the fight till the end of the video, although it was unclear who won the exchange of fists. However, her attorney, Bradford Cohen, has issued a statement on the development, assuring news sources that the unprovoked attack on his client has been escalated to the law enforcement agents.

“We will be pursuing any and all avenues to hold the perpetrators responsible for their actions, including criminally and civilly. We are also exploring holding the location responsible for their lack of appropriate security,” the entertainer’s lawyer declared.

The woman in the video who first attacked Spice has now been identified as Vayah and claimed that she resorted to throwing punches because the rapper was rude to her when she tried to approach her politely. Vayah added that Spice called her a b-tch, and that earned her a resounding slap across the face.

Ice Spice Has Had A Few Past Dramas

The 26-year-old hardly backs down from a fight, be it online or offline, although most of the feuds she has been entangled in happen on the internet. In 2024, HotNewHipHop noted that she publicly fell out with her pal Cleotrapa, who claimed Spice treated her very poorly when she joined her on the Y2K tour.

Cleotrapa claimed that she had to pay for her hotel room on the trip, bought food from her pocket, and did not have a dressing room to change in at the concert. Spice came online to debunk these claims and slammed her former pal for being a user, even though she was generous enough to share her big stage with Cleotrapa.

She was caught in another copyright lawsuit drama after an artist named D. Chamberz took her, her producer, and rumored boyfriend, Riot, to court. Chamberz claimed the rapper and Riot stole his song and made a killing from it, which he now wants a part of.

The Grammy-Nominee Was The Butt Of The Joke For Taylor Swift’s Ex

In 2023, the songwriter found herself in the center of Matt Healy’s racist jokes during his appearance on a podcast where he described Spice as a dumb Chinese lady and an “Inuit Spice Girl.” Spice later revealed that Healy apologized to him about the comments, and she actually did not care much for the drama.

She was also dragged for failing to pay up for styling her wigs ahead of her Y2K tour, with the hairstylist claiming the order to deliver two dozen wigs for the show was abruptly canceled. The hairstylist claimed that the decision left her feeling like her efforts were wasted, and while Spice’s team promised to make up for the stress, they never came through on the promise.

Another former pal of the rapper Baby Storme equally came for her on social media, ready to expose her secrets while claiming that Spice made the people in her sign non-disclosure agreements. It was during that Spat that Storme shared screenshots of Spice speaking ill of Nicki Minaj, who collaborated with her on “Barbie World,” thus closing the curtain on that friendship.

Ice Spice’s New Year’s Eve Performance Left Fans Upset

In January, The Blast noted that the star arrived about 30 minutes late for her headlining show at Brisbane Showgrounds on December 31 2024. Unfortunately for the fans of the rapper, her set ended barely five minutes into her performance due to a 12:30 am curfew.

This decision attracted boos from attendees and complaints online about fans traveling miles and buying tickets to attend a show that practically did not hold. Spice apologized for her tardiness on January 4 at another show, blaming it on her birthday preparations (Ice Spice’s birthday is on January 1).

Before her New Year’s Eve show, Spice took the time to shut down Ozempic rumors by sharing a clip of herself at the gym. As noted by PEOPLE, she also denied ever taking Ozempic to lose weight, stressing that working out, going on tour, and fixing her diet all resulted in her trimmed look.

Will Ice Spice press charges following this attack?