After three seasons, ABC Family’s Kyle XY TV show is coming to an end. Will viewers get answers to the ongoing storylines about the young man without a belly button?
Kyle XY centers around a young man (Matt Dallas) who wakes up in the middle of a Seattle forest — naked and without a memory. The police call in psychologist Nicole Trager (Marguerite MacIntyre) for assistance and she ends up bringing him home. Her husband Stephen (Bruce Thomas), daughter Lori (April Matson), and son Josh (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) almost immediately take to “Kyle” and make him feel like part of the family. He begins to show incredible intelligence and physical abilities that lead the Tragers to realize there’s far more to Kyle than meets the eye. Others in the series include Chris Olivero, Kirsten Prout, Jaimie Alexander, Nicholas Lea, Chelan Simmons, Magda Apanowicz, Martin Cummins, Leah Cairns, J. Eddie Peck, Teryl Rothery, Conrad Coates, Cory Monteith, Josh Zuckerman, Kurt Max Runte, and Malcolm Stewart.
The show premiered on June 26, 2006 on ABC Family and became an instant hit. It attracted 2.6 million viewers and became the cable network’s highest-rated show to date. The pilot was repeated on ABC and over 5.2 million people watched. The first season was made up of 10 episodes and the show was quickly renewed for a second year.
Kyle continued to enjoy very healthy ratings into the second season. They were so good that ABC Family ended up ordering 23 episodes, a longer season than most series on the major networks. In May 2007, ABC Family president Paul Lee proudly said, “Kyle XY is the highest-rated show ever on ABC Family; it is truly the show that has defined this network.”
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Unfortunately, that sunny outlook didn’t continue for very long once the ratings started to fall in the latter part of season two. Kyle’s third season’s premiere episode attracted just 1.5 million viewers and other ABC Family shows outperformed it by a wide margin.
ABC Family has just announced the renewal of two shows — Greek and Lincoln Heights — as well as the cancellation of Kyle. No details were given for the cancellation but the decline in ratings, higher production costs, and castmember contracts coming up for renewal are all believed to be contributing factors.
The third season of Kyle kicked off on January 12th and is expected to conclude on March 16th. It seems likely that the network will continue to air all of the episodes on schedule.
Because the series finale was shot well before the cancellation news came down, it seems unlikely that all of the show’s ongoing storylines will be resolved when the last episode airs. Will fans get the answers they’re looking for or will they be left hanging forever?
Image courtesy ABC Family.
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Please SEASON 4!!! I just done watching all the series, and I can’t sleep thinking what will happen next. And I want Amanda for Kyle.=) No offense for those Kessi!.
its sad…:( one of the few american soaps i’ve fully watched and loved..and ended badly…
i hope they somehow renew it some time.. >.<
I love kyle xy I cant stop thinking of other shows to whatch but i choose to whatch the ending of kyle u guys r jerks leaving us with noughthing
Pls…..we need kyle xy season 4.
I´m just done watching kyle xy I didn´t know the serie untill I looked it up online. In began to watch it and I couldn´t stop. It really is an amazing show but the end is terrible. No answers at all! I´m really sad in ended like it did. I hope some day kyle xy returns with answers, although it has been 3 years sinds the serie ended.
I am highly disappointed that they seasons ended like they did. Left all fans just hanging and anxious. I understand money and ratings were an issue… there are alternatives to helping us know what happens. If you cannot do a season 4 then write a book, or make a movie!!! come one throw us a bone!!
I Agree 100%
I agree. They should find ways to deal with the fans.hmph
i wach kyle xy all the time it is such a great show actually its a fantastic show
sason 4
Season 4 please!!….
Season 4asap
Kyle xy Is the best tv show ever made we want season 4 asap
need season 4!!!
Kyle xy is an amazing show that abc made a stupid decision by cancelling and they need to atleast finish the plot lines with a season 4. By adding too much teenage drama they lowered the ratings a little but with the promising third season they could have gained it all back. They need to at least wrap up the story.
It is really hard to find something else to watch when you are really into a series and it ends like it did. I realize it cost a lot of money to make a tv show or movie, but I bet you would make that money by continuing with a season 4. People would watch (1) because they have been waitin forever for answer. (2) if season 4 goes well more people would go back and watch the series from the beginning on through. Intern your ratings would go up, and you would make mor money. I bet the actors/actresses probably won’t want to continue if so good but if not I bet fans wouldn’t mind new people asking as the story was finish and it would uphold expectations. I doubt these are read by people that can actually make a difference but if so just know you could potentially make a lot of money.
Soo not cool but by know its been 6 years since it ended I dought the people who made kyle xy is going to make another season.:(
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