As expected, ABC has cancelled The Gates after one season on the air. The ratings certainly didn’t dictate a second season and a couple weeks ago, series star Frank Grillo said that he’d heard unofficially that the show wouldn’t be back.
Though even actress Lindsay Lohan wanted to see it return, it’s now been confirmed that The Gates has indeed been cancelled. Some of the people connected with the show have tweeted about the series’ passing.
From the show’s Twitter feed comes, “We would like to thank our followers for sticking with us through this great journey.”
Gates creator Richard Hatem wrote simply, “Thanks to everyone who loved it. DVD set to be released…someday?”
Consulting producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe tweeted, “Thank you to #TheGates fans, crew & cast for a great run. It was a blast. Seriously some of the best fans ever.” He later posted, “4 sale, lux devlpmnt/incrprtd town w/ upscale owners, prvt police/fire, exclnt school, occasional mysterious death”
Colton L Haynes wrote, “Was a great/fun experience and thk u all for coming along for the ride!. He followed that up with, “THE GATES cast and crew: thk u all for the good times! Learned alot and had a great summer with u all! Cheers to the future!” and posted this photo with #ripBrettCreski. Wolfe responded, “Sob… Too young!”
James Preston looks forward to the future, tweeting, “No worries gates fans follow us on to our new exciting roles!” Travis Caldwell echoed that sentiment, saying, “its all good more to come from all of us !!!”
Justin Miles wrote, “We gave em a hell of a run, though…” Janina Gavankar feels similarly, saying, “Sad. But we’re incredibly proud of what we made.”
Young McKaley Miller tweeted, “thank you guys for all the support!! seriously, y’all are awesome!! #TheGates is officially over, but it was such a great experience!! TY :)”
Andrea Powell wrote, “Thanks for all the love, fans of #TheGates. We’ll miss you! :-*”
Rachel Dipillo wrote, “We had a fun ride on The Gates. Love everyone I worked with and can’t wait to see what you do next! #RIPLEXIEWADE”
Grillo tweeted, “Thanks to all of you for supporting us. It made the whole thing worth it. Lots more fun stuff coming.” Grillo also said that he’d share what would have happened in the second season. After son Charlie is saved, Nick and his family would have stayed in the Gates community. The Radcliffs decide to take a break from one another. Leigh becomes the head of the police and Nick takes over the Gates board and oversees the community.
What do you think? Are you sorry that The Gates won’t be back for season two? What would you have liked to see happen?
Image courtesy ABC.
I can’t believe you cancelled such a great show, it was awesome and had alot of future stories to bring it’s viewers!. Why can’t you put the show on another channel or another time slot and give it another much deserved chance!!!. It really sucks that it’s not coming back because I love Pretty little liars but I would probably pick the Gates over it, thx and please give everybodys’ opinions some consideration as you are cancelling a very good show, you should give it another chance even if in a limited run, Caroline.
OMG!!!! I am sooooooo sad I LOVED The Gates didn’t miss it for nothing. HUGE mistake ABC. Could have atleast brought it back for 1 more season to give it some time. I am super pissed over this. The show was awesome and had the potentional to be a HUGE HIT
This was an awesome show!!! I am so sad it is not coming back for a second season!!! The story lines were great and there was very little down time!!!
I cant belive that you started a great show the plot was exellant I cant believe that
you spent all that money just to through it all away. I am sick and tired of all the crap
you folks are doing . you have 10 people sitting a box deciding what stays and what goes.
I have had enough of all the irresponsible stuff thats going on. you have had more then enough excellant responce to the Gates
It was a fantastic show and kept my interest. I was so looking forward to see what happened next. It had alot to work on to keep the people watching. The first season was great and im sure the second season would have been even better…. Maybe the SYFY channel should try and pick it up..
Excellent suggestion! You should write and suggest it to SYFY! They would certainly thank you for it (as would we all!)
The Gates was a great show. Too bad ABC didn’t give it enough time to build a audience, but just gave it a short run over the summer. Their bad, our loss!
awwwww man! i think this is sooooo dumb… i was totally into this! i wonder if people wtching it online counts as ratings because i only watch online(no cable)PPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEE, bring it back!!!!
DAMN!! I loved this show, thanks again to ABC for taking off one of my favorite guilty pleasures. If they would give their show(s) a serious chance at gaining an audience and not guage it’s success by the ratings garnered by a summer replacement slot (e.g., Scoundrels) they might find that they have a bonafide hit one their hands. Imagine that! Doesn’t anyone in network management remember the story of how Cheers became NBC’s iconic comedy of the 1980’s? Look it up and consider reviving our much beloved Gates guys!!
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This sucks…I really wanted to know what was gonna happen to charlie(now that he got powers), brett and lexie(now that she told brett how she feels about him), the randcliffs(was their marriage make it…they were such a cute couple), the monohans(how werethey gonna deal with charlie), and devon “the *****”(was some gonna kill her or not…or maybe put her in a coma please)…but now since it was cancelled I will never know=( my questions won’t be anwsered=(
apparently there were not enough viewers and I find that hard to believe, another site stated something like 2.92 viewers watched the finale. Faithful viewer here and am sadly disappointed that it will not be airing any longer. Great job to the cast and crew, you were amazing and hope to see you in other shows.
liked it…just starting here where I am at. too bad it doesn’t have a second season.
Story of my life. I love a show. It gets cancelled. I ignore a show (Lost) it becomes a world wide phenomenon.
My family got into this show right away! figured they’s cancel a good one….. dont they always?? 🙂
UNFAIR UNFAIR UNFAIR 😐
Watched this show weekly–can’t believe it is being cancelled!! Plot, characters, acting–all very good–what went wrong???
This sucks!!!! I loved watching this show and not enough answers were given!! whats the reason for it being canceled?!? 🙁