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?
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ABC best be prepared for a butt load of hate mail. Kyle XY is the best series ever on abc family! I will be sending half of the hate mail to ABC. I plan to try to clog their servers with so much hate mail. Who’s with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like when Jesse stirs things up too bad the show is suddenly ending. Hope she gets hired on some daytime soap opera as a very bad diva
I can’t believe i had rushed to buy the season 1 & 2 dvds, just to be told that there’s no season 4. i dun understand how u ppl get the ‘veiwership’ numbers but it definitely must be wrong. I love the story line, maybe the season 2 was a little ‘slow’ to unfold itself but season 3 is a real waker. Im from Singapore and i love it! Even my Indonesia maid loves watcj=hing tis show, coz i think it’s very curious. Pls do season 4, and do it just as nerve wrecking as u did in season 3… Read more »
please dont cancel KYLEXY
don’t do that ! it’s a big mistake
don’t cancel it ! if you do you will be lost many fans
Looking back at Kyle XY since its day one, it is undoubtedly one of the few good tv series that have a heart, a heart that touches viewers through its very good storylines and family values. And truthfully, these are rare for a sci-fi drama, and not even the man of steel and other present day heroes have these quality, giving Kyle XY his own identity distinct to other tv series of the same genre. I really appreciate Kyle XY because it is more of a hero’s struggle to unfold his identity rather than the usual save-the-world theme which outcome… Read more »
I don`t get it, why don`t the networks get creative – or at least us fans demand for them to become creative at least. For instance, before canceling a show why not give the viewers a chance to be heard – and do something specific (asked of them say, during a commercial break, either by the networks themselves, or by an advertiser), to display their support for their show. It could either be buying a specific product, or writing a letter saying yes or no to cancel the show. That way, the networks would either know if their viewers mind… Read more »
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DONT CANCEL KYLE!!!!!!!!!!
lol me and my 4 sisters watch it every monday faithfully lol you soooooooooooo cant cancel it!! :'(
i watch a lot of tv shows, but kyle xy is the only show that i’ve actually followed through with
meaning that its the only show where i basically watch the episodes in order, when they air. i dont do that with other shows, just kyle xy
They can’t get rid of it. That would be the stupidest move any network has ever made… EVER!!
Come on now Lincoln Heights?! Can’t say I know anyone who watches it. Kyle XY is yet another awesome show that’s getting the plug pulled, completely disappointed.
All I’m saying is that HOPEFULLY NOT if they do cancel Kyle XY We better get ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED and I mean ALL of it! But please SAVE THE TUB!!!
I agree with Jawad if you wanna get more rating air it on a friday!
Please please please don’t cancel it! HOWEVER if you do cancel it PLEASE I BEG OF YOU LET KYLE END UP WITH JESSI!!!!
PLEASE?!?!
please dont cancel i love that show nnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooo
you must be crazy for canceling this show. we will make your life miserable by not watching anything on this show so now listen and keep this show