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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KYLE XY IS AMAZING…PLEASE RECONSIDER
everybody tell your friends and family to watch kyle xy PLEASE
Kyle XY is a great family show and there are not many out there any more. I think part of the reason it isn’t getting the ratings is because the network changed the time they got that pregnant teen show on first, last season Kyle XY was on at 7 central. I fill when they change the day and time of a show it messes with other shows people watch, and even if they record it, dvr it, or tivo it, they aren’t watching it so the ratings go down. I hate it when a show is only on for… Read more »
Kyle XY is a truly unique show, with a storyline never told before–at least to my knowledge. Speaking from the view of your average viewer (I’m an 18 year old girl), I honestly believe we don’t need anymore pregnant teenagers, clique roommates struggling with their relationships, or grown women figuring out how to retaliate against their unfaithful boyfriends. In all honesty, Kyle XY is one of the shows currently airing (sadly, not for long) that doesn’t make me feel like it’s causing my IQ to drop. Instead of getting the majority of your views from superficial teenagers, please don’t forget… Read more »
i ABSOLUTELY cannot believe kyle xy is being cancelled. kyle exy is my life and i will feel so desparagingly incomplete without it. This is a disaster. An abomination. I object!!!!!
stupid aholes!!!! money mongers.
What the hell is wrong with u ABC now i wont be able to watch kyle XY here in australia untill 2011 coz of the ******* ******** that out channels r giving us. they alway air our shows a year after the show is aired in our country so cine ur not airing the show the who of australia will not be able to view it you should be ashame bad on u u ******* consider your mums fuked in the *******
This is very bad news. I don’t know what the following is like elsewhere, but here in Australia it’s a very popular show, albeit aired on Foxtel. Please, don’t cancel it. The storyline has the potential to go on for many years and with many exciting developments. Please, please reconsider. Why can crap like the Young and the Restless, the Simpsons and all go on for so long when at last something that’s reasonably sentient and entertaining can be canned? Bring it back, lower the budget a little – we won’t care as it’s about the story not the props,… Read more »
Please do not cancel Kyle XY!
It’s the best show, not only on ABC Family,but on Telivision all together!
Everyone please tune in next monday. We NEED to get the ratings up. Watch Kyle XY Marathon on monday!!!
Am I the only one who was sickened by the overwhelming, suffocating positivity of this show? The show spends 80% of the time “teaching” us morals and how we should be good people and leaves only 20% for the story itself. If this show was any more moralistic it would be called “Leave It to Beaver”.
keep kyle xy please reconsider for the best show
yeah pretty sure i can’t believe yall are cancelling my favorite show.. i guarantee that i will no longer watch abc because this is the only good show on this channel.. like seriously renewing GREEK and LINCOLN HEIGHTS is dumb!!!!!!!!!! both of those shows suck! KYLE XY is the bestest show to ever be on ABC besides GILMORE GIRLS and well since that show is long gone i wont have a need to watch abc anymore.. talk about losing your ratings! way to go abc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It breaks my heart for you to cancel KyleXY.
this is my favorite shows and this is the only reason why i watch ABCfamily!!!
please dont cancel this show!!
If the series finale has already been filmed, why dont they stop being dicks, and just finish the series normally. corprate ********!