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.
I agree with alot of the people her that say The secret Life of an American teenager should be canceled over Kyle XY. The secret Life of an American teenager has such a terrible story line and even worse the acting is so horrible. I dont know how you could say that Kyle XY rating are in the millions and still not good enough. Abc Family is not a major network like the CW, abc,NBC and stations such as that, that are expeceted to get a certain number in the millions of viewers. Kyle XY really launched abc Family and… Read more »
I love this show. The show has a good feeling when you watch it. The show for me resembles the show Smallville one of my other favorite tv shows. So please dont cancel Kyle XY. If you need to cancel some shows cancel the girl that is pregnant show or the show with the white boy dating an aferican american girl. The acting in those two shows are horrible. No offense to anyone that likes those shows this is just my opinion.
OMG!!! They are canceling only show that have no standart crap runing on tv
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo….thats the only good show on there. Alot of people love that show and if you just cancel it so abruptly, it won’t be good and you will lose a lot of viewers. please don’t cancel KYLE XY. : (
DO’NT!!!!!!Ilove it so mucn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE do not cancel Kyle! The acting in TSLOTAT is terrible, and the resolutions are obvious. Kyle always keeps you guessing, i hope everyone watches the season finale :'( buh bi kyle1
KYLE XY IS AMAZING…PLEASE RECONSIDER
everybody tell your friends and family to watch kyle xy PLEASE please
This is really disappointing. Kyle XY is a great show! Don’t leave us hanging with an unfinished show…
We all want Kyle XY Season 4!!!
Still can’t believe Kyle XY has been canceled over The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I tried to watch this show, but it’s just awful. The acting is bad, the storylines not that interesting, every episode is the same to me. How can they keep this show, and let Kyle XY go without a proper ending? Kyle put the network on the map and this is how they return the favour. Come on, what the hell is wronf with these executives? They want to take a new direction with Secret Life, well good luck with that. I sur won’t… Read more »
I love Kyle XY show and it was so amazed the show. I can’t believe that they are going to be cancellation on March 16th. Please don’t cancel that show.. I knew that a lot of people love that show so much…….. Please reconsider to keep run the show to be continue for next season 4…
KYLE XY IS AMAZING…PLEASE RECONSIDER
everybody tell your friends and family to watch kyle xy PLEASE
Lol, its really retarded that you cancel a great show over a show that has a plot thats been OVERUSED. Like these commonly used lines “So, did you tell your parents yet?” “No, I still need more time to make up my mind” The Secret Life of the American Teenager is like a duplicate of every drama series you find on TV. And you cancel Kyle XY for that. I mean seriously, showing the life of an american teenager is like watching the life of your friends. KYLE XY is the only series I’ve liked since you started the show.… Read more »
I can’t believe they’re canceling the show!!!!
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RECONSIDER!!!!
I hate it when good shows get cut and i hate cliffhangers! This show is so great and if you guys have to end it that’s fine, but end it the right way make the story complete! You guys worked so hard for a show that you doubted success but you know what it was a huge success. We all love Kyle XY and like i said prior if it must come to a closing do it the proper way. You guys worked so hard for such a highly addicting show and i think that you guys must solve the… Read more »
kyle xy is my favorite show and i am saddened by the news of its cancellation, we will miss you kyle