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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PUT IT BACK ON. NOOOOOO
I LOVE THIS SHOW
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**** you abc. take off some **** ******* show and put on kyle xy
kyle xy should be at least 100 seasons it’s the best tv show i ‘ve eva seen ..i downloaded 3 seasons and i live in this series everyday i feel as if i am with this family …by the way i adore matt dallas not fan words but he is my super man??how old is he? 😀
PLS KYLE XY must be survive
fans unite! kyle must live on!
hey!!! c’mon!! show kyle back !!! thats a fantastic tv show !!!! arrggghhh!!!!! plisss plisssss plissssssssss !!!!!
BRING KYLE BACK
what the hell is the matter with abc every single time i watch a show they cancel it i mean seriously you need to bring it back or at least sell it to FOX OR CW or something they got more money then you anyway i mean bloody hell they really are stupid idiots
I’m an Italian girl…I don’t want kyle xy to be cancelled, pleaseee!!!
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee don’t delete this fantastic show!
i love it , too!
Ffs dont they see how many sites/forums/bloggs there is about this? Fans all over the world is fighting to save their favorite show! We deserve more kyle! we deserv a real end atleast!
If abc doesn’t appreciate loyal fans of the show which we all know they don’t then why don’t just sell the story to another television station that would be more than glad to fund it and get many MANY new viewers on their channel
FUKING ********!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just watched every episoded in a week! And I Love the Show! Was Really Really annoyed when got to the end and was left with such a huge cliff hanger. Most shows in the UK have an ending! I cant cope not know what happens WHY WHY WHY cancel! Idiots!
HERE WE GO AGAIN… I wonder why US TV execs keep ******** people up by cancelling shows abruptly when the shows no longer fatten their wallets. I understand that it is a business decision but they should at least be RESPONSIBLE enough to not let the people (viewers) who helped fatten their wallets be left hanging in the air… Here in the Philippines no matter how a show sucks… IT WILL HAVE A CONCLUSION… it’s only a question of whether a show will run long or short… Guess like most of you I’ve been disappointed many times with such US… Read more »
WAT THE HELL ??? I dont believe this. How can they cancel it….. I mean, its one of the best shows to have ever been air-ed on television. I mean, wat are they doing ??? are they crazy, i mean, goin nuts or wat ??? they cant do this…. they will have to bring KYLE back…. its a great show… its not about gettin the storylines finished, but its really fun to watch…. & it literally keeps me fixed in the chair while I’m watchin it… ppl vote to bring this amazing show back….
Savveeee Kyle XY!
SAVE KYLE XY!!!
DON’T BE FOOLISH ABC FAMILY, KYLE XY MADE YOUR CHANNEL WHAT IT IS NOW AND YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL IT GOT YOU THE HIGHEST RATINGS.
YOU ARE DISSAPOINTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WITH THIS BLASTED DECISION. I’VE ALREADY CRIED 3 TIMES BECAUSE OF KYLE XY BEING CANCELLED. DON’T MAKE IT A FOURTH.