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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it should not have been cancelled. it is good and there is no good ending.
Kyle xy is one of the best series they should produce season 4 ASAP
THIS IS BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL OF US DEVOTED VEIWERS NEED, I MEAN NEEEEEEED CLOSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE US CLOSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A série é boa demais, queremos a 4ª temporada
Im really maaad how can you do this to us. I was looking foward to seeing the new serier when i hear it got cancelled. this was my favorite abcfamily show i always look forward to seeing it each yeah and now i hear it got cancelled. im so mad at least tell us the end or something beside it got cancelled now i will never know what will happend. whyyyyyyyyy?
I am actually really really mad because I was looking forward to see the ending and well as everyone know we will never get to see…I don’t know what’s up with this all the great shows alsways get cancelled…I’m pissed off tell you the truth…that was one of the best, the best, shows ever!!!!!!! Please bring it back!!!!
I’m from the Netherlands and it really sucks that there’s no ending! The show was great, one of my favorite shows ever! Now we never know how it’s ending 🙁
save the tub
SKY(Save Kyle xY)
fugging abc, how cud they cancel this show when there are lamer ones, like the teenage life **** thing ugh. dammit!
Kyle XY was the show I always looked forward to watching, it was definitely my favorites! Bring it back!
what the hell! i been watching all 3 seasons like crazy cuz this show is so good! i can believe they let it end like that! thats some kind of crap! they better bring it back! i have not loved a show like this ever me and my gf are hooked and want more!
It’s coming back…. The end of series three wouldn’t have ended like that obvs.
i think should not be cancelled because it was a great show me and my wife love to watch it .
I say bring it back… It was awesome show and many people loved it and now you failed them all by doing this…
I’m pretty pissed about this. That was easily one of my favorite shows ever and it didn’t even end. It left you hanging as it did always and you can’t just do that. Too bad the ratings drop there were millions that still watched and you’re disappointing them! I can’t believe it!!!!!!!!