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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Cancelling Kyle Xy’s further production is to me like droping out of High school without a certificate to show for. If our Nigerian Nollywood can satisfy her viewer,why would a respected firm like ABC in a more civilised nation chicken out this way.
The show should be canceled it is an awesome show with tons of new and different things you just dont see on any other shows, please do not quit on your fans.
why does every good thin to watch on tv end . tv programing pretty much going south because of lazy brains . reruns repetive programing stinks what happend to viewer satifaction what if your sponsers knew how unsatified veiwers really are
I love the show very much. Need to know the ending of the story. Pls dont cancel the season 4
I love the show. Need to know the ending of the story. Pls dont cancel the season 4
NO!!!!
please don’t cancel the show! I am a big fan of Kyle XY. I would love to find out more about the story. If he’s going to be with Jesse or Amanda. NOOOOO!!! please don’t cancel the show. I bet alot of fans are waiting to see what happens. How can you start a story and end it like that.
i luv d show, pls bring it back…
I can’t even begin to say how disappointed I am to know that there isn’t a 4th season. Not even a double-length episode where everything gets all wrapped up in a nice little bow. It’s like tearing off the band-aid only to find you’re still bleeding. I was going to buy this series for my husband for Christmas, but that would be like giving someone 3/4 of a Picasso. It just doesn’t make sense. It’d be a disappointment every time it was viewed simply because of being incomplete. I really wish ABC would just do something, anything, to wrap up… Read more »
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OMG what’s up with ABC family cancelling all my shows. i mean they cancelled Wildfire i absolutely loved that show now they talking about cancelling kyle XY if they do this will be bogus. i mean they lefted us hanging, especially since the last season ended so openly and was suppose to be a continuance to the forth season. i will despide ABC Family if this show gets cancelled. watch the next show they end is Lincoln Hieghts and then Sercet life. this are the only 2 good shows left on ABC Family and if they get cancelled i am… Read more »
There are a lot one can learn from kyle xy. If something is worth interesting, one will always wants to know and be part of it. Let us value what it will bring to viewers rather than thinking about money. We realy need to see the end of this great work the ABC family began.
do not cancelled the tv show
How can they end the show just when things started getting interesting again. Not mention they leave us hanging with the whole I’m your brother speech.
Nooo, way you can’t do that after I Just wanted to know what happened next between Kyle and Amanda. You got to be kiddin, right!
kyle xy is the best show ever so don’t cancel it pleeeaaaase ok otherwise i’m gonna kill all of you…. got it! period…..