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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As someone who has watched every episode, I have to take issue with those who say Kyle XY is a family show with strong moral values. Starting with season one, we see the teenage daughter losing her virginity. Season two sees Kyle not telling Amanda the truth about who he is. Season three sees both – the younger son having sex with his girlfriend who is being brought up by two lesbians and Kyle telling even bigger lies to Amanda about what happened to her after the high school prom. The show has spiraled down morally to the point that… Read more »
I’ve never understood why shows like Kyle XY don’t transition over to the SciFi Channel once they begin to lose audience share, if for no other reason to allow the producers to create a mini-season of 3-4 episodes that wraps things up in a way that leaves room for a return at some later date, assuming cast availability .
Some shows, like NBC’s Bionic Woman and Journey Man probably should have started on the SciFi Channel to begin with.
Science Fiction like Kyle XY should find a home where it belongs – on a channel that specializes in science fiction.
I’m SO unhappy over this. Kyle XY is my favorite show, right behind One Tree. This season is starting to get really good now too and it’s just all going to be over and we will be left hanging. So unfair. First Pushing Daisies, and now Kyle. Someone over at ABC needs to get the boot!
I don’t really watch Kyle XY but my boyfriend loves the show (he’s a hardcore Smallville man though), so I know the storyline. I’m going with that ABC Family has never been a very financially stable company, and with the recession the cost of producing Kyle XY may be just too much for the company right now. They could cancel Smallville but b/c its ben on so long and still has a devoted fanbase it would be death for them. So basically, once the economy gets better (or if their rating just plummet after Kyle goes off the air) then… Read more »
Please don’t cancel KYLE XY. It’s my FAVORITE show! It keeps me going each week!
I cant belive it I love this show it cant end!!!!!!
I cannot believe this! I am stunned! I hate this! Is there anything we can do to change these short-sighted execs minds? It could be another Smallville! Come on!! Please!
This ticks me off, because i really like this show! First they cancel middleman, and now Kyle! I think after they finish the season of Kyle, I will be find myself another channel to watch, i am done with ABC family, they cancel all the shows I like.
I think that it sucks that the network would cut off this show because the other crap on the channel is garbage in my opinion, and onec the show is over, so is my viwership of ABC Family.
Our family loves KYLE XY. I can’t believe that the show is being cancelled. ABC should cancel Smallville, which has become a really boring show with too many seasons of the same storyline! There are so few family shows on ABC Family Network worth watching, why get rid of this one? If they get rid of KYLE, I’m not watching ABC ever again!
What is with these people at ABC and ABC Family? Why is it that every good show they have thats smart and makes you think gets cancelled? They cancelled two of my favourite shows on ABC and now they’re cancelling Kyle XY. I don’t think putting it on Mondays at 9pm is a good idea, but I still manage to watch it and record the other shows I like that are on at the same time in the other room.
And I can’t believe they’re ending this but they leave on that garbage Secret Life of the American ****.
They CAN’T cancel Kyle XY! Not until they tie up the loose ends. They can’t leave the show hanging like it will if they finish up with the 3rd season and don’t continue! I look forward to this show each and every Monday. It’s actually a good show, despite all the crap on TV. This really is now the only show I watch on TV. PLEASE make Season 4 at the very least, to wrap it up in a GOOD way, not a crappy ending that leaves everyone hanging. This show is amazing.
please dun cancel kyle xy. its very entertaining and educating and bring out the family value. its the best show ever
Please keep Kyle XY going. It’s the best show on abc family, my number one favorte show, thats why I got cable, so I can watch kyle xy in the comfort of my own home.
Please don’t stop the show, please let them have a long series, like smallville, Please DON’T STOP, DON’T CANCEL KYLE XY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jenjams86
This is the only show on ABC Family that is worth watching. After this goes off, they lose my whole family. There’s nothing else on there that’s actually worth watching. I’m about ready to get rid of my TV because of this. Once you get into a good show, they cancel it. The only network that has me keeping my TV is NBC. I watch so much of their shows and guess what- it isn’t all about teenagers having sex! Maybe ABC should learn something from that! Other than NBC, I watch Smallville (the CW got rid of all the… Read more »