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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I have never been so disappointed. My daughters and I very seldom find a show that we can sit down and all watch together. One daughter is into anime, the other into disney channel line ups. Until we started watching KYLE XY. We sit down to watch it all the time and we laugh and have such a great time watching. Now we watch it constantly on Netflix, and we get so upset every time we come to the end of season three to find no end. Please bring the show back. As my mother use to say to me… Read more »
We need a Season4… WTF!!!this is so messed up..how they gunna leave us hanging like that……. i would like to know if kyle hooks up w/ jesse or amanda and is cassidy really his brother….. AND if adam is rlly dead or not. HELP ME ABC!!!! BRING BACK SEASON 4…. AND A 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 N UNTIL WE DIE!!
Wtff I Just Finished Watching Season 3 on Kyle Xy Like 30 Minutes Ago N I Search If They Are Gonna Make Season Four N To See This…That They R Cancelling Iht…I thinks Ihts Stupid Of Them To Do That They Left So Many Fans With Questions Still Unanswered…N They Left Me…I Would Always Get In Trouble aforementioned Being In My IPod In Netflix Seeing This Show n Now I’m Thinking That I Got In Trouble For No Reason!!!They Really Should Aht Least Do Season Four N Answer Our Question!! I’m Out!>:\
this pisses me off
OMG! WTF THIS SHOW ITS AMAZING I WANT TO WATCH THE 4 SEASON FUCKKKKKKKKK!IM SO MAD
right there with ya
this really sucks!!! they should bring back kyle xy, thats my favoriter ABC show, i was waiting for months for the 4th season, bring back kyle xy please, or some production pick up the show please!!! i want to know what happen next
omq i cant believe they didnt finish it off i want to know what happens next that was my favorite show and it still is because i still watch it and wonder what is going to happen next they should at least finish it off dont just leave us hanging like this wondering what could of happen next this really sucks why make a show if you cant even finish it
I would have never watched it if i knew it would end like that WTF?!?!?! that wasnt right NOW WHAT
I just finished watching Kyle XY on Netflix, and I cannot believe! That thy left me hanging that badly! WTF ABC! I’m so ******* frustrated, it’s probably weird how much I am, but no series can just end like that. None. And if ABC thinks that cancling it will just be ok, there soooo wrong. Gosh!!! … They need to make a season four, it didn’t need to be long, just help with the questions I need answered.
I have been watching Kyle XY on Netflix recently and couldn’t believe there was no Season 4. I am so frustrated! There should have been an ending of some kind.
i want to watch season four they can t end it like that.
This really sucks. I didn’t start watching the series until the second season but after the first episode I watched I was hooked. To say the least I was pissed about how they ended it. They left us hanging and I’m not the only one upset about it. Hell go look at the facebook group that’s saying bring it back and see for yourself.
I’m really upset at the fact that kyle XY ended with a cliff hanger at the end of season 3. I desperatley want some closure and to see what happens to the rest of them and what could happen in their future. Even a movie made to provide some closure to it all would be great. Obviously the same characters wouldn’t be able to be used..which alone wouldn’t make it the same, but anything would be better than nothing..
After 27 yrs. of living in Brazil and raising children there,I had become used to television episodes that contained depth, compassion, and excellent acting. After our return to the States we were very disappointed in the choices of T.V. shows and what appeared to us as mindless distractions and superficial values. That is until Kyle XY aired. It was the only show that our family looked forward to watching together and we felt hopeful that this very unique show portrayed serious social and genuine family values but still had mystery and intrigue that made you come back for more. Other… Read more »
omigosh. i never watched kyle xy while it was on tv. but i watched all the seasons on netflix. the show was amazing. but the last episode in season 3 sucked. i mean really ‘im ur brother’ and then it ended forever. so they keep greek and Lincoln heights but cancel kyle xy?RETARDED