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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don’t cancel kyle xy ! It’s a very wonderful TV show! There’s a good story and better actors ! Many people like it very much !!!!Cancel it ?It’s a mistake!!!1
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gee, a terrific family show, several love stories, & a scientific mystery being shown on the “abc family” network; what doesn’t seem to work with this formula? perhaps the programming exec who chose monday night, the busiest & best tv night of the week, should be ‘cancelled’ instead!! move the bloody show to a less congested night, do a few promos & stop the typical hollywood ratings’ ego-trip nonsense. please get with the program, literally, abc family execs; if you do, we, the viewing public, will proudly toot ur horns! thank you for a fine show & ur consideration in… Read more »
ABC family will lose insane ratings if they cancel the show.
Do not cancel my best tv show !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do believe that if kyle XY is cancelled that abc family will not see the same ratings. I for one know that if this particular show is cancelled, abc family will not be watched by me. The cast and fans deserve a phenominal last episode, and another season, or movie. Move it to another day if need be, or another time. Just do something so that the best show on television isn’t cancelled. Im sure the fans can help in someway. Dont make such a selfish decision without realizing the upcoming consequences with the ratings.
Please do not cancel kyle xy. I recently got together with a guy, and he watched kyle xy every week. I didn’t know anything about the show until he sat me down to watch it. Now I cant get enough of it. Its a great family show, love story, and mystery. Its something that he and I both enjoy. If there is anything that the fans can do to help im sure we all can do something to keep it going. Everyone loves kyle. Maybe if this is the very last season, then abc family can get kyle xy to… Read more »
dont cancel kyle xy!!!!!!!!!
im so0o0oo0 mad..i just started kyle xy nd im gettin so0o00 into it..nd now its being cancelled!!!! this sucks!!! lollll i luv greek so much better but still this is one of my top 3 shows i luv to watch
1.Greek
2.Secret Life of the American Teenager
3.Kyle XY
grrrrrrr…im maddd..i heard the final episodes nd i wuz so upset!!!! lolllll
DONT CANCEL KYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don’t cancel Kyle XY, its the best TV Series I’ve ever watched, please please.. I love that show till dead..!!
This has been the only show that gets our whole family together each week no matter what. We love this show! Please do not cancel! This show is so exciting plus has great family values. We need more shows like this. If it has to be, please at least leave it on long enough to answer all your viewers guestions. Please don’t leave all of Kyle XY ‘s devoted fans up in the air. We do love this show. Thank you,
Debbie Reaugh
Please don’t cancel Kyle XY. It is 1 of 2 shows that our family of 4 will actually sit down & watch together. Kyle XY and Lost are literally the only shows that our 9 yr old daughter & 11yr old son will watch with us. Kyle XY is a great family show & these are increasingly hard to come by. Maybe if you moved it to an earlier time slot (or to a different day) it would do better. We always have to record it because our kids are in bed. Then we watch it together on Tuesdays since… Read more »
Please do not cancel Kyle XY I have watched this show from the beginning and I hate to see it go. Cancel Greek or smallville or something stupid like that, not Kyle XY. It is my favorite show on ABC family.