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 can’t believe they took Kyle XY off, I first watched it on Hulu and finished it in 5 days. Kyle XY is the best sho ever… its right next to my all time favorite (Teen Wolf). The ending was good, but it needs to go on, so we can all find out what happens… the left us with so many questions.
I believe Kyle XY should be continued and i will keep posting until they do.
also people voted for Kyle XY… 97% voted that they should continue the show, 2% voted that they shouldn’t and 1% voted that they didn’t care… What does that tell you ABC Family?
this show was 1 of the best, abc needs, not should, needs to put it back on
We all think that kyle xy it is a great tv show and it should be continued . Make that happen people waiting and you guys will make money and we will be happy . Once you start waching Kyle XY you can’t stop. How we can see the season 4?
This is a piece of **** i found this show on my laptop on hulu.com and i got super hooked on it. u need to put it back on i want to know what happens in the end than that stupid ending in season three. It was not even an ending please im ask for every one who seen KYLE XY put the rest of season three and the beginning of season 4 on. For what i seen and every body else seen in this show when it goes back on it is going to sky rocket so high you… Read more »
Kyle xy is really a good show but i’m sad it ended pleasy
Ummm helllooooo??? Put season four back on track…dont **** all of us with that ****** ending, or atleast put it on netflix
just started watching it couldnt stop finished in 3 days….basiclly what im saying is it was awsome one of the best shows i watched and thats saying alot cause i watched almost ever tv show there is…yall should start it back up cause yall cant leave us with a huge cliff hanger like that very disappointed it wasnt finished what was wrong with people not watching that show they must be crazy cause the ratings should not have drop more like improved a hell of alot…only wished i have watch this show alot earlier..feel as if i could had done… Read more »
i was really looking foward towatch season four but some gay person cancelled it
I recently fell in love with this show and I was so excited for season four so when I went to look for it and found out that it had been canceled I was devastated I honestly think that if they started the tv series back up. That it would be really popular, i know that I would be super excited if they did so please abc please revive the show Kyle xy.
That was NOT an ending!!! I loved the show and i got so addicted to it.. Until it “ended.” it was more like a climax with everything unresolved. They really need to bring the show back!!! There would be so many happy people if they did!!
I just started to watch kyle xy nd i fell in love with it I have tryed to look for season 4 but I couldnt find it and i was sad i realy hoped the season wouldnt of finished like that i wanted to know what happen with jessy and amanda nd why kasity said he was brothers with kyle
i want there to be season 4 the ending was dumb to season 3.
thast wat i said i wanna know
The ending was completely retarded. Watched the entire show, back to back, then get to the end and thats it? Pretty upset about this one.. you could have at least made mini webisodes to let us know what happened with this one.
They should make more episodes who cares if they are older abc family made a big mistake taking off Kyle xy they should really bring bAck Kyle xy like I said who care if they are older the show was amazing the least you guys should have done was made an episode 11 and just end everything there instead of leaving viewers upset
Why. Why would you cancel such an amazing show. ABC family, you made a
mistake. WHY. Kyle XY is the best tv series I’ve ever seen, better than Breaking Bad.