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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Its improper to cancel kyle xy, its undeniably a great show, ABCF shoud have worked well with adverstisments and promotions…
how can you cancel such a great show, HOW!?! it’s an incredible show, i always wait so hard for another week to pass so i can watch another episode, and now your canceling it?this is ****.
You guys are going to lose fans & money. Who is going to want to buy the dvds to a series that doesn’t have an actual ending? I know I won’t, but I would have if you actually gave it an ending that ties up the story lines. This is really disappointing. This show even got me to watch some of your other shows that aren’t good. The only reason why I watch secret life is because its on before Kyle XY. I won’t be watching that dumb show anymore if you really go through with this. I might even… Read more »
Please don’t cancel this. I’ve watched it since the first episode. I DVR it every week so I won’t miss it while I’m at school. All I ask is give it one more season at least or even a couple more episodes so they can give it a proper ending. Don’t let it end like Las Vegas did where its a cliff hanger because they filmed it as a season finale not a series finale.
DON’T RUIN IT by giving it a bad ending, PLEASE!!!
I just watched tonight’s episode, and it made me serious cry for like an hour, not just how touching and full blown incredible the show was, but that i wont be able to see anymore of this… it is truley heart breaking to see this show go, and honestly, there is absolutely no point in even watching abc fam. anymore. If i were the makers, id make more season simply to put straight to dvd, and sell them, they would make a killing on the millions that still love this show.
Thank the Lord! I am sorry NEVER liked this show and its about as original as superman. I am feel bad for the fans; like my mom, but this show sucked from day one.
Kyle xy, is probobly the best show to come to abc family, it has an amazing story line that can attract younger as well as older viewers, the cancellation of this show is rediculous! please someone do something!
With all the garbage on television — ABC is taking a good show off the air? Really?
IF YOU ******* CANCEL KYLE XY YOU WILL LOSE SO MANY FANS THAT YOU WILL GO BANKRUPT YOU ******* PRICKS
If it is canceled everyone will be mad
The 1st season was good and interesting, but then something went wrong within season 2. Pretty much the whole Jessie thing ruined the show and took it in the wrong direction. Maybe if her character wasn’t so annoying and had been interesting, otherwise they should have killed her off and saved the show.
Omg… THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. Right as I start watching the show (and mind you, I LOVE IT!) I found out news that they may not continue Kyle XY to season Four. I am, for one, pissed. I LOVE THIS SHOW. It has everything in on – action, mystery, romance, etc etc. It’s all the stuff I LOVE about a show. ABC family will lose a lot of followers, I guarantee you that. I know I won’t watch anything on it anymore if Kyle XY is canceled. I know that I will also be VERY mad if the show is canceled… Read more »
DONT CANCELLLLL IT!!
show is great dont cancel it. if you want more rating then jsut change the timing .broadcast it on friday night or on saturday night you will get the ratings you want just hire a good manager instead of cancelling the show you can’t imagin how i pass the time between the season 2 and season 3 i just watched sesaon 1 and 2 more then dozen time in that period . stroy line is great . the chemistry and triangle of show is great please continue it for atleast 6 season make the end in a good way so… Read more »
I am a Chinese! I love kyle XY ! And in China many people love it very much!
I wish don’t cancle Kyle XY ! It’s all of us wish !