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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Bring back kyle XY
This show was AMAZING!! Why cancel it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? It was my favorite show!!!!! KYLE XY PLEASE RETURN
I can’t stop having emotional truamas as this epic show has being cancelled,please!! People,what really happened to warrant its cancellation??
as I have done with previous unfinished story lines, I boycott any future programs from the network responsible, abc family here, and encourage anyone I have discussion with about their programming to be forewarned and avoid watching any thing from them, as it can happen from their ignorance for the viewing public, again at any time.
I just discovered Kyle xy and really thought it was a great series.Of course the powers that be cancelled it.That stinks!
Please bring kyle xy back please please
i hate how they cancelled kyle XY i was starting to like that show and want to see it continue. BRING BACK KYLE XY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we just want kyle xy back please
used to watch series but since kyle xy cancellation i watch national geographic. please do something
WE WANT KYLE XY BACK! WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE THE END LIKE THAT?
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
Yep its ******
if u were not interested why follow up the story of cancellation?
Kyle XY is the best tv show ever
We all know what Kyle will do in the next minutes, however, we don’t know how he will positively deal with the challenges facing him; and, I hope you will positively deal with the anger you are feeling about Kyle XY’s cancellation and will channel that anger into the campaign to revive it. One place you can check out about continuing campaign efforts is Kyle XY Will Be Back’s Face book page. Even if there is not a campaign currently in progress, we have plans to continue the effort until we are heard and Kyle XY returns.
Return Kyle XY it is the best tv show in the world
F*ck this show I hate this bull sh*t really I want to know what happens
I’m so livid right now… Just finished the last episode and cannot believe that there are no more. This was a great series and now it’s the shittiest because of this. So done
Unlike you, when I saw the last episode of Kyle XY, I thought there is now way that it will be left hanging, that it will be back and joined with fans from around the world to ensure that that happens. You can put your anger to good use and productively use in with us in our campaign to bring back this inspirational series that is attracting new fans every day. One place that you can find continuing efforts to revive the series on Kyle XY Will Be Back’s Facebook page. Even if there isn’t a campaign currently taking place,… Read more »