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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What??
Kyle XY shouldn’t cancel. I promise, It was one of the best shows on ABC channel. In the other side,It can be continued as many shows. I just finished watching Kyle XY and I can’t accept that the story line finished like that!
Dima DHJ
I love Kyle XY.It is one of my best favorite TV Shows. It is such a good TV show. I cannot believe it has been finished.
they need to bring back kyle xy and answer all the questions we need answered . bring back kyle xy!!!!
Are you kidding me, this movie series shouldn’t be cancel, not for any reason. At least the series is an amazing show, everyone likes kyle xy. So please try considering. Thank you.
Why do people keep calling it a movie it’s a TV show and also totally agree this show needs to be brought back
i just watch this movie this year…i was suddenly shocked that this movie was gone….i was expecting for another season…..this movie is a memory when my mother was still alive…we’re watching this movie together…now..this year…
i just started watching again on April 2016……how come this movie suddenly stopped?……
Please where is Season 4, you can’t just stop something if it’s so good. Need to know if Kyle is going to get back with Amanda his real soulmate. What about Josh and Andy? Lori & Declan? Don’t care about Jessi take her out, but please please bring back Kyle XY. We love the Series in South Africa to.
Jessi is cool, Amanda Is a pain in the ass.
Why stop at season 3./10 eps.….what will happen with kyle and jesi and also his brother?
Bring back Kyle xy please
Please for the love of God continue Kyle xy this show has inspired me alot it became part of my life please finish it
Why is season 5 not yet ready
Please why is season 5 not ready ? Watching an incomplete film is of no use.
Seriously??then how will I know what happens between kyle and his supposed brother we need the show.
Omg…i agree with u….i love this movie
Me too I agree with. We need to see how it ends. I love kyle xy so much.