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.”
 Loading ... |
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?
Image courtesy ABC Family.
I love science and now that i was always watching the scientific series Kyle XY i thought it was a good thing because i always had questions about modifying my brain but who would help me with this problem. I watched Kyle XY then i started to see that everything that is done in this show is really happening, i thought i would do the same but something is always disturbing me felt maybe someone would see my potential, but i had no one this show made me to look at the world differently, and everyday i think about how… Read more »
Please continue kyle xy, its an amazing t.v show,thats very interesting.please dont just keep us hanging we need to know wat really happend at the end.
I would have never sat through 3 seasons of Kyle XY on Hulu if I had known there was no season 4 or at least some closure. What a load of horse crap, this show is so good too. This pisses me off worse that it pissed me off when the show Jericho was canceled leaving it incomplete.
Discontinued?????why it was so such a great series why cansel season four please bring it back now there is so many questions unanswered well love kyle xy please bring it back
why cancelled?
Was a great tv show
Please i really need to see what happend this is so sad how come theres no more episodes …ohh wa[o..
Please bring this series back there are so many questions unanswered how could you leave us hanging like that?
Will kyle go back with Jessie or is his love for Amanda stronger?
Is Cassidy really kyles long lost brother?
Come on!
please continue the Kyle, we love it.
from Sri Lanka
Please continue Kyle XY season 4. I love it very much. I keep thinking what will happens next.
Please continue the show. A fan from philippines
At least, continue the show for a few more season. Give it a better ending so that the viewers of the show can be a little bit satisfied and doesn’t feel disappointed with how the production handled with the fans of their show. This show is just too hard on the cliffhanger.
Bring back Kyle xy.This is unfair
Please bring back our Kyle xy.I can’t wait to continue educating and entertaining myself at same time.
What is the reason for this show to be cancelled? LOVE IT!!! YOU CAN’T HAVE SO MANY SEASONS AN THEN JUST CUT IT OF LOL THIS IS AN AWESOME SHOW WE CAN’T BE LEFT WITH JUST THAT. BRING IT BACK
Kyle xy should be aired again in just saying! ABC Family come on guys air another season of it!