While a second season on ABC seems like a real long shot, ABC hasn’t officially cancelled The Gates (unlike say, My Generation). One of the show’s stars however has been told that there won’t be a second season.
The Gates follows a Chicago police detective (Frank Grillo) who moves his family to a gated suburban community to become the neighborhood’s security chief. They soon discover that their new neighbors aren’t as normal as they appear to be. The large cast includes Andrea Powell, Rhona Mitra, Marisol Nichols, Luke Mably, Travis Caldwell, Skyler Samuels, Chandra West, Colton Haynes, Janina Gavankar, Justin Miles, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, James Preston, Georgia Cole, Johnny Messner, Brett Cullen, Shannon Lucio, Devyn A. Tyler, McKaley Miller, and Louis Herthum.
Ratings expectations are lower in the summer months but the suburban supernatural series averaged only a 0.9 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic and just 2.95 million total viewers. Though the ABC show has a devoted audience, there really just aren’t enough of them for a network series.
After weeks without news of The Gates’ status, Grillo recently tweeted, “I’m told from a friend at ABC that The Gates are closing. No season 2 Still unofficial but that’s the latest.”
After a big negative fan response, Haynes tweeted him, writing, “That caused an uproar haha. It is still not decided if #thegates is coming back or not. There is no official news as of now. Soon”
Grillo wrote back, “wow. Certainly did. Just passed on what we got yesterday. As I said. ‘Unofficial’ but as I see ABC’s ratings tank who knows.”
In any cast, it looks like two of the show’s executive producers have already moved on. Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo (who also co-created the series) have been hired by ABC, along with Greg Poirier, to develop a new summer series for the network. It looks like it’ll be a drama that revolves around a female spy.
What do you think? Is The Gates cancelled or will the series miraculously return for season two? If not, would you like to see the story continue in another form — books, comics, or something else?
Image courtesy ABC.
Just think if a show like the “X-Files” had been cancelled in its first season due to low ratings. We would never have found out that the “truth is out there”. Networks need to give a show a chance. Thirteen episodes is not enough to establish a toehold. Bring back “The Gates”!
please keep the gates!!!!! i have netflixed it and it is awesome!!!
I watch the series and yes ABC really does need to stop this canceling, this show is just as good or better than the show vampire diaries.Aand it has gone to another series maybe yall should get commercials out better and not during the summer because people are more likely to be out having fun and not even paying attention to their tv’s i know i dont i was busy and heard about it so i looked it up on netflix and when i was done i looked for a season 2 look if it was out or comin out… Read more »
Please bring back The Gates. As good or better then True Blood!!!!!!!
ABC – bring back THE GATES!!!!
I absolutely LOVED IT…………………..!!!!
Many viewers would agree with this. I want to see MORE. Best show I’ve seen in a long time.
I love the gates and would love to find out more about the characters.. if it continued in book form.. I would DEFINITELY read the series
Here shortly I will be boycotting ABC Network. I am incredible irritated to find out that this show may not be coming back. This is not the first time they have done this. I previously fell in love with the show October Road and in the middle of the very first season they pulled it before the show even ended. And now they come up with an amazing show, one to be compared with Desperate Housewives and they cancel this one as well. ABC YOU NEED TO GET IT THRU YOUR HEAD THAT YOU CAN’T KEEP DOING THIS!!
Not huge SyFi fan but thought this was an awesome series, shame on you NBC if no season 2.
I watched all 13 episodes of “The Gates” and cant believe the network cancelled it. This show is AWESOME!!!…They need to renew it for a 2nd season and try promoting it better than they did the 1st season and Im sure that will boost the ratings…Typical bean counting going on here. BRING BACK “THE GATES!” you fools!
i’m getting so tired of getting interested in a show just to see it cancelled a few months later…it makes me not even want to start a new show anymore.
I agree every time you start a new show you cancell it after the first season which is stupid i would like to know what idiot decides if a show should stay on or not i liked the gates a there was a few other shows you cancelled after the first season. You get people watching and wanting to see more then you cancell. You need to get reed of the person who makes them desions and find someone who know what we like
I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was realy loving it.
bring the show back for a season 2, that show rocks, and brings something diff to the night line up.
WTF???? Here we go again… Every time we get a good show on, some idiot decides to cancel it! The Gates did something I haven’t seen since Dark Shadows. THEY EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN ANGELIQUE!!!! Don’t kill this AMAZING show before it has a chance to show what it can do.