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?
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I love this show! It’s not your typical TV show. It has everything I love. Please return for a second season even if it’s a webisode… by the way, that’s how I watch it since I don’t own a TV.
Don’t cancel it I’m 18 and love it! So bring back a season 2 and carry on to season 10 and I’ll be happy haha
YES PLEASE BRING BACK THE GATES SOME HOW! IT IS MY FAVORITE SHOW! Maybe a book would be nice! Something though please! Or ABC could just bring back the show! It would be greatly appreciated! Everyone is blowing up twitter about it! Just read all of the sad complaints about all the fans who loved The Gates! It is just getting more and more popular by the day. The hashtags on twitter to check out are #renewthegates and #thegates. Extremely devoted fans. I am one of them! Please bring it back in some form. It will sell out like crazy.
please dont cancel this show!!!!!!!! I luv this show, cast and stories!!!!
Someone needs to pick up the gates. I can’t stand not knowing how its all going to play out!!!!!
The show rocks! I am so upset that its not getting picked up! I think the reason its got such low ratings is because it was on at 10PM at night!!! If it were given a better time slot, I think things would be way different. Who the heck wants to stay up watching TV untill 11 o’clock on a Sunday night when they have to work early Monday morning! I don’t know about anyone else, but I try to get to bed as early as possible come Sunday night. I really hope another chanel makes a smart decision and… Read more »
Oh, I really like this show. I hope they do not cancel it. There’s not much going on during the summer and this is different from all other vampire shows.
The networks don’t give these series a chance to catch on. I love this show. Please bring it back for a second season.
Bring them back.
ABC NEEDS TO BRING BACK THE GATES FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SEASON! WE DON’T GET ADDICTED TO TV SERIES HERE, AND THIS WAS A GOOD ONE! BRING IT BACK, ABC!!!!! LEAVING IT OPEN LIKE THIS AND NOT RETURNING THIS GREAT SHOW WOULD BE REALLY SH*TTY OF THE NETWORK!
No….. Please don’t cancelled the show I love it!!
I agree, I really like the Gates, I’m 50 years old, I watch it with my teenagers. Cancel one of the stupid reality shows. I’m so sick of those.
I agree with all of these comments. First Flash Forward and now The Gates! I’m sick of watching shows on ABC and then find out they’ve been cancelled. If they really do cancel The Gates I hope another station picks it up. I would really like to see what happens. The cast is amazing and the storyline is so interesting!
Great show! Not a typical show on regular TV. Enjoyed watching it with my family!!!!
Great show. Not a typical show on regular tv. Enjoyed watching it with my family