As expected, ABC has cancelled The Gates after one season on the air. The ratings certainly didn’t dictate a second season and a couple weeks ago, series star Frank Grillo said that he’d heard unofficially that the show wouldn’t be back.
Though even actress Lindsay Lohan wanted to see it return, it’s now been confirmed that The Gates has indeed been cancelled. Some of the people connected with the show have tweeted about the series’ passing.
From the show’s Twitter feed comes, “We would like to thank our followers for sticking with us through this great journey.”
Gates creator Richard Hatem wrote simply, “Thanks to everyone who loved it. DVD set to be released…someday?”
Consulting producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe tweeted, “Thank you to #TheGates fans, crew & cast for a great run. It was a blast. Seriously some of the best fans ever.” He later posted, “4 sale, lux devlpmnt/incrprtd town w/ upscale owners, prvt police/fire, exclnt school, occasional mysterious death”
Colton L Haynes wrote, “Was a great/fun experience and thk u all for coming along for the ride!. He followed that up with, “THE GATES cast and crew: thk u all for the good times! Learned alot and had a great summer with u all! Cheers to the future!” and posted this photo with #ripBrettCreski. Wolfe responded, “Sob… Too young!”
James Preston looks forward to the future, tweeting, “No worries gates fans follow us on to our new exciting roles!” Travis Caldwell echoed that sentiment, saying, “its all good more to come from all of us !!!”
Justin Miles wrote, “We gave em a hell of a run, though…” Janina Gavankar feels similarly, saying, “Sad. But we’re incredibly proud of what we made.”
Young McKaley Miller tweeted, “thank you guys for all the support!! seriously, y’all are awesome!! #TheGates is officially over, but it was such a great experience!! TY :)”
Andrea Powell wrote, “Thanks for all the love, fans of #TheGates. We’ll miss you! :-*”
Rachel Dipillo wrote, “We had a fun ride on The Gates. Love everyone I worked with and can’t wait to see what you do next! #RIPLEXIEWADE”
Grillo tweeted, “Thanks to all of you for supporting us. It made the whole thing worth it. Lots more fun stuff coming.” Grillo also said that he’d share what would have happened in the second season. After son Charlie is saved, Nick and his family would have stayed in the Gates community. The Radcliffs decide to take a break from one another. Leigh becomes the head of the police and Nick takes over the Gates board and oversees the community.
What do you think? Are you sorry that The Gates won’t be back for season two? What would you have liked to see happen?
Image courtesy ABC.
Boo ABC Boo! I really hope a cable network picks this up but sadly that is probably a pipe dream. I loved this show. Im so sad 8(
I hope they bring the gates back it was so good its heart pounding and it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time
I am very sorry that the show is cancelled. I was watching it and I knew someth happened when I saw that the next episode (a.k.a. no.14) is not coming out. I want the show back pleaseeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? Noooooo…. this is so…ngh! Finally you find a show that satisfies your fabile for the phanatsic that somehow survived your teens ( and twens for that matter ) by a decent mixture of suspense, fair-enough-congruity, some heart-warming family issues with a dash of bloody murder that actually manages to keep out the gore which would inevitably over-kill even the most promising storyline and then… cancellation! Not fair, not at all. Where the ratings really that bad? So what! This had potential to go cult. If ABC really thinks it has to whack out one of the few shows that… Read more »
I must be part of a large minority that does not like or care to watch reality TV. I like shows with a plot, played out by real actors. This show was different from others. It had an interesting story that kept me looking forward to the next episode. I am really going to miss this show. I wish some other station would pick it up.
Why, every time I really like a SyFy show, it gets cancelled???? That’s what the SyFy channel is for.
Remember Earth 2? That was truly original and fantastic.
A great show…and ANOTHER cancelled show with no closurer! It is almost to the point, why even brother getting involved with a series. I agree hope another network picks up the series!
WTF! As I expected, ABC cancels “The Gates” an emerging quality show; and retains all of their reality GARBAGE programs. No wonder cable wins more Emmy awards than network television!
Absoulty right…….
That sucks. This is the same thing that happened with firefly I didn’t even know an awesome show like this existed until It was about to be canceled. I only discovered it on Hulu recently. How come I’ve never seen a single commercial for this awesome show but I can’t get away from vampire diaries?
yeah it’s stupid. I wanted to see at least one more season. This really sucks. Maybe the wb or fox caould pick them up instead.
FREAKING A!!!!!!!!!!!! I really liked this show but like everything else if they don’t have 18991.54 million people watch a show each week its time for it to go. Good thing there are other stations that will give there show’s more time to build a following than ABC does.
I also hope SYFY, etc, picks it up. I really liked the show, and I’m quite upset that we didn’t get an ending. (Like with Scoundrels). Yet, they leave the lame sitcoms and reality crap on the air for years. Ugh.
I think that it’s so stupid that The Gates got cancelled! You find a show that you like, just get into it and then they cancel it. ABC sucks and I’m not watching anymore shows on their network.
It got better as it went along, but I’m not surprised at all that it got canceled. Most stuff that gets dumped during the summer has no chance of coming back.
I would like to see another network take it on, Like Sy-Fy did with Merlin. This was the best new summer show this year and it is a shame they will not give it another season.
Yes, I’m disappointed that it’s over. 🙁 I really loved what the show was evolving into. Yes, it got a slow start, but it was right up my alley. I’m sad to see it go.
I loved the chemistry between Luke and Rhona and loved when Luke/Dylan got ticked off at something. I would have loved to see how their family continued on.
I also wanted to see more of Andie and Charlie.