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.
Wooooow! Way to have a great show and not keep it going… Either way, I enjoyed the first season very much so sorry to see that it will not continue! God Bless!
the gates needs to be brought back
Bring back The Gates! Now!
I AM SO MAD AT ABC FOR DOING THIS!!!! abc is my favorite tv channel because almost all of my shows are on it!!! Abc has disappointed me!! This is messed up!!! And the last episode was weird and confusing and I wanna know what happens next!!!! Aagggghhhh!!!!! The gates us an amazing show and they should be ashamed for stopping it!!!! And plus, Luke Mably was so ccuutee and I’m sad I won’t see his face anymore:(/(:(:( I’m going into depression mode!!.!:(;(
Just finished watching the series on Netflix and tried to find the next season..I was very disappointed
to find out there isn’t one..I have seen some of the crap that ABC puts on their station and I think they need to re-examine their tv shows : (
This is so disapointing. I was so looking forward for season 2. My sister who lives on the other side of the country watched it and we could talk about it over the phone b/c it was worth mentioning in our conversations. Come ABC get with the program. stop canceling great shows.
got hooked on it only to find out that the tv series got cancelled, I’m in South Africa and we only see what we get and I am hooked on the vampire diaries but the gates are just as good with a variety of mythical creatures which makes it even better and it is not based on love but everything else and it doesn’t drag on unlike other mini series.
please reconsider cancelling the show and make season 2, I already got everybody hooked on it .
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WoW, over 1500 comments, possibly the most I’ve ever seen outside of youtube or yahoo news. I, like a lot of people it seems, was naively expecting this show to return in the summer…bummer. Given it was a summer replacement, and expectation was low, was the viewership really that horrible? Or maybe they were testing it to become a full fledged show. Gates is not just another iteration in the current crop of romance thrillers as it stood out to me because it had grownups and gravity.
why does abc cancel everything that is good and than keeps all the crapy stuff wtf i loved the gates and hated abc
I guess I’m going to have to research these TV shows, this is the 2nd one I’ve loved to watch where they canceled it after the 1st season with NO final showing to end the series.
i really want it back; i didn’t know it was on until it was on netflix and if there were more seasons, there would be many more veiwers, btw im only 13 and my friends watched it too, so ik there will be so many more veiwers if there was a season two:)
i agree with alex here. i too recently found this show on netflicks and am extremly dissapointed that the gates was cancelled!!!! you cant just end a show with a cliff hanger.!!!! and if u do that means hello!!!! make another season!!!!!! i belive i will no longer be watching abc seeing as they just cancel great shows.
This show was amazing, I just finished the season and was extremely mad to see that there won’t be another season!
Loved the show and looked forward to next season.
I loved the gates so did my husband and alot of our friends I really cannot believe that it cancelled to be honest the gates was the only reason I even watched abc. I’m very dissapointed in this decision to cancel. what a shame!
Can’t believe that you cancelled this show! I guess if people are not acting drunk and stupid on TV it just do not sale!