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.
I am yet another late comer that loved the show. I honestly loved the sound of what the writers had planned got the second season. I loved the tabloids radcliffs and would have liked to see them struggle toward a reunion. If at ask possible, please bring it back!!
I just finished the series on Netflix also, it is a true shame that they did not continue the series due to there own default by not publicizing it enough.
I never even knew this show was on the air, otherwise i would have been watching it every week. This show is actually pretty much like the vampire diaries and i think they should release it into a DVD. but the finale is just killing me. if they weren’t going to do a second season then they shouldn’t have ended it with such a cliffhanger. ABC if you can drag out secret life of the American teenager for five seasons then you can definitely give this one a second.
great show, wish there was a season 2!
Bring the gates back NOW! I wanna see more, thanks to Netflix, ABC you gotta do better, good shows, real actors c’mon why you cancelled?
I soooo love this show!! Saw the first season in one day on Netflix. Was hooked from the first episode! They need to reconsider giving the show another go! Please bring back The Gates!
This was an awesome show that held my attention and interest. Great characters and i say forget ABC, and go get picked up by FX or USA where “charachters are welcome!”. Never even heard anything about this when it aired. Thank goodness for Netflix !
I also watched all of the season in just a couple of days and I agree with the above comment. This was such an interesting show. Up there with Vampire Diaries. After seeing some of the shows that ABC has aired on television season after season. This show is so much better then some of the crap they air. Like real-time tv crap. The stupid shows of lining up a dozen women for a man to pick which one he loves, and other shows that are like that. I’d rather watch something intriguing and as interesting as The Gates then… Read more »
Wow! I just finished the series and am bummed they never did a second season. Would have loved to see how Charlie’s character developed. Great show
Found this on Netflix good show!!!!! Way to go abc for ******** this one up try better marking.
I didn’t know about The Gates whn it was on the air but just wen tthrough all the episodes on Netflix. I loved and am dissapointed that there won’t be a season 2. I feel like we were left hanging after the final episode.
I am a late comer , must admit I never even knew it was on. so when I found it on Netflix I thought I would give it a try, same story as everyone else couldn’t stop watching it, and I was dying to know what would happen in Season 2. Then I read this article, Iam soooooo bummed, why do they keep cancelling great shows. I am amazed at what the public finds entertaining these days. Crap!
So to the cast and crew .. GOOD LUCK YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME and you will be missed 🙁
JJ
Well, I’m a late comer to THE GATES as well. I found it flipping through NetFlix looking for interesting movies or a series or two to watch. I’m about half way through the season and am really sad it has been canceled. I think it’s a great show – I must say I’d never heard of it until I found it on NetFlix. IMO, the reason it was canceled is because ABC did not do a good job with the publicity. I find this to be an epidemic among scripted shows on networks, sadly. Of course, networks would rather find… Read more »
I just go finished watch The Gates on Netflix, I thought the show was very interesting and suspenseful. And I could not stop watching it, I finished it in mostly 3 days, I couldn’t stop watching it. Even if I wasn’t watching it I would be thinking about it and wondering what will happen next. You can’t go and not make a second season the way you ended it. Why is it that abc always ends the good shows? And keeps the bad one running? I think that you guys should at least make a DVD series. I have many… Read more »
Just got done watching all of the Gates on Netflix in 2 days. I found it to be quite interesting. If that horrible show Passions could stay on TV how could this not stay on? I suggest making it a DVD only series…… why not? There is tons of money to be made going that route too. Think about how much money the Olsen twins made with thier horrible movies straight to DVD. Perhaps get some kind of deal with Netflix, or Youtube,…. or something,… I know there is a way to keep the show going, make money, yet still… Read more »