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.
Found the show on Netflix and loved it. Had to google it and found out that it was cancelled, Very Sad.
Just spent the day watching the show on Netflix. I LOVED it. I too went searching for the second season to find out it has been cancelled. The finale was a great cliffhanger. Bummed to see it didn’t make its ratings.
Im in the UK. I had never heard anything about this show. Just recently I read an article about it online and decided to give it a go. I have just finished watching the first season and thought it was fantastic! I can’t believe there is no season 2.come ABC pull your finger out and give it a second season!!
Well, isn’t that typical, a great show with so many possibilities and then it’s cancelled just when things are cooking up. Starting to see a trend here.
I, too, found this on Netflix and fell in love! I never heard of it prior….ABC should have promoted it better and this truly amazing show would still be on air!
I am so bummed that this show has been canceled. It had everything that a great supernatural show should have!
Pls give us the gates season 2
I really liked the show and I wish that they would continue it.
I hate watching television-I even cancelled my cable…one day browsing through netflix and I found this watched the whole season in one day. When it ended I needed more and sad to find none. Let it come back!
ABC did a terrible job promoting this show. Its pretty sad I discovered the show on Netflix, but then again, goes to show u how often I watch the rest of the garbage they air. Guess I’ll need to just find another good read.
This sucks… very entertaining series.. kept me on my toes wondering what was going to happen next. I don’t understand why networks always cancel a series just when it is getting really, really good. They never give it a chance to catch on which is probabley their fault for not promoting the new series enough for people to be aware of it. I DO NOT WANT TO SIT AROUND AND WATCH ANOTHER FAKE REALITY SHOW!!!!!!
This sucks!!!! I love this serie!! i want it back
VERY SAD & UPSET WHAT A GOOD SHOW SAD TO C IT GO!!!
man i wish they had never cancelled this show, abc does that alot… thats wat kind of drove me away from the station. i just really got into watching the gates through netflix and the end left me hanging real bad, i like wanna know what happens next. but i guess i will never know.
I agree. I just watched the last episode last night on Netflix and I had to find out when Season 2 would began, only to find out the show has been cancelled! 🙁
Same here, wish Netflix didn’t even offer the show in the first place. It is like stopping a great movie in the middle never to finish it.
What will replace an ‘entertaining’ show that is not on Showtime/HBO? Another fake Reality Show???? Can we just find some entertainment that doesn’t require amateur paid actors? I am ready to cancel local programming in order to pay for Showtime or HBO.