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 can’t believe they are not bring it back for a second season. They just get you started into the lives of everyone and all of the adventures and take it away from you. I love vampire and werewolves movies. Please bring it back.
Bring the gates back both myself & hubby waited each week to watch. Pick on spot and leave it there, stop switching things around making it difficult to find it. ABC needs to
listen to the few people they still have, one more show gone another hour not spent with ABC. Like all relationships ABC is falling by the wayside and soon will not here from us at all. Why keep in touch, we share so little interests?
Seriously? I just re-watched the Gates on my TIVO. I forgot how much I enjoyed it. ABC- Always Being Cancelled I give up on you. Every time I find a show I like, you cancel it. No more shows on your network will I watch
Are you kidding?? It’s ok to have all these crazy reality shows but a good show comes on with a great story line and ABC shuts it down. At least let us see how it ends, just leave us hanging!!! Grow a set ABC and bring back the GATES!!
I guess they are going to put on another cop or lawyer show. Loved “The Gates”, it was different for a change. ABC needs some serious help…
plz dont stop all my shows man this is getting on my nerves
REALLY? REALLY? Finally something different …not another reality, doctor, or police show and it gets cancelled? I finally found a show that I looked forward to watching and now it’s gone and leaving us with no ending…just up in the air about everything! What is wrong with the networks? I LOVED this show…BRING IT BACK! I loved Eastwick and they cancelled that too…what is wrong with ABC? They don’t know a good series if it hit them in the face! I won’t start getting into another show on ABC just to have the jerks cancel it after they get me… Read more »
What the “H”?! BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!! You finally have an interesting plot, great characters, fabulous actors, talented writers and a cliff hanger finale ~ and now you cancel! Really – your gonna leave us wonder what the hell happened? If there were any problems with ratings, it is because of the time slot, the pre-empting the show for other specials, and then shuffling it around. You know I seldom watch ABC any more and it is abundently clear why.
amazing. finally a show that was well written and exciting and now they cancell it?! what was abc thinking? you need to reverse field and bring it back for another season. the storyline was great and everything about the show could have and would have been a hit. why watch tv anymore with wrong calls like this
BRING BACK THE GATES you imbeciles. anytime there is a good
show that is a little off the main stream, you NETWORKS get too
scared to keep it on.
It was an amazing supernatural series geared toward adults and it was just establishing its characters and plot lines~the acting was amazing and it would have been great to have seen where it wen in the second seasont~ Bring it back!!
Until enough people are willing to stop watching all ABC programs for a month or two, like a walk-out but of viewing, viewers will be disappointed over and over. ABC executives are well aware that most people fall for the ‘frog into boiling water’ situation. By taking away popular shows they can get people to accept anything. It’s like giving a bite of cake. Take it away often enough and people will happily consume lesser sweets. It’s insulting. A viewing walkout would be possible if there were will for it. Most people watch only one or two shows in the… Read more »
you have to at least finish what you started. Bring back the gates
BRING BACK THE GATES. I BELIEVE THE ONLY FLAW WAS THE TIME IT CAME ON AT NIGHT. THE SHOW WAS AWESOME. AND THE FINAL EPISODE HAD ME AT THE END OF MY CHAIR. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BRING IT BACK???
Unbelievable that they have cancelled The Gates! If networks would stop moving shows around and starting them at odd times of the year people might be able to become devoted fans of shows. As it is, they start a new show in January play it for 2 or 3 months, take it off for another 2 or 3 months then bring it back on a different time and day and expect people to keep track of all these switch-ups??? It’s crazy!! Give me old the days when new shows ran from September through May and June, July and August were… Read more »