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’m really suprised because I thought with the immense popularity of the Twilight series that this was a shoe in. Could it be because they didn’t give it much chance by premiering it in the summer and then not trying different time slots to see if it did better?
I cant believe Gate got cancelled. There are too many police dramas already and too many reality shows.. For goodness sakes it was a great family program, Little violence, swearing and nudity.. Pls, pls pls bring it back to television
Such a bummer…another enticing series that leaves us hanging after one season, just like SyFy’s Moonlight!
this is unbeliveable that abc would cancel another great series. after watching every episode and waiting for its return. this show was full of so much excitement, a great cast. please abc reconsider its return. thanks
oh no! me and my daughter really enjoyed this show! i wish they would reconsider! it was a great one!
I loved The Gates!!!!
Please save the Gates, this is one of the few shows me and my whole family watch and when we are not home, we DVR it. Please reconsider, after reading all the comments people do watch the show, PLEASE SAVE THE GATES
Please save the Gates it is a wonderful show and there is always something to look forward to the next week.
this is utter bs.
a good quality entertaining show gets canceled but ABC keeps the crap ones? It takes a couple of seasons to get a good fan base for shows like this. ugh. ABC you suck for this.
I am really bummed! It was a great cliff hanger and I really thought this show would have a great following. You shouldn’t give up so easy, there have been a lot of shows that didn’t have great first seasons but actually picked up and ran several to many years. So many story lines left hanging and other possibilities. The fact that abc still runs americas funniest videos shows where their programming brains are. Its only funny to the people that take them and the canned laughter.
Damn… I loved this show. I can’t believe more people didn’t watch it. It was well written, and acted on all parts, now we’ll never know what happened 🙁 I’m REALLY sad to see it go
This is a bummer. I got on the internet searching for season two only to find that the show was cancelled. Had to have been by people who don’t like “regular” shows. Lets add another reality show….. NOT! This show will be missed.
I am truly sorry to hear that this show was cancelled. With all that reality rubbish being strewn at us on a daily basis. It was refreshing to see a show like this one. It is unfortunately a reality that the public cares more about the misgivings of the stars in Jersey Shores, than origianl series. This is why they call it the boob tube. I will miss this show. Thank God for cable and satelite.
Disappointed to hear the show has been cancelled. Spoke to friends about and they were hoping to catch it next season. There was always something going on. ABC, please reconsider.
I love the show… this is the kind of show you want to see…. not NIKITA, HELL CATS! come on! pls pls bring GATES back!