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.
It figures they’d cancel The Gates. It was a great show with an even greater mix of characters. I really want to know why they pulled the plug and left us with a cliffhanger.
I’m very disappointed that this show is not returning for a second season. It was intense and kept me on the edge of my seat from week to week. No other TV show has done that…I loved the actors and thought they portrayed their parts well..what a shame. Now we’ve all been left hanging and will never know what happened with Charlie! Big mistake as far as I’m concerned, and I probably won’t watch any shows on ABC from now on…
ABC you guys should really bring back The Gates.. My family, friends, and I all fell in love with the characters and the story of all the special lives that lived there.. bring back the gates!!! It was great and from the looks of it, had a lot more fans than you may have been thinking..
I am sorry to hear that The Gates was canceled! Loved the show as it was very entertaining and kept on the edge of my seat!
I AM SO SICK & TIRED OF ABC CANCELING SHOWS… THE GATES WAS GREAT BETTER THAN THAT OTHER PIECE OF CRAP “THE SCOUNDRELS” THEY PUT ON.
thast stupid. the gates is the best show i have saw! i want the gates back. ******* abc!!
I am very very mad about this….I cant believe that they would cancel an actual good show, just to keep all the other crap that is on tv these days, dumb reality show after another…this is why I dont watch tv anymore, everything I like gets cancelled!!!!
I hate that they canceled yet again another great show. I was so looking forward to Season 2. damn it this news sucks it .
I find it amazing that we can keep getting new seasons of the lowest common denominator of programing like, “dancing with the stars”, which lets be honest has no real stars on it only has-bin’s and wanna-bee’s; “the biggest looser” which exploits and trivializes the very real health problem of obesity, or “the real housewives” which celebrates greedy, awful people. What happened to real programing? Real shows with stories to tell? Why cant a show get a chance to build a fan base and tell a story? TV is supposed to be an escape from reality, I deal with reality… Read more »
@Joe couldn’t have said it better myself…The Gates was an amazing show, I really enjoyed watching it. I also hate the so called “reality shows”, I have my own reality, don’t need to watch those fake ones on tv.
I really loved the show. I started watching on line so I could get caught up. Every bit as good as Vampire Diaries I thought (which I also watch). If you ever decide to bring it back I’ll be waiting!!
No! (sobs) I loved The Gates!
Please! Please! shop this show! It was great!
NO! this show was great! the story lines were just getting really good! Please look at moving it to another channel or something!!!!
Can’t believe it. I like very few shows and have little to no loyalty to any. But, I LOVED The Gates. I don’t think they gave it a fair shot. Poor promo and a summer show. Why couldn’t they just give it a try during the fall line up. So much cr@p out there that stays on…yet the cancel The Gates? I don’t get it. I understand cancelling Scoundrels, but not The Gates. Boooo….
I am finished with ABC. Everytime I watch a show, they cancel it. I’ll wait until they have been on air for 2 seasons and then start watching. Come on ABC give a show a chance. I loved The Gates but I figured they would cancel it since it was something that was getting interesting.
BOO! HISS!
I can’t believe The Gates was cancelled. Great writing and acting, ten times better than half the other crap out there currently!
That’s it, right? It was TOO good!
Bad choice, canceling.