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?
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My wife and I looked forward to each and every episode of The Gates. It seems that when a new and good show comes out, someone feels the need to cancel it for whatever reasons. There is enough trash on TV now that one doesn’t even want to watch it anymore. We are certainly disappointed to hear that one of our favorite and most anticipated programs, The Gates, has now been cancelled. Too bad ABC, you’ve lost two more viewers!
I am incredibly disappointed. The Gates was my guilty pleasure. I could take a complete break from reality, and not have to deal with watching stuff that hits too close to home. It was my weekly reprieve. I will miss it!
Of course, we, the fans, could always inundate the ABC offices with deliveries of thousands of envelopes containing plastic vampire teeth. You know, the Halloween costume type things. Think it would work?
I have been waiting for the season return of The Gates. I loved the show, interesting characters, interesting relationships,and a script full of drama. I would love more Gates.
I am so very disappointed that the show won’t return. I had the best summer TV show ever in The Gates. I hate ABC for taking away one of the only shows I spent time to watch.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I LOVED this show! You should put it back on! People just have to warm up to it! Whoever decided to cancel it is stupid!
The one time i decide to actually sit and follow a series suggested by a friend, they decide to cancell it. Was never a tv fan until THE GATES came alone, now i’m just thrown off. Wat a shame, it’d have been big if given the time.
I have been watching TV for about 45 years and I have never once been asked by Nielson or anyone else what I like. TV offerings get worse and worse and when something good comes along it seems it is inevitably canceled. I didn’t expect to like The Gates but I loved it! The whole cast was amazing and were perfect choices for their roles–I will miss them a lot. Sadly we still have junk like Survivor to watch and more and more low class reality TV..we pay more to watch TV than ever and get so much Less. Too… Read more »
Totally hooked on this series – extremely disappointed that it was cancelled. Seems when ABC has something good going – POOF its gone. Then they bring out the garbage reality shows. Oh how I hate those programs. Bring back good old TV , well thought out shows.
I’m really upset that this show was cancelled! Please, ABC! Listen to the fans and bring back THE GATES! Plenty of people watched the show. I agree with most of the posts about this cancellation. You need to find a new way to take polls if you think people didn’t like it because by reactions people did.
I really loved the Gates, I thought it was a good show. To bad it was cancelled. How do some of the really dumb shows stay on I just don’t get it.
Oh my God how can the gate be cancelled? Oh how i love it. By the way thanks to the crew.
Too bad the ones that i like always seem to end like wolf lake, Kindred the embraced. Sometimes they just don’t give the show a chance to grow…………
PS : I loved The Gates make me angry that i don’t know what would happent next.
I agree with most of fans saying that is not fair to end any show without closure. It makes me not to wanna wath MTV again they do this every time they cancell the show.
so sad that they chose to not renew the gates in favor of more inane entertainment with little to no value such as the bachelor. Dont just dismiss a series without giving fans closure!! Ive seen this happen far too many times and it makes me sick when a show is cancelled without closure. They pulled this same nonsense with Moonlight – another fan favorite they pulled the plug on without closure. All I can say is for shame to the television producers!