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.
traveled an hour each week to watch this show with friends. BRING IT BACK.
I agree with all these wonderful comments & objections! We all love The Gates – FINALLY a vampire series that is for adults & not the teens! Sure, leave on all the crap shows & reality programs – they all STINK & we do not watch them – again, the teens like that cheap demoralizing trash. Hopefully ABC will sell it to another network & ABC will be the loser.
Seriously ABC get your head out of your #&#$&’s and do something smart. A) start filming a Season 2 or, B) sell the show off to another station that can do what you couldn’t. Was it you that sold Chuck to NBC…. they obviously knew something because they turned that around and as much as I thought it was rather stupid, I got to watching it and now it is on my weekly line up. Sometimes it is better to slowly stir a pot then pop something in a microwave looking for immediate results, it may be quick but not… Read more »
Sci-Fi this could be your chance to cash in on something already great.
It pisses me off that the show is cancelled. It had been a long while since there were some great shows on. That’s why I was happy to finally see a few shows, new shows that I loved to watch. It’s disappointing. Almost all the new shows, suck!! The Gates, it was different and interesting… and to make matters worse…. I missed the last show… When a show is cancelled, they could at least make one more show to tie up loose ends. … Think about it… I would’ve loved to see what happened next…
Years ago the same thing happened with a show called Sliders. It was cut down in it’s prime, but there was enough of a fan following where another network picked it up, which was the Sci-Fi channel network.
I agree with the a previous statement, there were too many cliff hangers to just cut and run.
If the show is to stay “canceled”, then at least allow the fans some closure and tie up all the loose ends.
Hey SyFy you need to pick this shop up asap..
We REALLY wanted to see the upcoming season to figure out some of the twists and turns throughout! It was on at a less than desirable time and not heavily advertised. MAYBE another network will purchase the rights and continue for all of us……that’s what happened to Southland………..PLEASE SOMEONE PURCHASE IT, PLEASE!
I’m so sorry to hear that The Gates isn’t coming back for a 2nd season. I thought that I had finally found a show that could stand up to my love for Charmed (I was very sad when that ended and have been on the search for a new “love” since then). Shame on the people who make these decisions….all they do is keep the crap on TV and cancel the good, promising shows!!
That stinks. It was a good show. Better than another reality show.
Seriously disappointed in this news. Please reconsider. This was an awesome show!
Sorry to hear this is cancelled
Loved it and did not miss a program
Is there any chance it would resurrect on another channel?
I have been looking forward to season 2
This show has so many cliff hangers! Hopefully ABC will UN-Cancel the show or sell the film rights, it might not have got the expected amount of viewers, but they could advertise more, or bring in celebrity guests, or even make a spin-off or a special last episode or something.
There were so many cliff hangers that need to be answered! Hopefully ABC will UN-cancel the show or sell the film rights.
Yet another great show gone!!! TV doesn’t care what viewers want!!!
This show was AWESOME! It was so much more than those teen angst ridden pieces of crap shown on those other stations. You cancel this show but keep the crappy so-called comedies aired each week. Come on, ‘Mr. Sunshine’? Give me a break! My sister always made a date to watch ‘The Gates’ every Sunday night. We could not wait for the next week.
Earlier show time slot would have helped. My 10 yr old watched it with me & loved it too. Hopefully abc will reconsider.