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.
very disappointed I was hooked on The Gates…. Hopefully another network will pick it up. Please another network pick it up>>>>>>>……..
I am very mad… i loved this show and it was the only good thing to watch on sundays!!!!
Ok…..let’s get the petition going…save this show..they brought back The Event.. The can bring this back also.
Thats so dumb, i mean come on the least they could do was let us know what happened!
The decision to cancel The Gates is typical of Disney/ABC. Take for example the decision by some ‘suit’ to not make V available online via Hulu. Now it seems as if Nielsen rating during sweeps week is all that matters.
I fell in love with this show and looked forward to every episode! I am so disappointed, I kept waiting to see when it would start back up…..sorry to see such a great cast and show ended – really hope another network would pick it up and I would be there watching for every episode!
Just when they finally give me something good to watch they take it away!!!!!! I am very upset that they cancelled it, I thought I could see the show going in a great direction. To be quite frank I feel a void now because it left me hanging with the suspense of never knowing what was going to happen next.
i’m so f-ing mad i loved this show and watched it everytime it came on. i want it back us young people like to watch tv too.
I loved the show why are they cannceling all the good shows.
Hate it when a show stops, and it wasn’t even finished with the story line. Who knows now what was to come. Loved the show, sorry to see it go.
The Gates needs to relocate to another network in order of launching the second season like on UPN to go along w/ Vampire Diaries starting this fall or next winter to ring in 2012 on the same night. I loved the show in spite of creepy vampires, especially if an actress as Evangeline Lily from LOST joins the show as a character who moves to The Gates falling in love w/ the vampire or werewolf. That will make the ratings go up w/ some new characters.
Cannot believe that The Gates is cancelled! I was looking forward to the return and started to wonder why nothing was advertised. I really looked forward to the show because it was unique and the charactors were great! Makes you wonder how some of the stupid shows remain and shows with an actual storyline get axed. What a shame! They should really reconsider this before it is too late.
I had a feeling that it had been canceled, because I hadn’t heard anything of the new season. I am so very disappointed that is over. I couldn’t wait to see the next episode. Now I am going to be stuck wondering what was the secret of the young female officer whom owned the mysterious box. Sorry guys, your great cast will be missed.
Very dissapointed, I’ve already fall in love with..hope they’ll continue this show on other tv station, fox maybe?
Soooo very sad to hear that this show has been cancelled, i thought it was just great and was glued to every episode!! :o(