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Narrated by | Matt Dallas |
Music by | Michael Suby |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 43 |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
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Network | ABC Family |
Release | June 26, 2006 – March 16, 2009 |
Kyle XY is an American science fiction television series created by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and produced by ABC Studios. The central character is a teenage boy (Matt Dallas) who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newborn and no belly button. He is taken in by a family and given the name Kyle. The series follows Kyle as he tries to solve the puzzles of who he is and why he has no memory before that day. Although set in present-day Seattle, the series was filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.
The show premiered June 26, 2006, on the ABC Family cable channel. Episodes were also broadcast on the ABC network for the first season, but only for part of the second season, after which it was only seen on ABC Family.
After the 10-episode debut season on ABC Family during summer 2006, news reported a total of 23 new episodes were ordered for the second season, which started on June 11, 2007, with rebroadcasts on ABC beginning on June 15, 2007. [1] The second season's 13th episode, "Leap of Faith", aired on Monday, September 3, 2007; the remaining 10 began airing on January 12, 2008.
The German version was aired December 8, 2007. [2] The show started its second season in the UK on Monday, September 3, 2007, and on April 5, the first season was broadcast in France on M6. On October 5, 2007, TV Guide reported that ABC family had renewed Kyle XY for a third season of 10 episodes, which began airing on January 12, 2009.
On January 31, 2009, ABC Family announced that Kyle XY would not be returning for a fourth season. [3] [4] The season finale of the show aired on Monday, March 16, 2009, at 9/8c on ABC Family, leaving several unresolved dramatic cliffhangers. Following the last episode, writer Julie Plec revealed what had been planned for further seasons. [5] She also noted that the season three DVD would contain a "mini wrap-up" feature for the series. [6] The "wrap-up" is called "Kyle XY: Future Revealed", with the writers and actors explaining their plans for future episodes and what would have ultimately happened in the series ending.
Season | DVD title | Set details | DVD release dates | Special features | ||
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1 | Kyle XY: The Complete First Season – Declassified |
| May 22, 2007 [7] | August 4, 2008 [8] | December 3, 2008 [9] |
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2 | Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season – Revelations |
| December 30, 2008 [10] | N/A | N/A |
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Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season – Revelations |
| N/A | N/A | March 11, 2009 [11] |
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3 | Kyle XY: The Complete Third Season – Full Disclosure |
| N/A | N/A | November 4, 2009 [12] |
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Kyle XY: The Complete Third and Final Season |
| December 22, 2009 [13] | N/A | N/A |
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Kyle XY was ABC Family channel's highest-rated original series from June 2006 to July 2008. The show lost its reign when the series premiere of The Secret Life of the American Teenager brought in 2.8 million viewers. According to the same press release, Kyle XY received a household rating of 2.1 and reached 2.6 million viewers. [14] The repeat showing of the first episode on sister broadcast network ABC had more than 5.2 million viewers. [15] Several news sources said low ratings is one of the reasons for the series' cancellation. [3] [4]
The third-season premiere (in a new time slot, with high-viewership lead-in The Secret Life of the American Teenager) was 1.5 million total viewers, down 33 percent from the Season 2 opener, [4] [16] and most ABC Family shows significantly outperformed the show. [4] The second episode slid to 1.426 million viewers. [17]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Series | Kyle XY | Nominated | |
2007 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Show: Drama | Kyle XY | Nominated | |
Choice TV: Breakout | Matt Dallas | Nominated | |||
TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming | Kyle XY | Won | [18] [19] | |
Artios Award | Best Children's TV Programming | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Wendy O'Brien, Coreen Mayrs and Heike Brandstatter (Canadian casting) | Nominated | [20] | |
Saturn Awards | Best Actor in a Television Program | Matt Dallas | Nominated | [21] | |
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Kyle XY | Nominated | |||
2008 | Saturn Awards | Best Actor on Television | Matt Dallas | Nominated | [22] |
Best Supporting Actress on Television | Jaimie Alexander | Nominated | |||
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Kyle XY | Nominated | |||
GLAAD Media Award | Individual Episode (in a Series without a Regular LGBT Character) | "Free To Be You and Me" | Nominated | [23] |
There are currently two novels based on the series, both from author S. G. Wilkins. The first, Kyle XY: Nowhere to Hide , concerns Kyle's first Halloween, while the second, Kyle XY: Under the Radar , concerns the school's presidential election, with Kyle as a candidate.
Novel # | Title | Pages | Release Date |
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Novel #1 | Kyle XY: Nowhere to Hide | 192 | August 30, 2007 |
Novel #2 | Kyle XY: Under the Radar | 189 | January 1, 2008 |
Kyle XY: The Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | May 22, 2007 |
Genre | Alternative rock, Pop, pop rock |
Label | MySpace |
On May 22, 2007, a soundtrack for Kyle XY was released. It was released on the same day as the release of the first season. Track listing is as follows:
The music supervisor for the show is Chris Mollere. Michael Suby wrote the opening theme, and most of the score and cues. Neither the theme nor any of the score appear on the soundtrack CD.
Season 1 | |
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Season 2 | |
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Season 3 | |
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Episode 3.01 It Happened One Night [24]
Episode 3.02 Psychic Friend [25]
Episode 3.03 Electric Kiss [26]
Episode 3.04 In the Company of Men
Episode 3.05 Life Support
Episode 3.06 Welcome to Latnok
Episode 3.07 Chemistry 101
Episode 3.08 Tell Tale Heart
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