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| Genre | Science fiction teen drama |
| Created by | Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber |
| Starring | Matt Dallas Marguerite MacIntyre Bruce Thomas April Matson Jean-Luc Bilodeau Chris Olivero Kirsten Prout Jaimie Alexander Chelan Simmons Magda Apanowicz |
| Theme music composer | Michael Suby |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Eric Tuchman David Himelfarb J. Mackye Gruber Chris Bender J.C. Spink Richard Heus Eric Bress |
| Producer(s) | Julie Plec Charlie Gogolak Curtis Kheel |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC Family |
| Original run | June 26, 2006 – March 16, 2009 |
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Kyle XY is an American television series with a science fiction premise and mystery-drama style. 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. 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. Just as strange, he lacks a belly-button. 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 the first season, but only for part of the second season, after which it could only be 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 return 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.
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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.[7] The repeat showing of the first episode on sister broadcast network ABC had more than 5.2 million viewers.[8] 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][9] and most ABC Family shows significantly outperformed the show.[4] The second episode slid to 1.426 million viewers.[10]
| Season | Episodes | Start Date | End Date |
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| Season 1 | 10 | June 26, 2006 | August 28, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 23 | June 11, 2007 | March 17, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 10 | January 12, 2009 | March 16, 2009 |
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 | 192pag. | August 30, 2007 |
| Novel #2 | Kyle XY: Under the Radar | 189pag. | 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 Records |
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.
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Episode 3.01 It Happened One Night[11]
Episode 3.02 Psychic Friend[12]
Episode 3.03 Electric Kiss[13]
Episode 3.04 In the Company of Men
Episode 3.05 Life Support
Episode 3.07 Chemistry 101
Episode 3.08 Tell Tale Heart
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| Season | Number of Episodes | Special Features | Region | Release Date |
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| 1 | 10 | Alternate pilot episode, Extended season finale, “Kyle Declassified” featurette, Commentary tracks on “Pilot” and “Diving In” | 1 | May 22, 2007 |
| 2 | August 4, 2008 | |||
| 3 | December 3, 2008 | |||
| 4 | December 3, 2008
Declassified |
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| 2 | 23 | Alternate ending for "Leap of Faith", 27 deleted scenes, "Living with the X's" featurette, "Facing the Future" sneak peek at Season 2.5, Commentary tracks with the cast and crew | 1 | December 30, 2008 |
| 2 | August 13, 2009 | |||
| 4 | March 11, 2009 - Revelations
(Season 2 - Episodes 01-13) November 22, 2009 - Full Disclosure (Season 2 - Episodes 14-23) Released as Season 3 |
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| 3 | 10 | "Kyle XY: Future Revealed" featurette - A look at what would have happened in Season 4, Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentaries | 1 | December 22, 2009 |
| 2 | TBA | |||
| 4 | TBA |
Kyle XY as a series also features an alternate reality game where the players are “invited” to help solve the mystery of who Kyle really is. The Mada Corporation website[15] is the games rabbit hole — the introduction to the game universe. By clicking on “Our Jobs” in the menu, the gamer is taken to an anti-Madacorp Blog, where clues are left for revealing the truth about Kyle. It has been removed since the premiere of Season 2 and the Mada Corporation Website has been completely re-done to act as a real working website. The game also makes use of the website for a group called “The Latnok Society” and a brand new clue tracker room, which is more interactive than the previous one. Brandon Turpin
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