Kyle XY

Kyle XY
Genre	Science fiction Teen drama
Created by	Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber
Starring	Matt Dallas Marguerite MacIntyre Bruce Thomas April Matson Jean-Luc Bilodeau Kirsten Prout Chris Olivero Jaimie Alexander
Narrated by	Matt Dallas
Theme music composer	Michael Suby
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	43 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Eric Tuchman David Himelfarb J. Mackye Gruber Chris Bender J.C. Spink Richard Heus Eric Bress Tommy Thompson
Producer(s)	Julie Plec Charlie Gogolak Curtis Kheel Richard Heus Chad Fiveash S. Lily Hui James Patrick Stoteraux
Running time	44 minutes
Production company(s)	Touchstone Television (2006) (season 1) ABC Studios (2007-2009) (seasons 2-3) ABC Family Original Productions Two Cigarettes and One Match Productions (2006) (season 1) Kyle XY Productions BenderSpink Productions
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	ABC Family
Original release	June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26) – March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)
External links
Website

Kyle XY is an American science fiction television series produced by ABC Family. 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 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 ending.

Season 1

A boy awakens in the woods, naked and covered in pink goo. He is completely innocent even though his mind works at a mile a minute. When he wanders into the nearby city he is detained by police and sent to a juvenile detention center as a John Doe. A psychologist (Nicole Trager) is sent for by the center to deal with his extensive amnesia (he doesn't remember a thing before waking in the woods) and she becomes his foster mother. With the boy's assistance they decide a name for him, Kyle. He is brought to the Tragers' home to settle in, gaining an entire family and learning to speak. As the summer progresses he begins to learn how to function in society and shows enhanced physicality, senses and intellect. Repressed memories begin to seep through and when he sees or remembers anything of importance to him he makes a picture of nearly snapshot quality with pointillism. Of particular interest is a neighbor girl (Amanda) who becomes his first crush. He isn't very sure of how to act with her having seen the relationship attempts and fumbles of his foster siblings. When school begins he has difficulty on the first day but soon makes a place for himself in spite of a negative vice principal. He continues to have run-ins with a creepy security guard, Tom Foss, who has the family under surveillance. Eventually he learns that Foss is trying to protect him from a murky past involving a highly secretive company (Zzyzx) and a grad student who has been missing for over twenty years (Adam Baylin). After Kyle and Foss rescue each other in an assassination attempt by Zzyzx he leaves with a supposed birth family, Julia and David Peterson, and is brought to see the reclusive Baylin.

Cast and characters

Recurring cast

• Chelan Simmons as Hillary
• Nicholas Lea as Tom Foss
• Teryl Rothery as Carol Bloom
• Cory Monteith as Charlie Tanner (Season 1–2)
• J. Eddie Peck as Adam Baylin (Season 1–2)
• Sarah-Jane Redmond as Rebecca Thatcher (Season 1-2)
• Andrew Jackson as Cyrus Reynolds (Season 1–2)
• Bill Dow as Professor William Kern (Season 1–2)
• Kurt Max Runte as Detective Jason Breen (Season 1)
• Magda Apanowicz as Andy Jensen (Season 2–3)
• Martin Cummins as Brian Taylor (Season 2)
• Ally Sheedy as Sarah Emerson (Season 2–3)
• Leah Cairns as Emily Hollander (Season 2)
• Conrad Coates as Julian Ballantine (Season 2)
• Josh Zuckerman as Mark (Season 2–3)
• Jesse Hutch as Nate Harrison (Season 3)
• Hal Ozsan as Michael Cassidy (Season 3)

Kyle and the Trager family. Left to right: Stephen, Lori, Kyle, Josh, and Nicole.

Ratings

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]

Episode list

Novels

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.

Soundtrack & music

Kyle XY: The Soundtrack
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:

1. "Hide Another Mistake" – The 88
2. "Nevermind the Phonecalls" – Earlimart
3. "Surround" – In-Flight Safety
4. "I'll Write the Song, You Sing For Me" – Irving
5. "Wonderful Day" – O.A.R.
6. "Bug Bear" – Climber
7. "Honestly" – Cary Brothers
8. "So Many Ways" – Mates of State
9. "Middle Of the Night" – Sherwood
10. "Alibis" – Marianas Trench
11. "It’s Only Life" – Kate Voegele
12. "3 A.M." – Sean Hayes
13. "Born On the Cusp" – American Analog Set
14. "Will You Remember Me (Lori's Song)" – April Matson
15. "Alley Cat (Demo)" – Sherwood (iTunes Bonus Track)

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.

Music from Kyle XY

Home media

International syndications

Country	Network
Arab World	Fox Series, MBC Action,[17] MBC Persia
Argentina	Syfy (Latin America)
Australia	Fox8
Bangladesh	STAR World
Belgium	RTL TVI (French-speaking part of the country) and 2BE (Dutch-speaking part)
Belarus	AXN Sci Fi, TNT (Russia)
Brazil	Sci Fi Channel Brazil (Portuguese subtitles), SBT (Portuguese dubbing)
Bulgaria	Fox Crime
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sci Fi Channel
Canada	Space, YTV
Chile	Syfy (Latin America)
China	CCTV, STAR World
Colombia	Syfy (Latin America)
Costa Rica	Syfy (Latin America)
Croatia	Sci Fi Channel
Cuba	Telerebelde
Denmark	Netflix via Hola
Estonia	Kanal 2
France	M6, W9, 6ter
Finland	Nelonen
Germany	ProSieben
Greece	ANT1
Hungary	TV2
India	STAR World
Indonesia	STAR World
Iran	MBC Persia
Ireland	RTÉ 2, 3e
Israel	Hot Zone, Yes Stars Base
Italy	Fox, Italia 1
Kazakhstan	AXN Sci Fi
Japan	Sci Fi Channel, Universal Channel, Disney Channel Japan
Latvia	TV6
Malaysia	TV3, STAR World, NTV7, Syfy Universal (Asia)
Mexico	Syfy (Latin America)
New Zealand	TV2
Nicaragua	Sci Fi Channel
Norway	TV 2 Zebra
Pakistan	STAR World
Peru	Syfy (Latin America)
Philippines	Studio 23, STAR World, Sci Fi, AXN Beyond
Poland	TVP1, AXN, AXN Sci-Fi, SciFi Universal
Portugal	MOV, Panda Biggs
Russia	AXN Sci Fi, TNT (Russia), Disney Channel (Russia), KvadratMalevicha.ru (Russia)
Romania	Kanal D
Singapore	MediaCorp Channel 5, Star World, Syfy Universal (Asia)
Slovakia	Markíza
Spain	Cuatro, Syfy Universal (Spain), MTV (Spain)
Sri Lanka	STAR World
South Africa	Vuzu
Sweden	Kanal 5
Switzerland	TSI 1
Taiwan	STAR World
Thailand	STAR World, Syfy Universal (Asia)
Turkey	TNT, Dizimax
The Netherlands	RTL 5
United Kingdom	BBC Two, BBC Switch, LIVING, Trouble
Venezuela	Syfy (Latin America)
Vietnam	VTC7 - Today TV, VTV1
Georgia	1TV
Nigeria	DVD
Ukraine	Novyi Kanal
Serbia	Fox Crime

Alternate reality game

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^[18] is the game's 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.

See also

• D.A.R.Y.L.
• John Doe
• John From Cincinnati
• Benjaman Kyle
• XY sex-determination system

References

External links

• Kyle XY on IMDb
• Kyle XY on TV.com
• Kyle XY on TV Squad
• Comprehensive list of Kyle XY music