Kyle XY
2000s American science fiction series
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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 amnesia 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 Seattle, the series was filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.
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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 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Network | ABC Family |
| Release | June 26, 2006 – March 16, 2009 |
The series premiered June 26, 2006, on the ABC Family cable channel. The series ran for three seasons, ending on March 16, 2009.[1][2] The final episode featured several cliffhangers, which were eventually resolved in a special feature on the third season DVD.[3][4]
Cast and characters
Main
- Matt Dallas as Kyle Trager
- Marguerite MacIntyre as Nicole Trager
- Bruce Thomas as Stephen Trager
- April Matson as Lori Trager
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Josh Trager
- Chris Olivero as Declan McDonough
- Kirsten Prout as Amanda Bloom
- Jaimie Alexander as Jessi Hollander (seasons 2–3)
Recurring
- Chelan Simmons as Hillary
- Nicholas Lea as Tom Foss
- Teryl Rothery as Carol Bloom
- Cory Monteith as Charlie Tanner (seasons 1–2)
- J. Eddie Peck as Adam Baylin (seasons 1–2)
- Sarah-Jane Redmond as Rebecca Thatcher (seasons 1–2)
- Andrew Jackson as Cyrus Reynolds (seasons 1–2)
- Bill Dow as Professor William Kern (seasons 1–2)
- Kurt Max Runte as Detective Jason Breen (season 1)
- Magda Apanowicz as Andy Jensen (seasons 2–3)
- Martin Cummins as Brian Taylor (season 2)
- Ally Sheedy as Sarah Emerson (seasons 2–3)
- Leah Cairns as Emily Hollander (season 2)
- Conrad Coates as Julian Ballantine (season 2)
- Josh Zuckerman as Mark (seasons 2–3)
- Jesse Hutch as Nate Harrison (season 3)
- Hal Ozsan as Michael Cassidy (season 3)
Episodes
Home media
| Season | DVD title | Set details | DVD release dates | Special features | ||
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| 1 | Kyle XY: The Complete First Season – Declassified |
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May 22, 2007[5] | August 4, 2008[6] | December 3, 2008[7] |
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| 2 | Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season – Revelations |
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December 30, 2008 [8] | N/A | N/A |
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| Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season – Revelations |
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N/A | N/A | March 11, 2009[9] |
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| 3 | Kyle XY: The Complete Third Season – Full Disclosure |
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N/A | N/A | November 4, 2009[10] |
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| Kyle XY: The Complete Third and Final Season |
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December 22, 2009[11] | N/A | N/A |
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- Known as Touchstone Television for the first season
- Comprises the first thirteen episodes of season two
- Comprises the remaining ten episodes of season two
Reception
Ratings
Kyle XY was ABC Family channel's highest-rated original series from June 2006 to July 2008; this position was eclipsed by the series premiere of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which brought in 2.8 million viewers.[12] The third-season premiere was 1.5 million total viewers, down 33 percent from the second-season opener,[2][13] and most ABC Family shows significantly outperformed the show.[2] The second episode slid to 1.426 million viewers.[14]
Accolades
| 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 | [15][16] | |
| 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 | [17] | |
| Saturn Awards | Best Actor in a Television Program | Matt Dallas | Nominated | [18] | |
| Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Kyle XY | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Saturn Awards | Best Actor on Television | Matt Dallas | Nominated | [19] |
| 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 | [20] |
In other media
Novels
Two novels based on the series have been published, both written by 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 election for student president, with Kyle as a candidate.
Soundtrack and music
The music supervisor for the show was Chris Mollere. Michael Suby wrote the opening theme, and most of the score and cues; none of his work appeared on the soundtrack album, which was released in 2007.
Alternate reality game
Kyle XY featured an online alternate reality game during the first season in which players were "invited" to help solve the mystery of Kyle's actual identity. ABC Family and Touchstone hosted a website by the fictional business The Mada Corporation[21] that served as the game's rabbit hole introducing players to the in-game universe, but the project ended during the second season.
