Kyle XY
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 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. 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. 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. 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. She also noted that the season three DVD would contain a "mini wrap-up" feature for the series. 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. Reception. 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. The repeat showing of the first episode on sister broadcast network ABC had more than 5.2 million viewers. Several news sources said low ratings is one of the reasons for the series' cancellation. 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, and most ABC Family  shows significantly outperformed the show. The second episode slid to 1.426 million viewers. In other media. Novels. There are currently two novels based on the series, both from author S. G. Wilkins. The first, "", concerns Kyle's first Halloween, while the second, "", concerns the school's presidential election, with Kyle as a candidate. Soundtrack and music. 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. 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 that served as the game's rabbit hole introducing players to the in-game universe, but the project ended during the second season.