KYLE XY

'''Kyle XY''' is an American drama television series about Kyle, a boy who wakes up in the forest outside of Seattle, Washington with no memory of his life up until that point. The series follows Kyle as he tries to understand the mysteries of who he is, such as why he has no navel or why he has no memory of being a child.
The show premiered June 26, 2006 on the ABC Family network; episodes are also broadcast on ABC and available for download from the iTunes Store.^[1]
After a 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.^[2] The second season's 13th episode, "Leap of Faith," aired on Monday, September 3, 2007; the remaining 10 are expected to air in early 2008. [1] Actor Jean-Luc Bilodeau (who plays Josh Trager) has said in an interview that the cast are "finishing filming in October"; the show started its second season in the UK on Monday, 3 September, 2007.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Ratings

Episode list

Soundtrack

DVD release

Alternate reality game

Show facts

International Broadcasters

References

External links

Plot

Kyle is a sixteen-year-old boy who wakes up in a forest on the edge of Seattle totally naked and without any memories of an earlier life. Kyle is like a newborn baby in his lack of knowledge of human social life: he doesn't know the simplest things, like how to eat or drink, and cannot communicate with others. When Kyle walks naked into a nearby town, he is picked up by the police. As they cannot find his records, he is taken to a childrens' home where it is discovered he doesn't have a navel. Nicole Trager, a therapist, is interested in Kyle. She realizes Kyle doesn't belong at the home and brings him to her home while the police look for his family. The series follows Kyle and the Trager family as Kyle develops socially and searches for answers to his past.

Cast

Main Cast

★ Matt Dallas as Kyle

★ Marguerite MacIntyre as Nicole Trager

★ Bruce Thomas as Stephen Trager

★ Jean-Luc Bilodeau as as Josh Trager

★ April Matson as Lori Trager

★ Chris Olivero as Declan McDunaugh

★ Kirsten Prout as Amanda Bloom

★ Jaimie Alexander as Jessi XX (Season 2+)

Recurring Cast

★ Nicholas Lea as Tom Foss

★ Magda Apanowicz as Andy Jensen (Season 2+)

★ Cory Monteith as Charlie Tanner

★ Chelan Simmons as Hillary

★ Kurt Max Runte as Detective Jason Breen (Season 1)

★ Leah Cairns as Emily Hollander (Season 2+)

★ Conrad Coates as Julian Ballantine (Season 2+)

★ Teryl Rothery as Carol Bloom

★ Martin Cummins as Brian Taylor (Season 2+)

★ J. Eddie Peck as Adam Baylin

★ Sarah-Jane Redmond as Rebecca Thatcher

★ Andrew Jackson as Cyrus Reynolds

★ Bill Dow as Professor William Kern

Ratings

The premiere episode of ''Kyle XY'' was ABC Family channel's highest rated original series premiere, according to their press release (as of June 2006). According to the same press release, the show received a household rating of 2.1 and reached 2.6 million viewers.^[3] The repeat showing of the first episode on sister broadcast network ABC had more than 5.2 million viewers.^[4]

Episode list

Main articles: List of Kyle XY episodes

The show began on June 26, 2006 and ended with 10 episodes on August 28. The second season will be split in two halves. The first half began on June 11, 2007 and will end on September 3 with Leap of Faith and will start again in early 2008.^[5]

Soundtrack

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 onto DVD. Track listing is as follows:
# Hide Another Mistake - The 88
# Nevermind the Phonecalls - Earlimart
# Surround - In-Flight Safety
# I'll Write the Song, You Sing For Me - Irving
# Wonderful Day - O.A.R.
# Bug Bear - Climber
# Honestly - Cary Brothers
# So Many Ways - Mates of State
# Middle Of the Night - Sherwood
# Alibis - Maraianas Trench
# It's Only Life - Kate Voegele
# 3 A.M. - Sean Hayes
# Born On the Cusp - American Analog Set
# Will You Remember Me (Lori's Song) - April Matson
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.

DVD release

Name	Eps #	Special Features	Release Date
The Complete First Season	10	Alternate pilot, Extended season finale, "Kyle Declassified" featurette, Commentary tracks on "Pilot" and "Diving In"	May 22, 2007

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^[6] 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. This part of the series is a lot like ''Lost's'' DHARMA Initiative. 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.

Show facts

★ The premise of ''Kyle XY'' is similar to ''John Doe,'' although it was supposedly created before the latter became a series. Kyle was given the name John Doe, a common alias given to dead people that have no identification,^[7]

★ Declan's surname, McDunaugh, is not revealed until the sixth episode ("Blame It on the Rain"), when Declan meets Stephen Trager. The show's website originally mentioned it as being "McMannus" (Declan MacManus is the real name of Elvis Costello), while closed captioning for the show identified it as "McDunaugh". The alternate reality game mistakenly indicated that it was "Tanner," which was actually the last name of Charlie, Amanda's ex-boyfriend.

★ When Kyle speaks for the first time, Josh exclaims, ''"He's like that Indian from'' Cuckoo's Nest!" This is a reference to Chief Bromden from the 1962 Ken Kesey novel ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''.

★ Even though the series takes place in Seattle, it is actually filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.

★ Throughout most episodes, Sour Patch Kids candies are mentioned or shown in the background as they are the show's main sponsor. They are Kyle's favorite candies as mentioned by Amanda.

★ When the character of Adam Baylin is mentioned for the first time in the eighth episode ("Memory Serves"), his last name was spelled "Bailen" in the closed-captioning. However, it is spelled "Baylin" on ABC Family's official website, and so the latter spelling is considered canonical.

★ The names Kyle XY and Jessi XX are both references to the male and female chromosomes (male being XY and female being XX).

★ Zzyzx, the name of the lab that Adam Baylin founded, was named after an exit on interstate 15 from Las Vegas headed southwest toward LA.

★ In Episode 12 of Season 2, Hillary says "For the Love of Peter Petrelli". This is a reference to the NBC Show " Heroes"

★ Matt Dallas (Kyle) is actually 8 years older than his co-star Kirsten Prout (Amanda Bloom).

International Broadcasters

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States	ABC Family	June 26, 2006	Mondays 8 pm ''(first run)'' Wednesdays 12:00 am ''(encore)''
Canada	& A-Channel	September 18 2007 (SPACE)	A-Channel: Fridays 9pm SPACE: Tuesdays 9pm
Malaysia	TV3 ''(First Season)''	February 1, 2007	Thursdays 9.30 pm
Bulgaria	Fox Crime	April 12, 2007	Monday to Friday 10.00 pm and 2.00 pm
South Africa	DStv	April 3, 2007
Spain	Sci-fi, Cuatro TV and Fox	March 14, 2007 in Sci-fi Soon in Cuatro	''Sci-fi:'' Wednesdays 10 pm
United Kingdom	Trouble	February 20 2007, Season 2 Started September 3rd, 2007	Mondays 9pm Trouble
Türkiye	Dizimax	2007	Cumartesi 21:00
Finland	Nelonen	September 2, 2007	Sundays 5:30 pm
Sweden	Kanal 5	April 19, 2007	Thursdays 8 pm
New Zealand	TV 2	July 22, 2007	Sunday 5.30 pm
Italy	Fox	July 16 2007	Mondays 21 pm
Philippines	Studio 23	August 8 2007	Wednesdays 8:30 pm
Australia	Seven Network	Summer 2007	TBA
Israel	HOT 3 and yes stars 3	August 7 2007	Tuesdays 9:15 p.m.
Iceland	RÚV	August 4 2007	Saturdays 6.10 p.m.
Singapore	Channel 5	August 19 2007	Sundays 4 p.m.
Korea	tvN	2007	Saturdays 1 p.m.

References

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6. Mada Corporation website (fictional)
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External links

★ ''Kyle XY'' Official Site

★ ''Kyle XY'' on TV Squad

★ Comprehensive list of Kyle XY music

★ Religious References and Religious Affiliation of Characters on "Kyle XY"