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With ABC FAMILY airing the KYLE XY summer season finale tonight at 8PM — we at theTVaddict.com thought it would be a cool idea to check in with Kyle himself Matt Dallas. Enjoy our ten questions with Matt Dallas and serious thanks to all the fans for their input and great questions.

With KYLE XY reaching the halfway point of its season tonight, what can fans expect when the show returns in January?
Matt DallasThis half, Kyle really learned about his abilities and what he’s capable of. The second half of the season will really raise the bar in terms of stories, relationships and mystery.

Will Kyle be developing any new abilities next season?
The interesting thing about Kyle is that he’s always growing and developing. In the season’s second half, his abilities will grow more powerful. But more importantly, he’ll also discover a lot more about what Jessi’s capable of. We’ve seen Kyle do these amazing things, but you have to remember — Jessi was in ‘the pod’ longer. There’s a possibility she’s far more powerful!

Speaking of Jessi, there seems to be a love triangle developing between Kyle, Jessi and Amanda.
There’s definitely competition between Jessi and Amanda, but Kyle is such a pure character — and his attraction is really towards Amanda. Amanda is such a beautiful soul so it’s kind of hard for someone like Jessi to come in and mess with that.

Two beautiful girls fighting over you, tough job but somebody’s got to do it right?
[Laughs] I know! Both girls are so cool and have great chemistry with Kyle. It’s really fun to play scenes together. And Jaimie Alexander [the actress who plays Jessi] has been such a fantastic addition to the cast this season. She really was that missing puzzle piece that fit perfectly.

The highlight of KYLE XY for this TV Addict is the relationships between the characters. What are some of your favorite Kyle relationship?
I love playing scenes with every member of the Trager family. But Kyle’s relationship with Nicole is one of my favorites because it’s so different and unique. She’s trying to play a paternal role while he really wants to be a normal kid. Yet at the same time, they know it can’t be that way.

Kyle’s relationship with Tom Foss is so cool, because he’s mentoring Kyle. They have a strong relationship, and I think Foss cares for Kyle in a way he’ll never admit.

But Kyle aside, I love watching Josh and Andy scenes because they have such great chemistry together.

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Attention KYLE XY Fans. The TV Addict has just booked a last minute interview with Kyle himself Matt Dallas. Got a question you’ve been dying to ask Matt? Post away, before 2PM (eastern) today in the comments below. And just so you don’t waste any valuable bandwith, Matt’s already proven he’s got a belly button!

UPDATE: The interview was just rescheduled for later in the week, so feel free to continue to post your Matt Dallas Questions.

While the line surrounding Winchester Brother Jensen Ackles was by far the longest line that this TV Addict witnessed during last weekend’s Comic Con, a close second was the crowd huddled around the ABC Family booth clamoring to meet the cast of KYLE XY. Click the link below for more photos, with apologies in advance for the quality. It isn’t easy fighting your way through a group of rabid teenage girls.

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First we can’t buy an iPhone, now this! If you’re like this TV Addict [Canadian] or simply lack ABC Family among your five hundred channel universe, you’re officially out of luck when it comes to discovering the truth about KYLE XY. Due to lower than expected ratings, ABC has yanked repurposed episodes of the show that were airing on ABC Friday nights. Thus, from here on in, the only way to catch the adventure is on ABC Family or by purchasing episodes on iTunes for $1.99 each. Wondering what’s replacing KYLE on this Friday on ABC? GEORGE LOPEZ. Hey, it could be worse — at least we’re not being force fed a second serving of ACCORDING TO JIM.

Before I reveal the secret to the big KYLE XY mystery (namely, who won this weeks KYLE XY contest), I thought I’d take a moment to talk about Monday’s second season premiere. Was it not refreshing to actually be given some answers to a TV mystery? Serious kudos goes out to the show’s creative team for planning ahead (as they promised at last summer’s Comic Con) to ensure fans got a completely plausible answers for why indeed Kyle has no belly-button. If you missed the premiere, you can catch a replay tonight on ABC in HD at 8PM

And now for what you’ve all been waiting for [drum-roll please…] The winner of the KYLE XY PRIZE PACK is frequent theTVaddict.com contributer JOSH who correctly answered that KYLE XY takes place in Seattle, but is actually filmed in Vancouver Canada. Thanks to everybody for playing and check back next week for another great DVD giveaway.

Back in July of 2006, the TV Addict attended the KYLE XY panel at the San Diego Comic Con where executive producer Julie Plec had this to say about her ABC Family hit show.

“Unlike LOST, where it seems like they’re just making it up, we actually know what the secret of KYLE XY is. The key is that we started with the answer and worked our way backwards,” she explains. “We’re not going to wait until season five to answer the questions you’re dying to know, and then run out of stories to tell.” In fact, she goes on to reveal, “the answer to Kyle’s existence actually opens a completely new direction for the show. It’s not the end of the series… it’s just the beginning.”

Having just watched the second season premiere of KYLE XY, fans will be pleased to know that Plec has indeed kept her promise. In fact, within the episode’s first ten minutes, the ’secrets of Kyle’ are completely unwrapped. Questions like where Kyle comes from? Why he has super-human abilities? And most importantly — the question on every fans mind — why he has no belly-button are all answered with refreshing ease.

Yet as Plec stated above, the answer to Kyle’s existence is just the beginning. As the episode unravels, Kyle quickly realizes that danger lurks around every corner and much to his surprise, he may not be the only teenager with freakishly good math skills.

Needless to say, the season premiere delivers and fans of KYLE XY will not be disappointed. Learn the secrets for yourself by tuning into the premiere on ABC Family this Monday June 11 at 8PM.

Looking to win yourself a FANTASTIC KYLE XY PRIZE PACK? Simply post in the comments below the name of the city where the series takes place in AND the name of the city where the series is actually filmed. A winner will be chosen at random on Thursday June 14 2007. One winner will receive a fantastic KYLE XY prize pack including a Kyle XY Soundtrack, Kyle XY Season 1 DVD, 3 different teaser posters, and a Kyle XY postcards/tattoos.

If you live in Canada and are a fan of the series KYLE XY today is your lucky day. This afternoon, ABC announced that much like last summer, the alphabet network will be filling its summer schedule with repurposed episodes of the hit ABC Family series.

Season two, which premieres on Monday June 11 on ABC Family will re-air four days later on ABC (Friday June 15 at 8PM). So why is this good news for Canadians? Well, as you may or may not know, the unfortunate reality is that we (Canadians!) don’t get ABC Family. Thus ABC is our only hope for discovering the ’secrets’ of KYLE XY.

Tonight is the season finale of KYLE XY. While I haven’t loved the series, I’ve pretty much seen every episode . Why have I subjected to myself to an dumbed down X-Files/John Doe/Lost all summer long? Pretty much because there were no other decent scripted dramas on TV (aside from Showtime’s BROTHERHOOD).

In tonight’s finale, Executive Producer Julie Plec (at the Kyle XY Comic Con Panel) has promised the answers to all of the mysterious questions that have been teased all season long. Namely, Who is Kyle XY? Where did he come from? and the most pressing issue of all, what’s the deal with no belly-button? All I know is that the show better not pull a ‘LOST’ and decide to answer nothing. For a preview of tonight’s episode check out the video below. (I would also be remiss to mention that I don’t actually get ABC FAMILY, so I’ll have to wait until Friday to watch the episode on regular TV! Damn you Canadian Cable Companies!).

Just thought I’d let fans of KYLE XY in Canada know that CITY TV has picked up the show! So instead of having to wait until ABC airs a re-run of the show on Fridays, you can now catch KYLE XY tonight at 8pm (EST) on all CITY TV channels across Canada.

UPDATE: For some reason, KYLE XY is not on at 8pm on CITY TV as my PVR suggested. In its place is the dreadful ABC comedy HOPE & FAITH. I’ll do some more investigation into this matter and get back to you all on what the deal is with this mix-up. Check back tomorrow for details.

Fans of KYLE XY have reason to smile today. According to Variety, ABC Family has commited to a second season of the show. Looks like we’ll have 13 more episode to discover the truth about KYLE! Executive producer Julie Plec did promise fans at the San Diego Comic Con that unlike another fan favourite show on ABC (Lost), we’ll get some definitive answers! [See Story Here] Of course the big question remains, will one of those answers explain why KYLE has no bellybutton?