Last year, ABC Family introduced three new dramas — Twisted, Ravenswood, and The Fosters. Ravenswood (a Pretty Little Liars spin-off) has been cancelled while The Fosters has been renewed. What will become of Twisted?
Airing on Tuesday nights, Twisted is a mystery/thriller series that revolves around 17 year old Danny Desai (Avan Jogia). Six years ago, he was charged with killing his aunt and he ended up spending five years in juvenile detention. Now, he’s been released and has returned to his small hometown in New York. As he tries to resume his life, a classmate is killed and Danny becomes a key suspect. The cast also includes Madelaine Hasson, Kylie Bunbury, Ashton Moio, Kimberly Quinn, Denise Richards, and Sam Robards.
The pilot episode aired as a special preview in March 2013 and drew 1.19 million viewers. It wasn’t a great start but the ratings picked up when the regular season started in June. They quickly fell again but ABC Family ordered 10 additional episodes of Twisted anyway. That decision may have been influenced by the fact that they had recently cancelled Bunheads and The Lying Game.
When the second half of the season kicked off in February and viewership nearly hit a new low, despite the fact that it had popular Pretty Little Liars as a lead-in. Last week, when Twisted no longer had that strong lead-in, viewership hit an all-time low with just 726,000 viewers.
The second half of the season averaged 1.11 million viewers. Ravenswood was cancelled with higher viewership. Based on these numbers, it’s looking unlikely that ABC Family will order a second season of Twisted.
But, what do you think? Are you a fan? Should Twisted be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
8/13 update: ABC Family has cancelled Twisted after one season.
They should make the rest of the Seansons so everyone will get to find out the full and final outcome of the show. I speak on behalf of all the fans of the show. Bring it back and complete it to the fullest as it should have been to begin with instead of just getting people who truly enjoyed and actually watched it and looked forward to what was to come of it further. I was bummed to learn it was no longer on and I was really hooked. Thank you so much for creating such an intriguing and sitting… Read more »
Great show!!! Kept both my husband’s and my attn! Hope it comes back!!!
I love twisted !!!
You sick twisted was great
Definitely renew. I am left hanging with the end of season 1. U gotta continue the saga.
I agree
i am so mad that they ended the show the way they did. who got shot did danny and jo finally get together. i hope. and danny better not got shot. bring it back please please!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!! I hope they bring it back !!!! I want danny and jo to be together so bad lol
I started watching twisted when it first views on ABC family, I was happy a thriller was added to ABC family, then after that it went away, and now… currently I’ve been watching all the episodes of twisted and now I can’t enjoy my night/morning. Thank you for taking away the one show besides riverdale away from me. Thank you