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.
Please don’t cancel the show! I love this show!!! Every time I start to enjoy a show on ABC Family it gets cancelled (The Lying Game and Ravenswood). I also had no idea of the second half of the season because it was not well promoted, unlike Pretty Little Liars and The Fosters. If this gets cancelled the last show I watch on this channel is Melissa and Joey. ABC family needs to get it together!! And bring back the show, PLEASE!!!
DON’T CANCEL I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS 🙁
Bring the show back. You left quite a cliffhanger. It was a good show. Looked forward to it every week. Was disappointed last night when I thought was going to be on.
Yes!! Bring it back for another season. You need to at least wrap up all the loose ends so we know what happens to everyone! I don’t have cable, but just got done watching season 1 on Netflix. I’m far from my teenage days and I loved the show!
bring the show back….. love it
We all need to know what happens to Charlie…will Danny and Jo hook up…. What’s up with Jack and Whitney …. Please let us know…..
I love twisted it made me laugh, it made cry! I love this show I look forward to seeing it on Tuesdays it made my day! Please have a second season
I am 56 years old and still found much to enjoy about this drama/mystery. Please renew! Tired of being ignored as a viable tv demographic!
I definitely think it should come back. It’s not like the rest of the shows. It always left you wondering what was going to happen next! Twisted was one of my favorite shows. Please keep it on air!
We love Twisted in my household. Well written and fantastically cast. Praying that it is picked up for another for another season!!!!!!! We discovered it on Netflix. Never saw ads for it on regular TV, which seems to be true for others as well. No wonder the number of viewers was down. It was aired at odd increments so hard to find.
Hell yeah, I’m a 42 year old man my girlfriend and I love the show. I have been watching the show on Netflix. I watched all 19 episodes from season 1. I watched the show for 3 days until I watched all the episodes. Please renew I would love to see more. THANKS !!!!
PLEASE RENEW TWISTED!!! I want to see more of it!
Twisted is a different show and it’s amazing so it should not be cancelled please,
I watched Twisted when it was first on and was looking forward to its return. Unfortunately, I was not aware when it came back on and missed the second half of season I. That was a busy tv-time and if not properly promoted the returnn of an odd-scheduled and new program is easily missed. I am not a regular ABCFAM viewer but very-much enjoyed Twisted.
We love the show !! Hope it renews , please give me something to look forward too!