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.
Don’t cancel
Don’t cancel it! Please
Please do not cancel Twisted. It is one show that actually has a twisted plot and that can be followed for your teenage to adult age group. It is difficult to find shows geared towards that age group without having to view all the violence and adult content usually contained in most movies with complicated twists. I am 39 years old and I love this and your other shows on the network. I could watch anything on television but I choose to watch Twisted because it is clean and it always has a hook at the end which leaves me… Read more »
Dont cancel it
Love this show please don’t cancel it.
Seriously why did you cancel Ravenswood when ratings were starting to pick up? I loved that show! Don’t cancel twisted. It’s all I have left on Tuesdays. And bring Ravenswood back!
Please don’t cancel “Twisted”. Its a awsome show. I need to know what happens.
DO NOT cancel Twisted!!! My children watched this show along with all the other abc family shows. So my husband and I decided to give it a try and to our surprise it was actually a really good series, better than some of the programs that we watch! So then because I enjoyed Twisted so much I started watching The Lying Game as well…. loved it! Didn’t know though that when I started the series that the show was cancelled!! What…Why?? So as if that wasn’t enough now Twisted may be cancelled as well. I just don’t understand why, when… Read more »
Please just okay twisted!!!! One of my favorites!!!!!!!!!
I think that Twisted should have a Season two, after all things really just heated up in the show. I also think that it should be strongly considered for renewing it. I love it, will/would continue to view it, and it would be a shame to see it go.
Please please please please please please please DO NOT cancel my show!! Its the best ABC family show other then the fosters!! DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT CANCEL THE SHOW!!
Please, don’t cancel Twisted!! It one of the best tv shows ever!! Everyone in my school love Twisted it’s like a thing. The end was so cliff hanger, and everyone is desperate for the second season, everyone still wants responses e.g.: Did vikram ‘give’ Charlie to Tara on purpose and discover more about Whitney’s and Jack’s plan with Danny’s family and etc. And there is so much to introduce, we all can’t wait for the second season, which has made everyone so curious, Jo, Danny, Lacey, Charlie, Tess, Karen, Jack, Whitney, Tara as in the reasons for her death, if… Read more »
I didn’t watch the show on TV but I did watch it on Netflix and thought, “they have to have a second season, it can’t just end like that!” I want to know what haooens next and I can’t know if the show is canceled. So I think Twisted SHOULD be renewed for a second season.
Twisted is just getting good. Please bring it back if just to let us know how it ends. I want to know who or if anyone got shot.
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