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.
I’m a big fan of twisted and I would love for it to come back on with everything going on I can’t believe they would leave it as is. Danny, and Jo has a lot going around them and I need to know what the hell Jack and Charlie is up to.
Please renew the series. It is absolutely amazing and I am a HUGE fan. I began watching the series after a friend turned me onto it and I became completely enthralled with each of the characters and the wonderfully crafted story. Please renew the season and allow Twisted to continue.
I am a huge fan of the TV series Twisted and I just completed the end of the first season. This is a big thing for me because I am not your typical TV series fan and it takes a lot for me to be committed to a series because of all the horrible ones that are out now a days. I have a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling, speciality in Forensic Counseling and I have been working in the field of Substance Abuse and Addiction for the last 12 years. My undergraduate degree is in Criminal Justice and… Read more »
Please renew twisted!!! It is more exciting then fosters! I love twisted and need to know what come next!! Please renew.
There’s so many people agreeing
For a second season
Renew twisted !!!! Come on it will be a hit for abc it’s way better the the fosters ,I think it’s way up there with pretty little liars should be renewed
Oops twistd might be canceled after all
Renew twisted!!!!!! Because ABC family you will loose all your fans!!! Bring back bunheads,The laying games,Jane by design come on u can’t just cancel shows without finishing them
This was excellent tv watching. With all the crap thats on tv now, this was different.
Please give us season 2. We need more clean but good and interesting television programming.
Do not cancel i need to now more you have to keep it its bad enough you canceled ravenswood
Don’t cancel twisted
I am dying to get a second season of twisted! I loved the storylines and plot. Viewing was down for ONE reason and it’s that many ppl use netflix instead of subscribing to tv Chanels that include abc family. Which means I cannot watch it until it comes out on netflix because I don’t subscribe to abc family. Last year I did not have to worry about that because I could watch it on my abc family app free but this year I have to actually pay for tv which I don’t want to do for $30/mo more than I… Read more »
Don’t cancel. Very enjoyable show
I love this show.
Bring back this show it’s amazing
NOOO !!! BRING TWISTED BACK!!! HELL NO DONT CANCEL IT! DONT DO THIS TO ME !!! IM ADDICTED !! I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS YO!!!
They should renew it!
Please continue this series. I just picked it up on netflix and spent 3 days watching all of the 19 episodes. Wanting more !