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 it! It’s getting so good can’t leave us hanging! Please do a second season!!!!
Such a good show!! So sad it is cancelled
You can’t cancel the show. That season finale was literally the best finale I’ve ever watched in my life. It’s so good. I love Twisted and let me tell you it will be very disappointing to the fans if you cancel it like you did with The Lying Game. I will get everyone I know and make them watch Twisted if that will help. It’s so good. Please please please please please don’t cancel the show. I’ll be waiting for Twisted season 2 to come out. Because all those 1 million fans will be pretty disappointed if you cancel.
You can’t cancel the show. That season finale was literally the best finale I’ve ever watched in my life. It’s so good. I love Twisted and let me tell you it will be very disappointing to the fans if you cancel it like you did with The Lying Game. I will get everyone I know and make them watch Twisted if that will help. It’s so good. Please please please please please don’t cancel the show. I’ll be waiting for Twisted season 2 to come out. Because all those 1 million fans will be pretty disappointed if you cancel.
Please don’t cancel Twisted! I love that show! I have to know what happens next!
Twisted should have a second season don’t cancel I love that show
DON’T CANCEL! It has all the twists and turns! I can’t guess what is going to happen next AND that is rare! Very clever show!
I love this show!!!! Everyone a good show comes on family channel they always go and cancel it. Stop taking all the good show off air!!!! We love this so keep it!!!
I love this show. You can’t cancel it now. We have to see where Jo and Danni go with their relationship. And we have to see what Jack and his daughter Whitney are up to. And what about Charlie, now that Tess knows that is her son, what’s going to happen?
OMG!!! DONT CANCEL IT!! How u going to leave us(fans) sitting on the edge of ours seats like that. The first season was awesome!!!! Watched every show. And I have been waiting for season 2 to start to see what happens to Jo!!! I will be a very disappointed fan if it doesn’t come back on for season 2.
Im a huge fan of twisted its really stupid that your canceling the show i think that you guys should renew twisted it was really good and it always kept me wondering after every show i love twisted and i hope you guys decided to renew it i watched every single one never missed one and i was really looking forward to its arrival. Please renew twisted its gonna really leave a the fans disappointed if you cancel i know im gonna be very disappointed. So I say Renew twisted.
Why canceled a shows that my wife and I watch we loved revenwoods and twisted why cancel now.
Please DONT cancel. This show is very unique in it’s own way. The actors and characters are perfect and the fans love them! It has a very high suspense after each episode shown and keep viewers on the edge of their seats. Give this Twisted another chance please! It may be worth it! DON’T CANCEL.
don’t cancel it its such a great show, it has funny moments, mystery and suspense, its such a great show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DONT CANCEEEEEEEL
Twisted should absolutely have a second season! As for the show maybe viewers weren’t able to see the show itself rather than they didn’t want to.