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.
The thing is that some people who like these kind of shows are watching them on Netflix or something like that….and the majority of the people who watch this on Netflix are the people who don’t have cable so yeah
I will be devastated if it does not continue. PLEASE RENEW!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE SHOW!!!
no,no,no!
they can NOT cancel it on a cliffhanger, do they really want to crush children’s dreams?
KEEP THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP IT KEEP IT KEEP IT!!!!!
PLEASE KEEP THE SHOW GOING I LOVE ALL OF THE ACTION!
I never watch any of the abc family shows the day they come out so I think a lot of people still watch it, they just don’t watch it the day it airs.
KEEP THE SHOW!!!!
Keep the show! When will Season 2 air?
please don’t cancel twisted. so many people love this show. nobody knows what’s going on who get shot and do Danny and Jo get together. what’s going on wit jack and Whitney you leave us with so many questions. don’t end it now. this is the best show I have ever seen and many other people agree.
KEEP THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t cancel! This show is one of my favorites and it would be really upsetting if it got cancelled
you cant seriously cancel the show with not telling what happened did danny kill his aunt, is he gonna get into trouble for his fathers murder and what about his psycho childhood juvie ,what does he have to do with all this?…which girl will he end with………….NO WAY PLEASE DONT CANCEL THE SHOW!!!!!!
I’m ready for the second season! I watched all 19 episodes in two days fell in love with it.
do not cancel twisted.
DONT CANCEL TWISTED!!!! please I beg of you. I have to know what happens next!
Twisted should be renewed I love the show and I really would like to see what happens next and to see jo and danny grow more into there relationship. Please show season 2.