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.
Love twisted
Renew!!!!
This show is horrible. I found more clues in my sofa than what was revealed on the show.
Please start season 2 it’s my second favorite show but if season 2 comes out I’m sure it will be my fav PLEASE I look forward to it if you don’t end up making it please link spoilers
They Never Canned Ravenswoods.
Definitely needsto he renewed. Its an awesome show and should continue to be aired
please, renew twisted. it’s my most favorite show ever. I would literally break down if you don’t renew another season. you can’t just leave us at a cliffhanger where we don’t know what is going on between Whitney and her dad and what the plan is. We also want to know what happened where Chief Masterson was put in a tough spot knowing that Charlie is his wife’s son and if he should kill him or not. There was a gunshot and everyone is hoping to find out what had happened. please renew another season and I guarantee there will… Read more »
Please bring back twisted. Its my favorite tv show.
Please bring back twisted! Seems like all my favorite shows get cancelled 🙁
Omg! My husband and I just came across this series on Netflix!! We have been laid up on the couch, for the most part since! We couldn’t get enough! Now we’ve learned that it wasn’t a big hit???? Geez! Something that we both actually like to watch together! Lol
Please bring it back!!!! At least let us know who got shot!!!! Is there a season 2 out there somewhere????
Keep the show on the air. I look forward to it every week. I’m 59
Years old.
I wish it was renewed. I dont like pll cause its taking too long to end. Is boring, they are appealing… I have been done with pll since season 2
KEEP THIS SHOW ITS THE MOST AMAZING SHOW I EVER SEEN..
Renew!!!!!!!! I love it!
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