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.
Please don’t cancel twisted. It was getting good. Also don’t cancel switched at birth either. Those are the only 2 shows I watch.
I love the show twisted,it’s a great show to watch with my teenager. I hope that this show isn’t really canceled if any show should be canceled on ABC family it should be that stupid show with Tori Spelling and that Garth lady.
ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD TWISTED BE CANCELLED. IM LITERALLY OBSESSED WITH IT. IF YOURE CONCERNED ABOUT VIEWS THEN LET THE PLOT TAKE A CERTAIN TWIST THAT WILL ‘WOW’ THE VIEWERS LITERALLY. IT STARTS OUT REALLY GOOD AND ILL HATE TO SEE IT GO.
Please o please don’t I love this show it’s my fave at the moment please don’t cancel it
Please renew this show take off pretty little liars I think that show is stupid and has no meaning..
It just can’t be canceled. I would die, they left off at a part where I have to know what happens next!!
Twisted is an amazing show with catchy story and I a always glued to it keen to know what happens next. Please don’t cancel the show !
there are other programs that don’t have logic in it yet that program is not cancelled. Twisted has an interesting story line and there are no many hooked to the series and then comes a news that it will be cancelled. That can not be possible. It is a great show and I want to know what will happen next !
Twisted it was with fickled teenage girls, mixed up adults, stick a little homosexuality to boot and you have a total wash out. It wandered all over the place and was more like a supped up soap opera filled with relationships that went nowhere. Thank someone for cancellation. JUNK
Don’t cancel twisted. I’m an older person and I love the show!!!!!
TWISTED CAN NOT BE CANCELLED!!!!
They should be renewed me and my mother loved watching this show and I would hate to see it go
I’m hooked on this show please renew it!
TWISTED IS THE ONLY SHOW IWATCH I HATE TV AND THE ONLY RIME I WATHCED MY TELEVISION IS WHILE WATCHING TWISTED THEREFORE IF YOU DO NOT BRING TWISTED BACK TELEVISION IS OVER FOR ME SO I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE BRING TWISTED NACK IF THATS OK WITH YOU?
NO, PLEASE DO NOT CANCELLE TWISTED!
It has a good story, wonderfull actors and the episodes goes in a very intersting & curious way.
I really loved it and really can’t understand why it didn’t work =\