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 bring Twisted back!!!
Bring twisted back or I swear I will never watch stupid ABC family again so bring on twisted season 2 I can’t even stand that stupid pretty little liar show and you bring that back …shakes my head in disappointment…But you can bring twisted season 2 the best one back
Why would they cancel such a great show just because of ratings? This isn’t fair for the people that watch the show. Twisted was my favorite above all the shows I watch. Why should we lose out!?
Twisted needs to come back on if it does I will make sure that everyone I know will waychnut.becuz we watched it on netflix oand we loved ut so thats probably my whole family so bring it back
Please bring it back. That show is the only show I’ve gotten addicted too. I miss that show so much. I need more episodes.
Come ON!!! THE MYSTERY of TWISTED remains, GEEZUS at least allow a wrap-up of the murder plot before you put the ax unexpectedly!!! It’s smart, tautly written, with a GREAT sexy cast … Come ON ABC 🙁
I hate when shows are cancelled after just ONE season. Most of the time I never catch on to the GREAT shows until the second season!! I have been watching Twisted on Netflix and just finished Season 1. That goes to show that the views are NOT an accurate way to choose whether or not to renew. I LOVE THIS SHOW. It is so intense and I honestly like it 100 times better than Pretty Little Liars (which I am an avid fan of). I believe this show could go far, and I hope they renew it!
PLEASE HAVE A SECOND SEASON OF TWISTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
low rating cuz its a cable show..not everyone has cable..please renew it..im addicted!!!
Can’t wait to watch the season 2,these series is among the best drama I hav ever watched.hope the season 2 will be out soon.The series should be renewed
Please and family bring twisted back !!!
We all want second season. We have a lot of unanswered questions .
It’s a great show don’t give up just because of the views . Trust me a lot of us want it back the views will go up 🙂
Please don’t let us down
If ABC Family cancels Twisted, I’ll just die! Twisted is my life. I liked Ravwnswood too but not as much as Twisted. And tbh, im IN LOVE with Pretty Little Liars, but if I have to choose between Twisted and PLL, I choose Twisted bc p0PLL has already had 5 seasons and is on number 6. I dont want it to end but I’d rather PLL end than Twisted. They can’t end the show with that HUGE cliffhanger at the end!! I won’t allow it! ABC Family, if you’re reading this, RENEW TWISTED!!! It doesnt have to have 5 or… Read more »
how can they cancel a show that was so good? like why would they do that? especially because the last episode was so nerve racking and I’m sorry but you can’t end a season like that and not have another season. And SO WHAT if the rating isn’t as high as they want it to be? what about the people that do watch it? what about the people that are dying for an explanation to the end of the first season? UGH. Seriously though, there needs to be a second season
The show NEEDS to come back
It was a good show,interesting characters.
Please
Please bring Twisted back on. My husband and I watched it faithfully each week.