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.
Twisted was a good show that the whole family could watch please bring it back
Please Allow them to make a season 2 of twisted. i would really like to see what happens next. so please don’t leave me and my brother(whom i got to like the show a lot) hanging. he was really mad when he saw how the last episode ended and we just really want to see a better conclusion. Thanks and hope to see a 2nd season soon.
That was an amazing show I think it should come back on
i love this show ! i think it should be renewed,,,,,,,,,,,, this show has a lot of twist and turns and i like that , i like mysteries n i find this show amazing plzzzz renew it
I loved the show it should come back on they should not leave every body with a cliff hanger like that
This show deserves to have another shot to prove that it can bring up their ratings. I thought that this show was great. I have been waiting for Twisted to come back on. You can not leave everyone hanging and wondering who got shot and how Jo feels about the news she found out about having a brother and her ex at that!!!!! ABC, your fans need closure, you owe us this at least.
We watch your new shows faithfully but you show us followers no respect.We watch the heart stopper finale and can’t wait to see the next series.You then cancel the series..You could at least do one more episode to tie up all the loose ends..
Hope twisted does not get canceled. I love it as well as all of my friend. waiting in anticipation for the next season.
I watched all of season 1 in a day on netflix just to find out you’re dropping it,that really sucks.I’m with the other fans there should have been a ending instead of leaving us hanging.ABC family if this is the way you do business I don’t know I want to invest any of
my time watching anything else on your network
Its a great show! They shouldn’t cancel it! It has a great plot twist and leaves you hanging. Avan is a great actor. There should be more shows
They must never stop the show aney should wait until it gains popularity because it will trust me … 😉
Αμα το ακυροσουν θα νευριασω και μετα θα γινει χαμος.
The show is great and they should not cancel it I think some tv producers are really idiots
I absolutely loved this show! I do think that it was dragged on too long and could have been made into a one-season show; however the producers ended season one in a complete cliff hanger, and, as an avid Twisted fan, I think there should be one episode to provide closure to those who have been dying to know what happens next. It’s almost as if the writers lost their creativity and just didn’t care to write an ending.
BTW, regarding the cancellation of Twisted, I’m almost 62 years old & I loved it. I also hated it when you guys cancelled Bunheads. Having been a dancer myself & my mother being a dance teacher for 32 years, loved it! It really brought back some great memories. 🙁
That totally sucks! I was really looking forward to season 2. I really hate it when the “powers that be” cancel shows & leave us, the fans, hanging. They should at least do a 1 hour or 2 hour show pulling things together & giving all of us who invested our time in their show & characters, closure >:-( 🙁