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.
This show easily caught my attention with its great dialog. i mean this type of mystery is actually interesting seeing as it kept you thinking what would happen next and the added romance that female viewers love , the cast is great and i feel that the show just fit naturally. all i’m saying is that this show is AWESOME AND NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED!!!!! this show could easily have more viewers you just got to publicize it better than done already. I literally had that “this is exactly the plot I’ve been waiting to see in a tv series”… Read more »
PLEASEEEEEEEE BRING TWISTED BACK IT WAS MY LFE AND IM DYING WITHOUT IT
IT WAS MY FAVORITE TV SHOW ON ABC FAMILY PLEASEEEEEEEE DONT DO THIS TO ME I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE FROM THE START OF THE SEASON TO THE END
DON’T CANCEL!!!! I have abc on comcast only for this show, I’m still waiting!
RENEW RENEW DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING! I LOVE THE SHOW
That would.be real sad if they did take the show Twisted off the air my mother and i had only netflex and we started watching this show and finished them all. Now that there isn’t anymore episodes its sad we want to no what happens next. I looked on line to see when it plays. I even talk to my frieends about the show and they now watch it to. So it can’t be that bad of a show. Plz don’t cancel it that would be sad.
I DONT THINK THEY SHOULD CANCEL TWISTED!! I love it and u can’t leave it at such a big cliffhanger!! I need to see what happens next!
I have been looking and waiting on season 2 since episode 1…my cowrker n I tune in faithfully after we feed our clients and put them to bed…I’m terribly disappointed to hear twisted has been canceled, I rewatch all my favorite shows on netflix waiting for the arrival of the next season…is it possible to finish the next season and make it available online for those of us who love the show?
Please & Thankyou
I loved the series Twisted — I would like to see it come back — along with Bunheads and The Lying Game
I REALLY hope Twisted isn’t canceled! It one of mine and my moms favorite shows! Also, considering last season ended in great suspicious.. This show CANNOT be canceled!!!!
Please dont cancel twisted i love it so much its my favorite show!!! Youd be buts to cancel it so many fans!! All my friends and i watched this show please dont cancel it ease im begging!!! Twisted is amazing and i wanna know what happens!!
ABC cancels really good shows. Twisted was awsome. They cancelled the 9 Lives Of Chloe King. That too was a good show. Maybe they should have changed the time slot before cancelling the shows. Give them another try please.
To the person who panned “Twisted.” I highly question your ability to make a good
decision re: this program. It was well done, kept you coming back, good mystery
and every time you thought you had it figured out ?????
I think that show is amazing and shouldnt be canceled!
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL Twisted!!! I LOVE it SO very much! I am 13 and its my favorite show of all time! If u cancel it i will be very sad and you dont want to make a young girl very sad do you ABC family?
I loved the show ..I am 28 .. ..watched it faithfully. I agree with erica that a closure show will be better than leaving us hanging here. It is pretty sad that we have to be let down if it gets canceled. I even got my husband to watch it with me. The only show he would that I watched. This is an outrage in my house ..I dont watch anything else on abc family ..beside twisted.