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.
Renew! This has low ratings because not enough promotion and too long between breaks. In fact, it lacked advertising of it’s return in February. Stop focusing only on PLL.
Viewership will definitely increase.
This show actually is something appealing for adults watching with the teens in their lives.
Please please don’t cancel Twisted. It’s bad enough that you let Ravenswood go and that was the best of the 3 new shows! Fosters is ok but defiantly ranks under Ravenswood and Twisted and you kept that so please stop doing this to your loyal watchers or you won’t have of us left.
ohmygosh. PLEASE RENEW THE SHOW. Iget so mad when this happens with shows I am really into.. 🙁
You can’t cancel with the hanger of the season one finale!! We love twisted so much, please renew!!
RENEW!! It is great fun. I watch it with my 14 year old daughter and her group of friends…we have a great time following all the “twists”!!! KEEP IT!!!
I am really tired of abc family canceling shows and leaving us hanging. Twisted is an excellent show. My daughter and I watch every Tuesday. It has a great storyline and keeps us on the edge of our seats. Please, please, please do not cancel this show. I am so looking forward to the new season! Don’t disappoint your loyal viewers. We have stuck it out with you through the good and bad. We are faithful to the show!
Yall have to put it back on. I was shaking when it ended. And i really want to know what’s going to happen next. Please please please!!!!!!!!!
nooooooooooooo, don’t cancel the show i luv this show alot i may not watch it on tv… but i have other ways to watch it .. i luv jo and danny i want to see there relationship to grow and i want to now what happens to charlie and how they are going to work out the situation that jo is now his siser….. team jo and danny
p.s. DO NOT CANCEL THE SHOW THAT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE !!!!
Please Renew It!!! This show is the only reason why i watch tv on Tuesday nights!! I cant live with out it.
My granddaughter and I watch the show together. She is 14 and we both enjoy it tremendously. Please renew!!!
This is by far one of the best ABC Family shows in a very long time. The low viewership can be attributed to lack of promotion but please do not cancel the show!!
Renew it please! At Least end it good!!!!
PLease Please Please renew it!!! I absolutely love this show!!! and I need to see closure if they end it like that its not fair to the viewers who are dedicated to the show and network!!!
They have to renew it! The cliff hanger was huge at the end of season one…I need closure!
I love this show! And I agree that if you would stop cancelling shows after cliff hangers that people may actually tune in. Why would someone want to watch a show on a network that they know will just cancel the show and leave them unsatisfied in the end. If this show gets cancelled now too, I will finish out Pretty Little Liars, but not watch any new shows. This is the 4th decent show, on this network, in the past 4 years that would disappoint me. The ratings will never be phenomenal on ABC family, just like the CW,… Read more »