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.
I hope they don’t cancel it. I love twisted!
Twisted is one of those shows that has a lot of things going on. But the story line isn’t just a repeat of another show, which has been going on since the 1950’s. The same story line is being brought up in different ways and people love it every time. This show is original, and it at least needs to be picked up for a second season.
Love this show! Have another season. Need to find out what happens next!
It shouldn’t i freaking love twisted!!!!
We want twisted !
Twisted should be on at 8pm. That would help the ratings. I am an adult who enjoys the show. The time is an issue for me since I must wake up very early in the morning
Renew the show!!!
Please be another season of Twisted. I love that show
Twisted should not be canceled no matter how many viewers it has. It is so well written, intriguing, and intelligent. I have never watched a show that had me so on the edge of my seat during every episode. The writers and everyone that has taken the time and dedication to put it all together deserves recognition for it and if this show is cancelled, I will forever be disappointed in whoever idea it was to do that. Whether they care or not, it will be one of the most outrageously idiotic decisions they have ever made. And to the… Read more »
We agree come visit us we are doing great things to save Twisted
Right now it looks like Twisted is cancelled because there is no summer premiere scheduled. They are filling the Tuesday night 8/9pm slot with a new show called Chasing Life and PLL will be on before it at 7/8pm. So as of right now, I believe that Twisted is cancelled. Whether or not they plan to renew it, I don’t know, but it doesn’t look promising at this point 🙁
Paul Lee is now the abc family vice president and from what he saying which is true the abc family network raitings are danger therfore we don’t know if there will be a second season of twisted I have a feeling twisted will be returning back in 2015 or 2016 but I think they will put twisted on hold until the abc family network repair their falling raitings and it is that bad
I agree with Samantha. Too many good shows ARE being cancelled and it IS getting to the point where why watch and get into a show that is just going to be cancelled. Don’t these channels care about viewers or is it only about the numbers and $$.. So what if the show has less than a million viewers – don’t the 700,000 count??? That is still ALOT of people watching so RENEW it!!!
DO NOT CANCEL TWISTED!!!! LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!
renewed
Fact: The failing of this show had nothing to do with bad promotion. Clearly, everyone knew about it. If you didn’t know about the show by now, you weren’t paying attention or you just didn’t care enough to watch it. There was plenty of promotions and advertisements. If you knew about and/or had time to watch Pretty Little Liars, Fosters, Switched at Birth or anything else during those times, your @ss is lying about not knowing about Twisted. This **** was everywhere. Fact: Putting this show in a different time slot is not going to save it. The JoShow: Danny… Read more »
I’m not sure if you know what the word fact means lol,
Hun learn the difference between Fact and opinion. Just saying
I already do, darling. Fact: The show’s on the verge of being cancelled because you fans aren’t the brightest bunch in pack with your shipping wars, and horrible writing that makes no sense and doesn’t connect. Opinion: You Jo fans with your low rating episodes should’ve just stuck with fanfiction instead of messing with the majority of the female fan base’s (Lacey fans) favorite character by degrading her character to a side chick. Hmm, looks like it doesn’t matter if it’s opinion or fact. The result is still the same: CANCELLATION. So, anything else? Or do you wish to continue… Read more »
I already know that you don’t, so it’s all good, lol
Lol, I don’t think it should be cancelled. I just think it needs to be fixed. Season 1, part 1 was different and diverse, that’s what people were drawn to. It broke the cliches and stereotypes. THAT’S what people wanted. THAT’S what was advertised. For once, the caucasian girl is JUST the friend and not the complete lead of the show or the popular, utterly “beautiful” girl who gets everything or the nerd who gets the guy just because she wants him. Jo’s character was just fine as the cute little nerd. Now she just looks desperate to fit in… Read more »
The first half really did break the status quo. Everyone expects the pretty popular girl to have everything going for her, but she is human like everyone else. Her life too, came crumbling down. The second half had a lot of crazy drama to it. Unlike the first half, which was more suspenseful and people trying to cover things up, and no one knew who was lying or telling the truth.
ABC Family has a bad habit of cancelling shows, it’s a wonder why they’re still able to run. It’s a shame they do this, they get you hooked onto a show, and drop it like a bad habit. Too many shows that I’ve enjoyed on ABC Family has been cancelled and I’m tired of it. If they cancel one more show that I like, I will more than likely never watch their channel again, it’s pointless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!