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 should be allowed to continue, the story line is much more believable then some of the other shows. And it’s a refreshing change from all the other shows on ABC.
Maybe if the audience had been introduced to the other actor’s other then Denise Richards, different age groups would have shown more interest. They should have interviewed Avan Jogia,Maddie Hasson, Kylie Bumbury
Please don’t cancel the show, bring it back as a summer fill in if nothing else. ROME WASN”T BUILT in a day.
Hey! What’s wrong with Denise Richards? (Ppl seem to be harping on her.) Also, she’s really pretty. And she does a good job as the fragile and slightly self-centered, not too complex suburban mother to Danny.
I think it should be renewed for a second season. Im not gonna lie it didnt catch my attention at first but since it came back I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SHOW. Its so interesting and now i understand the reason behind “twisted”. Its a great show once again, SEASON 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t cancel! Please renew! I love Twisted and it was left on a cliffhanger! I want to know what happens!!!!
Please renew, this was a killer cliffhanger! And indeed, maybe the ratings in the Usa are low, but what about all the fans outside of the States who download it or watch it online. Plenty of them I’m sure.
Can we please get a second season? so tired of this network cancelling shows after one season – why should we invest time in your shows if your not going to follow through!!!
Please do not cancel Twisted
It should be renewed for a second season its getting good now that we know who Charlie really is and that he is Jo’s half brother. Now we need to know what is going to happen in the Season 2 show…..
Melissa We just found out that danny and jo both have a half brother charilie Masterson Desai Vikram and tara are brother and sister on the night of tara death she found out on her own what vickram was hiding and therefore VICKRAM SISTER TOOK CARE AND ADOPTED charlie into their family for all thoes six year.and from their and somhow Tara and karen though it would be best for Charile and danny to not say anything about what happened that night and that was when karen had to go to stream measure and put them jail and by protecting… Read more »
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There is something that you don’t know you forgot about danny We know who really is and that danny has a half brother too what we found Aunt Tara kept vickram secret and Aunt tara interest was adopting Charile and he became a desai ever since tess left and abandon him
poor charile vickram and tara did something to him and negelcted and hurt him and that traumatize him
Seriously?! ABC Family keeps cancelling shows when they are on a cliffhanger, no resolution. Twisted had such a great season finale; I would be so disappointed if they cancelled it now.
Yes cancel the abc family series the twisted. we are going to waste another 3-4-7 season to find out what happen to his aunt and him. Cancel the show is the best thing to do.
The finale was phenomenal. This is NOT a show that deserves to be canceled!!!
DO NOT CANCEL!! What’s the point in ending a series with a cliffhanger?? The curiosity is that much stronger. There are so many unanswered questions…PLEASE RENEW!!!
After that amazing finale, they better NOT cancel Twisted!!!! I wanna see how Season 2 will play out!!
We need a season 2!
Don’t cancel! You can’t leave us on a perpetual cliffhanger! That’s just wrong!
oh no canceling here. ratings in america might not be gr8 but the show has fans outside america so they should really consider renewing the show for season 2.i watch the show online every single week. and i’m for sure just one in a million lol.
Twisted just offered up THE BEST season finale that ABC Family has ever seen before, on any of their shows… INCLUDING Pretty Little Liars, of which I am a huge fan. I LOVED that this finale not only let us with essential questions, but also let us LEARN things that we never saw coming! with this alone, I feel that the show should be strong enough to continue on!!