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.
Yes…it’s good and you know if it’s good the Network will move it around and also charge for it so no one can find or afford it…ONNNN with the regular tv drivel
DONT CANCELL NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not cancel Twisted!!! It has a great story line and keeps you interested.
They need to consider that they isolated their audience with that new abc watch application so people can no longer watch it online as well. So they no longer have true viewing numbers. A lot of people no longer can afford 200-300 cable bills so they would watch it online. Many used to watch the shows online up until ABC family no longer allowed people to via their new watch application. When you look there are only about 5 cable providers that people are allowed to use none of which are in my area nor have I even heard of.… Read more »
Do not cancel! I do not have the time to watch it on TV but I did see it all on Netflix!! Netflix audience should be considered!
DO NOT CANCEL.
don’t cancelled twisted, i think is an amazing show. I used to watch it but because of school work and stuff i couldnt catch up on it. But on my leisure times i do watch it. Is a great series for us teens to learn something from and i think you guys should bring it back….plzz
PLEASE DONT CANCEL TWISTED! I WILL KILL MYSELF THEN SEND MY BODY TO YOU !!!!!!!!
DONT CANCEL EVER
please I love twisted I will hate you and not watch any other tv show ever then you will get poor and die
I LOVE TWISTED! Please don’t cancel it, that would be a disaster!
please don’t cancel twisted. ill kill myself if you do, i promise. hoof. its the best show ever and i love it. just dont you’re making a big mistake if you do 🙁 just advertise it better and it would get so popular! i dont wanna kill myself dont make me do it xo
watched the entire episodes of Twisted. there has to be another season. I love this show
Please renew I loved this show from the first episode!
You can’t cancel it!!!! We are avid viewers and loooove twisted. It will be left wide open without any closer, YOU CAN’T DO THAT TO US!!!!!
Do nt 4 any reason or so cancell twisted,its a nice movie.