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.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL TWISTED! You already took away Ravenswood, I would die if you canceled Twisted as well….PLEASE!!!!!
DONT CANCEL 🙁 TWISTED is my favorite show. I gotta know what happens next so please RENEW IT for a second season.
Please, please please!!!! Keep Twisted on the air! It is such a great show. You cant leave the fans hanging ABC!!! It just aint right. I vow to never watch another thing on ABC if Twisted is cut. Think of what else may have been capuring viewers attention at the time. Maybe the time slot or the night it was on wasnt great for alot of people. Consider everything before you cancel the show and risk losing even more viewers!!!!
Gotta have a second season to at least finish what happened at the end of season 1
I just became aware of Twisted and watched Season 1 on Netflix. Please renew it. You just can’t leave people hanging with a “gunshot.” I found it to be quite entertaining. i did not realize ABC Family has such good shows, Twisted and Pretty Little Liars both keep you anticipating what is going to happen the following week. Please bring it back.
I love Twisted! You can’t cancel it. It left it wide open. I must know what happens next. I almost cried and screamed and threw my phone cause it says it may not be renewed. I love Avan!
Please do not cancel this show I have really gotten into it on netflix. That seems to be a pattern on here… Maybe ABC Family should promote their shows better. But seriously dont cancel it!!! Its a great show has a interesting story that gets people hooked. If so many people are this iterested give it another shot!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!
Please don’t cancel Twisted I love this show, my heart is hammering as I just watched the last episode. PLEASE RENEW THIS SEASON…
seriously? you want to cancel out peoples favorite tv show , you left me twisted like seriously tess is the mother of charlie ?? i need to know what happens!!!!
I totally agree with you. I need closure. I can’t have a repeat of what happened with The Lying Game.
I Love thia show kust watched season 1 on Netflix. Never heard of this show but found it on Netflix. I really need to know whats gonna happen next. Please bring Season
Please do not cancel. I watch all episodes in 3 days loved it
Please do not cancel Twisted!
Agreed! Please do not cancel.
My partner and I watched season 1 on net flicks. It is wonderful and should not be cancelled. We were unaware of the show until net flicks. ABC family needs to do a better job of promoting their network. I hope this series is continued.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL SEASON 2 OF TWISTED IT IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!! I JUST SEASON 1 ON NETFLIX AND IT WAS FREAKING AMAZING AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!!!! I AM A HUGEEEEE FANNNNN!!!
I just watched every episode on Netflix, in two days. I hadn’t even heard of the show before seeing the ad on Netflix. PLEASE don’t cancel the show! It’s awesome and I can’t wait to find out what happens next!
Michelle, my feelings exactly. I watched all 19 episodes in 2 days and was hooked. I found this website while googleing it. I hope they keep it on.