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.
Love twisted. Please bring it back!
Please renew show it’s one of the best shows on tv
Please keep this show going i love it… 😉
The season finale aired this past April, and every day I see new posts asking for the renewal of Twisted. HELLO ABC! Is there anybody out there? Is anybody reading these posts? People LOVE Twisted!
I agreeeeeeeee!
You must work on second season, please renew. I love the show and the charaters. Especially Danny and Jo. They make a beautiful couple. Danny is great. Great actor. Go Danny. All the charaters are great. Please renew as soon as possible. Thank you.
please renew twisted, i was just starting to get into these series and very painful to just cut someone off like that without even finishing it off.
PLEASE RENEW TWISTED. Love that show. Just like I loved The Lying Game.
Please don’t leave us hanging! Great show! It should probably be advertised more so more people will know about it. I just finished watching the season on Netflix and I absolutely loved it! I never write reviews so this just shows how great of a show it is. Please bring on season 2! ! !
Same here! I didn’t even know the show existed until I saw it on netflix… I hadn’t heard a peep about the show. Where is the marketing for this incredible show?!!!! BRING IT BACK! We want season 2!
Please bring twisted back for another season… We need to know what happens…
I love twisted! It is an awesome show I would continue to watch it if there is a second season! 🙂 I vote there be a second season
Me too!
Renew the series. Please!
Please at least give us some closure! I’m a mom of two teenagers and watch a lot of shows I wish weren’t on television. However, Twisted isn’t one of them. My kids and I really look forward to this show!
Hi Debbie. My grandson & I watched the entire season in 3 days (on Netflix). As we watched, I wished there had been a show on TV like this when I was a kid. It would have helped me cope with certain things in my life much better. It’s a great show! I hope ABC reconsiders and bring it back for a second season.
I love the show TWISTED PLEASE DON’T CANCEL !
I love the fact that this show brought my family together and the show deserves an encore the ending was so intense. I love the characters and how its so different from any other shows out there.
Season 2 now!!!!!
renew for season two. it kept my attention and interest unlike Ravenswood