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 love the show I am only 12 and I love the mystery and I wish you would please renew the show it was an inspiration and it left me in suspense I just am very happy I got to experience this show and I wish you would PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE renew the show:-)
Your Friend,
Katie Jo Slater
RENEW the Show!!!
You know there are so many shows that get cancelled because of low ratings the first season. Give the show a chance and give us viewers a chance to get to know the characters. I love this show and cant believe that they would cancel it.
RENEW IT SO MANY GOOD SHOWS ARE GETTING CANCELLED
I`m a 72 yr. old senior & I love Twisted. Its the best one on family. I love the mystery of it. Its different from all the other programs on Family. Please bring it back.
That’s total bull **** if they cancel this show. I love watching this show. I was pretty pissed when they canceled The Lying Game, this show is much better. Hell, if they wanna cancel something, then they can cancel something else. They should have a vote with the two shows with the lowest viewers.
RENEW THIS SHOW!!!!
Its an awesome show! I dont have cable, but I watch it on Netflix. I love it so much! I really want to know what happens!
OMG OMG OMG I WILL BE DEVASTATED IF THEY CANCEL THIS SHOW!!!!! ESPECIALLY WITH HOW THE SEASON FINALE EPISODE ENDED…………
Please renew the show. We love to watch it every week. The season finale was amazing, and we MUST know what happens. Please please don’t cancel
i love twisted and i believe it should keep going i have been bugging my grandma on when it should be back on. i never get to find shows i really like but twisted and witches of east end i also love. both shows have been pulling me into them wanting even more.
Complete bull **** if ABC doesnt renew twisted. Thay was a wicked series, every episode had me on my feet. They keep coming out with all these pointless shows but wont renew a good one. This show about the girl with cancer isnt going to last. Its going to tank just BRING BACK TWISTED
OMG ! Please renew the show. I must admit when I saw the previews for twisted when it first Aired I wasn’t trying to watch it , but this week on Netflix when I was trying to relax after some homework from college it totally caught my attention and I found interesting. I love mystery shows and all I can think about is that cliff hanger . Please don’t leave us with that cliff hanger
ABC Family would be foolish to cancel Twisted: 1. Basing it solely on viewership numbers is a production tool of the past, I mean to say it should represent a large amount of the fan base… but downloading or streaming this show as well as many others from none ABC regulated platforms is rampant and represents a great number of disregard fans, such as myself 2. They already renewed it once, not based on ratings. Retained their original cast and seemed to have the same following and growing popularity in social networking. 3. Ravenswood was crap, pretty little liars was… Read more »
couldmt have said it better myself.
Please renew it! I fell in love with it on Netflix watching part 1 of season 1. I tried to catch part 2 of season as it aired but was unable to watch. If I was on On Demand I wouldn’t have had to wait for Netflix to pick up the rest of the episodes to finish watching it.
There has to be a season 2 on twisted . Its a great show !
Peole are stupit not to watch it (no ofense)
TLC needs to learn that shows that are being cancelled
Are great”
Renew!!!