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 show. Love it!!!
Please dont cancel im hooked
omg definitely must renew this is miii favorite show on tv the only show i actually watch plz plz plz renew
omg definitely must renew this is miii favorite show on tv the only show i actually watch plz plz plz renew
I loved watching twisted on netflix and finished the season today, but heard from a friend it might be cancelled and i absolutely want to see a second season! Especially since the first season ended with that gun shot! Please make a second season
Wouldnt surprise me at all.
Twisted started off pretty good ,then everything became about Jo. Lacey and Danny had a good thing but it seemed that the producers wasn’t having any of it and mostly, ABCF realllly dropped the ball with the plot. It just went too fast. Twisted really got to the point where it got sloppy and unrealistic. That was too much for me to digest
Please renew!!!! I love this show!!!!
yes another season and bring back the lying game
yes there should be a season 2 and you should also bring back the lying game
Iwill die if it’s not renewed then I will come back to life and haunt everyone who decided to cancel the show
PLEASE RENEW TWISTED!!!!!!!
please bring twisted back the fact that tv is viewed mostly online and it was a major hit online should say it all!!! my entire family and all of my friends as well as myself only watch tv online because tv scheduling is so inconvenient and we all loved twisted it became part of our Saturday night family time and now we have a whole hour that needs to be filled
Renew the show so we can see what happens.
I love this show please don’t cancel i watch all of the episodes in two days when it was on Netflix
#TeamJoandDanny
Love this show hate to see it cancelled
PLEASE RENEW!!! It’s the best show ever! Please please please please please don’t cancel it!!!