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.
KEEP TWISTED GOING! this is my favorite show and season 1 ended with an AMAZING cliffhanger and it cannot end until I know what happens next!
Do Not Cancel!!! This show is amazing and intellectual and wonderful. You can’t finish a season with a gun shot and not show people what happenes. That’s entirely unfair to your loyal viewers. So please drop the people who are asking for too much money, get your budget under control and make another season and if you want that to be the final season then don’t leave it on a cliff hanger!
I love twisted! Definitely need a season two. It’s completely different from other series. It is a thriller, it’s not your usual lovey dovey show, I really need season two!
please do not cancel this show, its off the hook! really, its amazing
dont cancel it plzzzz , this is a great show
you have to bring this back too many loose ends I really like this show as a matter of fact I am a grandmother and love it tremendously please bring it back
Just finished season 1 on Netflix and I really like the show. As a matter of fact, I’m a grandmother and enjoyed it tremendously!! Please bring it back!!!
#Twisted…. is a really great movie, a movie that had an impact in my life..it’s really great to have come up with a movie like that big minds.. abc Pls. Kyle xy was cancelled, no ordinary family.. pretty lil liars. but pls not #Twisted.
bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just watched the first season on netflix and I’m absolutely in love with i! Its a great show. Its different fron the vampire stuff and baby reality shows. I remember seeingit advertised and I wanted to start watching it then but I never had the time. I think you guys need to do whatever you possibly can to bring that show back. So what if other people didn’t like it you still have a big fan base that really does like it. Please don’t cancel this show I would be so upset!
YOU CANT CANNCELL TWISTED I LOVE THAT SHOW
I LOVE this show. I mean seriously me and my best friend get together and make a night of it. It’s my favorite night of the week. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL! I hope someone sees how many people LOVE this show and can convince others to like it as well. My Mom and even my boyfriend are watching it on Netflix! Please do not cancel!
Hey, there has to be a second season of Twisted, there aren’t any other series like this and it is amazing! I can’t believe the carry on with tv shows all about zombies which can bore the life out of you after 3 episodes because it is all the same and they won’t carry on with Twisted. Just advertise it loads more, i’m English but live in Spain so i have to watch it all online and when i finally found the episodes, i watched all 19 in less than a week and i’m in love with the show. Do… Read more »
Plz don’t cancle twisted. Want to know what happend next…..
Not enough people were watching this show so we would have to wait and see if they will renew this show for a second season because it only got an 0.5 in some episode then I got less raitings so if you want this show renewed you need to go to the abc family site and re watch the episodes all over again and the raitings will get a lot higher
BRING IT BACK , DO NOT CANCEL THE SHOW , IT’S AMAZING AND I LOVE WATCHING IT !!!