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*[[Shay Mitchell]] portrays [[Emily Fields]]- a competitive swimmer who soon befriends Maya St. Germain, the new resident of Alison's former home. After a lot of confusion, Emily comes to the realization that she is a lesbian.
*[[Shay Mitchell]] portrays [[Emily Fields]]- a competitive swimmer who soon befriends Maya St. Germain, the new resident of Alison's former home. After a lot of confusion, Emily comes to the realization that she is a lesbian.
*[[Sasha Pieterse]] portrays [[Alison DiLaurentis]]- the former leader of Rosewood's premiere clique. Ruling the group with an iron fist, the vicious but charismatic Alison had gone missing during a slumber party; a year later, her disappearance is still unsolved and her body was found. Though the girls loved 'Ali' dearly, there is a part of them that isn't sorry to see her go. Alison was the girl they told everything to.
*[[Sasha Pieterse]] portrays [[Alison DiLaurentis]]- the former leader of Rosewood's premiere clique. Ruling the group with an iron fist, the vicious but charismatic Alison had gone missing during a slumber party; a year later, her disappearance is still unsolved and her body was found. Though the girls loved 'Ali' dearly, there is a part of them that isn't sorry to see her go. Alison was the girl they told everything to.
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Pretty Little Liars
File:PrettyLittleLiarsIntertitle.png
Pretty Little Liars intertitle
GenreDrama
Created byI. Marlene King (series)
Sara Shepard (novels)
Developed byI. Marlene King
StarringTroian Bellisario
Ashley Benson
Holly Marie Combs
Lucy Hale
Laura Leighton
Ian Harding
Shay Mitchell
Bianca Lawson
Chad Lowe
Sasha Pieterse
Opening theme"Secret" by The Pierces
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22 (14 aired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersLeslie Morgenstein
Bob Levy
I. Marlene King
Oliver Goldstick
ProducerLisa Cochran-Neilan
Camera setupFilm; Single camera
Running time42 minutes
Production companiesWarner Horizon
Alloy Entertainment
Original release
NetworkABC Family
ReleaseJune 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) –
present

Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family.[1] The series follows the lives of Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario), Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson), Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), and Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell), four girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse). One year later, they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.[2]

After an initial order of 10 episodes, on June 28, 2010, ABC Family ordered an additional 12 episodes for season one.[3] These episodes began airing on January 3, 2011.[4] The ratings success of the first 10 episodes prompted the book series to be extended beyond the initial eight novels.[5] On January 10, ABC Family renewed the series for a second season.[6]

Series overview

Main article: List of Pretty Little Liars episodes

Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna were a group of girls brought together by the very out going Alison. All is well until Alison mysteriously disappears. The girls part ways until a year later when Alison's body is found buried within the gates of her own home. The girls are suddenly all brought together once again, and even before attending Alison's funeral, they begin to get horrifying messages from a stalker known as 'A'. 'A' threatens to tell secrets from the past and present to the people that matter most to the girls, if the girls don't do what 'A' says. The girls all have secrets that could potentially ruin their lives. Aria's secret is the relationship with her new attractive English teacher, Ezra Fitz. Spencer had a fling with her sister Melissa's boyfriend Ian, only after kissing her sister's ex fiance Wren. Emily is a closeted lesbian with an attraction for friend, Maya. Hanna's mother struggles to keep up with money, and Hanna rebels by shoplifting and destroying her boyfriend's car. The girls attempt to discover the true identity of 'A', but they encounter two people from their past, Toby Cavanaugh and Jenna Marshall. Jenna was blinded by one of Alison's pranks, and Toby took the blame and was sent to reform school. The girls continue to look for clues to help them discover the true identity of 'A', which brings them closer to danger.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Pretty Little Liars characters
  • Ashley Benson portrays Hanna Marin, who has taken Alison's place as the most popular girl at Rosewood in Alison's absence. Previously chubby, Hanna became slimmer after Alison's disappearance, and now shoplifts for attention from her absent father. As the series progresses, she becomes less interested in being popular and eventually reunites with her old friends.
  • Troian Bellisario portrays Spencer Hastings, whose newly-engaged and condescending sister Melissa moves into the guest house which Spencer had been fixing up for herself. Spencer is portrayed as an overachiever from a wealthy family. She has also stolen her sister's boyfriends on various occasions. She stole Ian, then she stole Wren.
  • Lucy Hale portrays Aria Montgomery, who moves back to Rosewood with her mother Ella, father Byron, and younger brother Mike after a year's absence in Iceland. She knows that her father is having an affair, but keeps it from her mother and brother. She becomes romatically involved with the new Rosewood english teacher Ezra Fitz.
  • Shay Mitchell portrays Emily Fields- a competitive swimmer who soon befriends Maya St. Germain, the new resident of Alison's former home. After a lot of confusion, Emily comes to the realization that she is a lesbian.
  • Sasha Pieterse portrays Alison DiLaurentis- the former leader of Rosewood's premiere clique. Ruling the group with an iron fist, the vicious but charismatic Alison had gone missing during a slumber party; a year later, her disappearance is still unsolved and her body was found. Though the girls loved 'Ali' dearly, there is a part of them that isn't sorry to see her go. Alison was the girl they told everything to.

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Production

Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as "Desperate Housewives for teens."[7] Alloy met with author Shepard, and gave her the property to develop into a book series.[7] With Alloy and Warner Horizon interested in producing a Pretty Little Liars television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer until the network shutdown in early 2006.[8] The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006.[9] In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family,[7] with the novels adapted for television by Marlene King.[8]

ABC Family began casting for a Pretty Little Liars television pilot in October 2009.[8] Lucy Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in the project,[8] followed by Troian Bellisario and Ian Harding (as Spencer Hastings and Ezra Fitz, respectively) in November 2009.[10] In December 2009 The Futon Critic confirmed the casting of Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin and Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields, as well as the addition of Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin, Alexis Denisof as Byron Montgomery, and Bianca Lawson as Maya.[11][12] The Hollywood Reporter also noted that Torrey DeVitto and Sasha Pieterse landed recurring roles in the pilot.[12] The Alloy website later confirmed that Pieterse would be playing Alison DiLaurentis and DeVitto would be Melissa Hastings, also mentioning the casting of Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal.[13]

On January 27, 2010, ABC Family picked up the series for 10 episodes, set to premiere in June 2010.[2] In April 2010, the role of Aria's father Byron was recast with Chad Lowe,[14] and Holly Marie Combs was cast as Aria's mother Ella.[15]

On January 13, 2011 Tilky Jones was cast playing the role as Logan Reed,[16] another mysterious guy that will appear in the season finale where he apparently knows about Allison.

Promotion

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Promotional poster

Pretty Little Liars was called one of the most anticipated new shows of Summer 2010 thanks to heavy promotion by ABC Family, including "spicy promos and hot posters."[17] ABC Family encouraged fans to host a "Pretty Little Premiere Party" for the show by sending the first respondents a fan kit,[18] and selected applicants to become part of an interactive "Secret Keeper Game" played with iPhones provided by the network.[19] The show's official Facebook and Twitter accounts also promoted special fan features, including a "Pretty Little Lie Detector.[20] Los Angeles clothier Kitson showcased the show in their shop window.[21]

A tie-in edition of the 2006 first novel in the Pretty Little Liars series was released on the date of the show's premiere,[22] as was the final book of the original book series, "Wanted".[23]

Music

The theme song for Pretty Little Liars is "Secret" by The Pierces, which was suggested by one of the show's stars, Ashley Benson.[24] The pilot episode made use of music from artists such as 3OH!3, The Fray, Ben's Brother, MoZella, and Colbie Caillat.[25]

Broadcast

Pretty Little Liars premiered on June 8, 2010 in the United States, and became ABC Family's highest-rated series debut on record across the network's target demographics.[1] It ranked number one in key 12-34 demos and teens, becoming the number one scripted show in Women 18-34, and Women 18-49. The premiere was number two in the hour for total viewers, which generated 2.47 million unique viewers, and was ABC Family's best delivery in the timeslot since the premiere of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

The second episode retained 100% of its premiere audience with a 2.48 rating, despite the usual downward trend following a premiere of a show, and built on its premiere audience. It was the dominant number one of its time slot in Adults 18-49, and the number one show in female teens.[26] Subsequent episodes fluctuated between 2.09 and 2.74.[27][28] The August 10, 2010 "Summer Finale" episode won the series a 3.07 rating.

On June 28, 2010, ABC Family ordered 12 more episodes of the show, bringing its total first-season episodes to 22.[3]

On January 10, 2011, ABC Family picked the show up for a second season to premiere in the Summer of 2011.

Internationally, the show premiered in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2010 at 8pm, on Viva, in the Philippines on November 22, 2010 at 8pm on ETC and in Spain on January 17, 2011 at 8:20pm on MTV Spain, in Australia on Channel Go! at 8:30pm Mondays.

Critical reception

Pretty Little Liars opened with initially mixed critical reviews. Metacritic gave the pilot episode 53 out of 100, based upon 13 critical reviews.[29] The New York Daily News gave the show its highest score, with 80/100, commenting that "A new ABC Family series built around four teenage friends and an ominous hint of supernatural forces that mean no good, makes most popular vampire romances look anemic ... Pretty Little Liars could go in several directions, including mundane teen clichés. It's got an equally good shot at making us care about these imperfect pretty girls."[30] The New York Post gave the show 3 out of 4 stars, stating "OK, so we've established that there is no socially redeeming value in this series and that your kids shouldn't watch it if they are too young and impressionable. But if you can distract them enough to miss the first 15 minutes, the show isn't half-bad. Actually, it is half-good, if that makes sense."[31] The Los Angeles Times said about the series, "Pretty Little Liars is one of those shows that manages to mildly, and perhaps unintentionally, spoof its genre while fully participating in it, and that's not a bad thing at all." [32]

Entertainment Weekly had a less favorable review, giving the show its lowest score of 16 out of 100, saying "Imagine the pitch for Liars: It's I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Gossip Girl, but like not so subtle. The new ABC Family drama, based on the popular young-adult book series about a high school clique whose missing leader continuously causes problems and she ends up dead comes back to haunt them via locker-room notes, IMs, and text messages, hits every racy teentertainment mark so hard (everyone's hair is so full — of secrets!) that it feels like the only thing missing is a visit from the ghosts of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr."[33] The Hollywood Reporter noted, "Sure, there's a lot here that sustains more eye-rolling than interested stares, but a little patience might be warranted."[34]

Awards

Year Result Award Category Recipient(s)
2010
Won Teen Choice Award Choice Summer TV Show Pretty Little Liars[35]
Won Teen Choice Award Choice Summer TV Star: Male Ian Harding[35]
Won Teen Choice Award Choice Summer TV Star: Female Lucy Hale[35]
2011
Nominated People's Choice Awards Favorite TV Obsession Pretty Little Liars[36]
Nominated GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Drama Series Pretty Little Liars'

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