The viewership success of the first 10 episodes prompted ABC Family to order 12 additional episodes, finishing the first season with 22 installments.

Marlene King serving as the series' developer and showrunner. A pilot for ABC Family was announced in June 2008, with I. The television adaptation was first planned for The WB until the network shut down in 2006. Shepard was chosen due to her having grown up in a town similar to the fictional Rosewood, where the series take place, and her online presence. The project was given to author Sara Shepard by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment following the conception of the idea of a ' Desperate Housewives for teens'. The Pretty Little Liars series of novels was first published in October 2006 and comprises 18 books, divided into four arcs and companion stories. Sara Shepard (pictured in 2010) was chosen by Alloy Entertainment to write the Pretty Little Liars novel series. Moving forward, after the original 'A' is revealed, the identity is taken over by other antagonists, prompting new storylines and challenges. Throughout the series' course, several elements from the night Alison disappeared are revealed, which help the protagonists understand what happened to their friend and how 'A' came up. Premise Īria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Hanna Marin and Spencer Hastings are four former best friends who reunite one year after the disappearance of their clique leader, Alison DiLaurentis, and begin receiving threatening messages from a mysterious person who identifies themself as ' A' and is aware of the mistakes, lies and secrets they have collected before and after their clique fell apart. A fourth series titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin premiered on HBO Max in 2022, which focuses on a new cast of characters in a different setting. Pretty Little Liars started a media franchise with a web series titled Pretty Dirty Secrets and two spin-offs, Ravenswood and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, both of which were cancelled after one season. Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish lead the ensemble cast, alongside Holly Marie Combs, Ian Harding, Bianca Lawson, Laura Leighton, Chad Lowe, Nia Peeples, Tyler Blackburn and Andrea Parker. Set in the fictional Rosewood, Pennsylvania, the plot follows five best friends whose secrets are consistently threatened by the anonymous ' A', who begins harassing them after the disappearance of their clique leader. Marlene King, the series was broadcast on Freeform between June 8, 2010, and June 27, 2017, comprising 160 episodes over seven seasons. Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard. Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.

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