Pretty Little Liars | |
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Genre | |
Based on |
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard |
Developed by | I. Marlene King |
Starring | |
Opening theme | "Secret" by The Pierces |
Composer(s) | Michael Suby |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 160 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | |
Producer(s) |
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Location(s) |
Los Angeles, California Vancouver, British Columbia (pilot) |
Cinematography |
Dana Gonzales Larry Reibman Buzz Feitshans IV Geoffrey Haley |
Camera setup | Red Two; single-camera |
Running time | 41–45 minutes |
Production company(s) |
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Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Freeform |
Original release | June 8, 2010 | – June 27, 2017
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Ravenswood Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists |
External links | |
Website | freeform |
Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama mystery thriller television series developed by I. Marlene King, loosely based on the popular book series of the same name by Sara Shepard. The show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family and ended on June 27, 2017, for a total of seven seasons and 160 episodes.
The series spawned two spin-offs: Ravenswood (2013–2014) and the upcoming Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.
Set in the small suburban town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania (not far from Philadelphia), the series follows the lives of five girls: Spencer Hastings, Alison DiLaurentis, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin and Emily Fields, whose clique falls apart after the leader of the group, Alison, goes missing. One year later, the remaining estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious villain named "A" or "A.D.", who threatens and tortures them for the mistakes they have made before and after Alison's death. At first, they think it is Alison herself, but after her body is found, the girls realize that someone else is planning on ruining their lives.
Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as "Desperate Housewives for teens." Alloy met with author Shepard, and gave her the property to develop into a book series. With Alloy and Warner Horizon Television interested in producing Pretty Little Liars as a television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer until the network shut down in early 2006 and reestablished as The CW later that year. The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006. In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family, with the novels adapted for television. After the pilot was shot in Vancouver, filming for the rest of the series moved to Los Angeles. The series was primarily filmed at the Warner Bros. studio and backlot in the city of Burbank, near Los Angeles. In June 2012, the series was selected by lottery for a California film and TV tax credit.