Pretty Little Liars
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| Based on |
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard |
| Developed by | I. Marlene King |
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| 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 | 150 (list of episodes) |
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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 | 39–45 minutes |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Freeform |
| Original release | June 8, 2010 – present |
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| Related shows | Ravenswood and Pretty Dirty Secrets |
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Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama, mystery–thriller television series loosely based on the popular book series of the same title, written by Sara Shepard. The show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family. After an initial order of 10 episodes, ABC Family ordered an additional 12 episodes for season one on June 28, 2010. These episodes began airing on January 3, 2011 and ended on March 21, 2011. The ratings success of the first 10 episodes prompted the book series to be extended beyond the initial eight novels.
On March 26, 2013, ABC Family announced that a spin-off, Ravenswood, would air in October 2013. The spin-off show aired 10 episodes before being canceled. On June 10, 2014, Pretty Little Liars was renewed for its sixth and seventh seasons. In August 2016, it was confirmed that the series will be ending with Season 7 in 2017.
Filming for the season and the series officially wrapped on October 26, 2016.
Set in the small suburban town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania (Not too far from Philadelphia), the series follows the lives of five girls: Spencer Hastings, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Alison DiLaurentis and Emily Fields, whose clique falls apart after the alleged murder of their leader, Alison DiLaurentis. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious villain named "A" who threatens and tortures them for the mistakes they have made before and after Alison was alive. 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. Following the fifth season of the series, the girls are trying to balance as Alison is back in their lives once again.
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 has since moved to Los Angeles. The series is 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.
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