The Lying Game
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| Based on | The Lying Game by Sara Shepard |
| Developed by | Charles Pratt, Jr. |
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| Opening theme | "Gun for a Tongue" by Butterfly Boucher |
| Composer(s) | Pieter A. Schlosser Brian Adler (pilot) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Red Two; single-camera |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC Family |
| Original release | August 15, 2011 – March 12, 2013 |
The Lying Game is an American teen drama television series that aired on ABC Family from August 15, 2011 to March 12, 2013. The series was produced by Pratt Enterprises, Alloy Entertainment, and Warner Horizon Television and is loosely based on a series of books of the same name by Sara Shepard.
On July 15, 2013, Alexandra Chando confirmed the series was canceled by the network after two seasons, effectively ending the series on an unresolved cliffhanger.
The series follows Emma, a kind-hearted foster child who learns she has an identical twin sister named Sutton. Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls’ designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister’s whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.
While the television series shares many of the same characters as the book series of the same name, there are important differences (chief among them that Sutton is deceased in the books):
ABC Family green-lighted a pilot for The Lying Game, which was written and executive produced by Charles Pratt Jr. and which was based upon the then upcoming novel by Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard, in October 2010.Alexandra Chando was cast in the dual lead role in November 2010. ABC Family ordered The Lying Game to series in February 2011. It premiered on Monday, August 15, 2011 after an episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, drawing 1.4 million viewers. ABC back-ordered an additional 10 episodes of season 1 in September 2011, which premiered in January 2012 drawing a series high 1.8 million viewers.
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