Pretty Little Liars (TV series)

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 November 2014, actress Lucy Hale confirmed the seventh season will be the final season in the series. However, in August 2015, executive producer I. Marlene King and actress Shay Mitchell stated that an eighth season or a television film is a possibility. Plot: Set in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, the series follows the lives of four girls, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Spencer Hastings, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader, Alison DiLaurentis. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named "A" who threatens to expose their deepest secrets, including ones they thought only Alison knew. At first, they think it's Alison herself, but after her body is found, the girls realize that someone else is planning on ruining their lives. Setting- Rosewood: Rosewood is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal setting of the series and the books. The Liars live in this town along with most of the other characters. It contains many principal locations: the police station, the Rosewood High School, the church, the Rosewood Shopping Center, Hollis College, the Rosewood Community Hospital, the Rosewood movie theater, the mausoleum, the dental office, the Ophthalmology Cabinet, and the Rosewood Court. Virtually all these locations are actually exteriors on the backlot of the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank. Interior scenes are filmed separately on nearby soundstages. For example, different sides of the same building on the backlot are used for the entrances of the Rosewood police station and high school. Secondary locations: -Radley Sanitarium -Fictional towns: Ravenswood -Real towns: New York, Cape May, Philadelphia, London and Hilton Head Island, Brookhaven -"A"s Lairs -University of Cicero -Zoo of Norristown -Chalet in Thornhill -Hector Lime's molding studio -Lost Woods Resort -Storage unit facility -An ice factory -The cabin in the woods -The lake house -The equestrian center -The Correctional Centre for Women of Chester County -"A"s Dollhouse -The old Campbell farm (located near Wayne, Pennsylvania) -Carissimi Group office