Pretty Little Liars (2010– )

Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, whilst unraveling the mystery of the murder of their best friend.

Stars:

Troian Bellisario, Holly Marie Combs, Ashley Benson

13 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Troian Bellisario	...	Spencer Hastings (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Holly Marie Combs	...	Ella Montgomery (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Ashley Benson	...	Hanna Marin (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Lucy Hale	...	Aria Montgomery (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Laura Leighton	...	Ashley Marin (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Chad Lowe	...	Byron Montgomery (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Shay Mitchell	...	Emily Fields (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Sasha Pieterse	...	Alison DiLaurentis (75 episodes, 2010-2013)
Ian Harding	...	Ezra Fitz (74 episodes, 2010-2013)
Janel Parrish	...	Mona Vanderwaal (54 episodes, 2010-2013)
Tyler Blackburn	...	Caleb Rivers (53 episodes, 2011-2013)
Keegan Allen	...	Toby Cavanaugh (47 episodes, 2010-2013)
Tammin Sursok	...	Jenna Marshall (36 episodes, 2010-2013)

Storyline

A clique of teenage girls drift apart after the group's leader, Alison DiLaurentis, goes missing. Her body is found and the girls are reunited at her funeral. All four begin receiving text messages from the mysterious 'A', who seems to know many of the group's deepest secrets, some of which only the late Alison had knowledge of. The girls join forces against A's scheming and try to uncover the mystery of Alison's death.

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Plot Keywords:

secret | suburb | dark secret | dysfunctional family | pennsylvania | 

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Taglines:

Take it from me. You're always better off with a really good lie.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

PlL

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Family, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Horizon Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the book series, Alison's disappearance takes place the summer before the girls went into 8th grade, 3 years prior to the series beginning. In the T.V. show it only takes place 1 year earlier.

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Connections

Spoofed in Stevie TV: Episode #1.1 (2012)

User Reviews

Interesting subplots, exciting to follow

Pretty Little Liars is an interesting teen drama shown on ABC Family. The plot of the show involves a circle of four female friends who become engrossed in a missing persons case when the "queen bee" of their group, Allison, goes missing and the remaining friends find themselves being blackmailed by "A" who seems to know an awful lot of their secrets.

Unlike the other ABC Family teen dramas (i.e. - Secret Life of the American Teenager) I found that Pretty Little Liars has much better character development and the actors who portray them are all very believable and talented. Each character has their own interesting subplot which is what really drives the show. The initial idea of teenage girls being blackmailed definitely was not interesting to me but after the first episode I found myself hooked. I felt like I had to know what happened next to each character, even the ones that seem to have more minor roles.

This may not be a show that will win huge awards since it is definitely meant to appeal to a specific demographic, but it is refreshing to see a teen drama that is not completely based around sex and deals with other common issues too. This show is interesting enough that even if you are not a teenage girl it is still fun to watch and less feminine or religiously biased than other ABC Family series out there.