Pretty Little Liars (franchise)

The Pretty Little Liars franchise is a multimedia franchise consisting of two book series, three television series and one web series. The initial novel of the same name was first published in 2006.[1] The first television series also entitled Pretty Little Liars began airing on ABC Family in June 2010; meanwhile, additional books continued to be published.[2] Pretty Dirty Secrets, a web series was released on ABC Family's website in the fall of 2012 alongside the third season of Pretty Little Liars.[3] The second series to make it to television, Ravenswood, aired on ABC Family from 2013 to 2014 and was cancelled after one season.[4] Pretty Little Liars later ended and aired its final episode in June 2017. The first book of The Perfectionists was released in April 2014 and a second book in 2015. A television series for The Perfectionists was developed and later reworked into a spin-off and sequel of Pretty Little Liars with the title Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, which became the third series in the franchise. It aired on Freeform from March to May 2019 and was cancelled after one season.[5]

Pretty Little Liars
Franchise logo
Created bySara Shepard
Original workPretty Little Liars (2006)
Owned byWarner Bros. Entertainment
Print publications
Book(s)
Short storiesVarious short stories
Films and television
Television series
Web seriesPretty Dirty Secrets (2012)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)Pretty Little Liars (2011)
Official website

Literature

Pretty Little Liars

Set in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the book series follows the lives of four teenage girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee leader, Alison DiLaurentis. Three years after her mysterious disappearance, the girls begin receiving intimidating messages from an anonymous character named "A", who threatens to expose their secrets, including long-forgotten ones they thought only Alison knew. Shortly after the messages begin, Alison's body is discovered buried in her yard. The books progress with the four girls trying to figure out the identity of "A" and facing many dangerous obstacles and twists as they do so.

Pretty Little Liars is a series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. It consists of 21 books split into 4 arcs of 4 books each, the remaining 5 are made up of short stories and companion novels. The novels have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.[6][7][8] The franchise has been licensed by Amazon.com's Kindle Worlds range of non-canon ebooks.[9]

The Perfectionists

The Perfectionists is a series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. The first book of the same name was released on October 2, 2014.[10] The second novel, and sequel to the first, titled The Good Girls was released on June 2, 2015.[11] Five high school girls jokingly plan the perfect murder for a boy who has hurt them in different manners. When the boy is found dead in the exact way they thought, the girls become prime suspects and start a quest to find the real murderer. A television adaption for the series had been in the works at The CW since 2013 but the rights were later sold to Freeform.[12]

Television

Four television series, including one made for web, make up the bulk of the Pretty Little Liars franchise: Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Dirty Secrets, Ravenswood, and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. All series in total amount to 152 episodes across 10 seasons of television.

Overview of Pretty Little Liars TV series
SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally airedAverage viewers
(in millions)
Average adults
(18-49)
Status
First airedLast airedNetwork
Pretty Little Liars122June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)ABC FamilyN/AN/AEnded
225June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19)
324June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)2.59[13]1.1[13]
424June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)2.53[14]1.1[14]
525June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)2.01[15]0.9[15]
620June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)ABC Family
Freeform
1.72[16]0.8[16]
720June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)Freeform1.11[17]0.6[17]
Pretty Dirty Secrets18August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)ABC FamilyN/AN/A
RavenswoodBackdoor pilotOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)3.18[18]0.9[18]
110October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)0.5[19]1.29[19]
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists110March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)Freeform0.1[20]0.26[20]

Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017)

Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama mystery thriller television series developed by I. Marlene King and is loosely based on the novel series of the same name. The series follows the lives of four high school girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader. 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. The series features an ensemble cast, headed by Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings, Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery, Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin, Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields, Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis and Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal. The series premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family, and ended on June 27, 2017. The ratings success of the first 10 episodes prompted the book series to be extended beyond the initial eight novels.[21] On August 29, 2016, Freeform confirmed that the series would be ending after its seventh season in 2017.[22] The series finale was viewed by an estimated 1.41 million viewers. It had the second-highest rating of any cable TV series that aired that night.[23]

Pretty Dirty Secrets (2012)

Pretty Dirty Secrets is an American mystery web series from the television series Pretty Little Liars. The web series takes place between the events of the series' third season episodes, "The Lady Killer" and "This Is a Dark Ride". Set in the Rosewood Halloween Spooktacular Store, as the visitors of Rosewood prepared for Halloween.[24]

Ravenswood (2013–2014)

Ravenswood is an American supernatural teen drama, mystery-thriller television series created by I. Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick and Joseph Dougherty. The show aired on ABC Family from October 22, 2013 until February 4, 2014.[25] It is the first spin-off series of Pretty Little Liars and takes place during the events of the original series' fourth season. Set in the fictional town of Ravenswood, Pennsylvania, the series follows five strangers whose lives become intertwined by a deadly curse that has plagued their town for generations. They have to dig into the town's dark past to solve the mysterious curse. Starring Nicole Gale Anderson, Tyler Blackburn, Steven Cabral, Brett Dier, Britne Oldford and Merritt Patterson. The series was cancelled due to low ratings after one season.[26][27][28]

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019)

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, the third series in the franchise, is an American television series created by I. Marlene King. The series premiered on Freeform on March 20, 2019[29] and was concluded on May 22, 2019. The series is a sequel to Pretty Little Liars and was loosely based on the novel The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard. It is the second spin-off series of Pretty Little Liars, which will include some of the main characters with Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish reprising their roles as Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal, respectively.[30] In a town of Beacon Heights, Washington, where everything seems perfect, from their top-tier college to their overachieving residents and the stress of needing to be perfect leads to the town's first murder. It stars Sofia Carson, Sydney Park, Eli Brown, Hayley Erin, Graeme Thomas King and Kelly Rutherford. Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists was cancelled after one season.[5]

Future

On September 2, 2020, it was announced that a reboot television series is in development at Warner Bros., with Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa taking over as showrunner from I. Marlene King. The reboot series will introduce new characters and new storylines.[31] On September 24, 2020, HBO Max gave the reboot series order and was named Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, with Aguirre-Sacasa teamup with Lindsay Calhoon Bring to create the series.[32] The series will consist of 10 episodes.[33]

Recurring cast and characters

List indicator(s)

This section shows characters who have appeared in each television series.

  •   A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
  •   A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
  •   A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
  •   A dark gray cell indicates the actor has not participated in the respective season.
Character Portrayed by Appearances
Pretty Little Liars Pretty Dirty Secrets Ravenswood Pretty Little Liars:
The Perfectionists
Spencer Hastings Troian Bellisario Main
Alex Drake Main
Hanna Marin Ashley Benson MainGuest
Ella Montgomery Holly Marie Combs Main
Aria Montgomery Lucy Hale Main
Ezra Fitz Ian Harding Main
Maya St. Germain Bianca Lawson Main
Ashley Marin Laura Leighton Main
Pam Fields Nia Peeples[lower-alpha 1] Main
Alison DiLaurentis Sasha Pieterse MainMain
Caleb Rivers Tyler Blackburn MainMain
Mona Vanderwaal Janel Parrish MainMain
Jessica DiLaurentis Andrea Parker[lower-alpha 2] Main
Mary Drake Main
Shana Fring Aeriél Miranda RecurringMain
Jason DiLaurentis Drew Van Acker RecurringMain
Charlotte Drake Vanessa Ray RecurringMain
Noel Kahn Brant Daugherty RecurringMain
Garrett Reynolds Yani Gellman RecurringMain
Lucas Gottesman Brendan Robinson RecurringMain
Miranda Collins Nicole Gale Anderson GuestMain
Raymond Collins Steven Cabral Main
Luke Matheson Brett Dier GuestMain
Remy Beaumont Britne Oldford Main
Dillon Sanders Luke Benward Main
Olivia Matheson Merritt Patterson Main
Ava Jalali Sofia Carson Main
Caitlin Park-Lewis Sydney Park Main
Dylan Walker Eli Brown Main
Taylor Hotchkiss Hayley Erin Main
Jeremy Beckett Graeme Thomas King Main
Claire Hotchkiss Kelly Rutherford Main

International adaptations

Pretty Little Liars spawned several adaptations in other countries. The Indian and Indonesian versions is known as BFF (Best Friends Forever) both released in 2012 and 2017. A Turkish adaptation was titled Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar (Sweet Little Liars) premiered on Star TV from July 6 to October 3, 2015.[34] The Turkish series served as a loose remake to the American series. The series ended after one season with 13 episodes. An Indonesian adaptation of the same name was released on Viu on April 22, 2020.[35][36]

Notes

  1. Peeples was billed in the main cast solely in the pilot episode of Pretty Little Liars. She was credited in the supporting cast from the second episode onward.
  2. Jessica DiLaurentis was portrayed by Anne Marie DeLuise in the first season of Pretty Little Liars.

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