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Pretty Little Liars season 1

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Pretty Little Liars season 1
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The first season of Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 8, 2010 and concluded on March 21, 2011 on ABC Family.

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The show premiered to 2.47 million viewers and retained a regular audience of 2.5 million viewers during its summer run. The summer finale scored 3.07 million viewers, achieving a series high. The show went on hiatus and returned with its winter premiere on January 3, 2011, with 4.20 million viewers, becoming one of ABC Family's top telecasts to date.

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Overview

Set in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Spencer Hastings, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Alison DiLaurentis' lives are irrevocably changed after their clique leader Alison "Ali" goes missing during a sleepover. The four remaining girls forever believe their secrets are safe for all time, but the absence of one of their leaders makes them drift apart. One year later, the former group of friends are forced to reunite after their once-missing friend is discovered dead, and they begin receiving threatening texts from someone named "A," who utilizes secrets that only their dead friend would know to terrorize them. Knowing that if their secrets are out, it will jeopardize them and their futures, the girls decide to team up and figure out who is behind the mask.

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Cast

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  1. From episode 14 onwards, Lawson is no longer credited in the main cast.
  2. Specifically in the pilot episode, Peeples is credited in the main cast, while Pieterse is credited as a guest star. From the second episode onwards, Peeples is credited as a guest and Pieterse joins the starring credits.
  3. In the pilot episode, Cavanaugh, Thomas, and DiLaurentis are respectively portrayed by James Neate, Carlo Marks, and Anne Marie DeLuise.[1]
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Episodes

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Development and production

Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as "Desperate Housewives for teens."[25] Alloy met with author Shepard, and gave her the property to develop into a book series.[25] With Alloy and Warner Horizon interested in producing a Pretty Little Liars television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer.[26] The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006.[27] In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family.[25] The novels are being adapted for television by I. Marlene King.[26] The series' pilot was filmed in Vancouver in December 2009. Filming for the series moved to Los Angeles from the second episode onward.

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Casting

ABC Family began casting for a Pretty Little Liars television pilot in October 2009.[26] Lucy Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in the project,[26] followed by Troian Bellisario and Ian Harding (as Spencer Hastings and Ezra Fitz, respectively) in November 2009.[28] In December 2009 The Futon Critic confirmed the casting of Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin and Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields, as well as the addition of Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin, Alexis Denisof as Byron Montgomery, Bianca Lawson as Maya, as well as Jean Louisa Kelly and Nia Peeples.[29][30] The Hollywood Reporter also noted that Torrey DeVitto and Sasha Pieterse landed recurring roles in the pilot.[30]

The Alloy website later confirmed that Pieterse would be playing Alison DiLaurentis and DeVitto would be Melissa Hastings, also noting Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal and Cody Allen Christian, as Mike Montgomery.[31] In April 2010, Chad Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery.[32] Also in April, Holly Marie Combs was cast as Ella Montgomery.

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Ratings

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DVD release

The Complete First Season
Set details[34] Special features[34]
  • 22 episodes
  • 963 minutes (Region 1); 940 minutes (Region 2); 925 minutes (Region 4)
  • 6-disc set
  • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles:
    • English, and French (Region 1)
    • English, Spanish, Danish, French, Arabic, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, English for the Hearing Impaired (Regions 2 and 4)
  • Deleted scenes:
    • Episodes: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19
  • Pretty Little Liars: Two Truths and a Lie - The girls take turns revealing three things about themselves, not all of the true.
  • It All Started with a Little Lie: Making Pretty Little Liars - The making of Pretty Little Liars
  • Little Secrets from the Set - The cast and crew reveal some juicy behind-the-scenes secrets from the Pretty Little Liars set
Release dates
 United States  United Kingdom  Australia
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[35] September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)[36] November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02)[37]
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