| Pretty Little Liars | |
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| Created by | Sara Shepard |
| Original work | Pretty Little Liars (2006) |
| Owners | Books: HarperCollins Television: Warner Bros. Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Years | 2006–present |
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| Book(s) | |
| Short stories | Various short stories |
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| Web series | Pretty Dirty Secrets (2012) |
| Television special(s) | |
| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | Pretty Little Liars (2011) |
| Official website | |
Pretty Little Liars is a multimedia franchise consisting of two book series, four 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 stand-alone 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] In 2022, a fourth series in the franchise premiered on HBO Max.
- ^ "Pretty Little Liars". Goodreads. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - pretty little liars on freeform". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Anthony Hernandez, Brian (August 29, 2012). "'Pretty Little Liars' Spawns Web Series, Breaks Social TV Record". Mashable. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 14, 2014). "ABC Family's 'Ravenswood' Cancelled After One Season". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Porter, Rick (September 27, 2019). "'Pretty Little Liars' Spinoff Canceled After Single Season on Freeform". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.