Network: ABC Family
Airs: Tuesdays at 8/7c
Genre: Drama
Created by: Series: Marlene King, Books: Sara Shepard
Written by: Marlene King
Starring: Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Holly Marie Combs, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Janel Parrish

Series Overview
Pretty Little Liars is an ABC Family network television series based on the Pretty Little Liars series of novels by Sara Shepard that premiered on June 8, 2010. The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name “A” who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

On June 28, 2010, following the successful ratings for the show, ABC Family ordered an additional 12 episodes for season one, bringing the initial 10 episode total to 22.

The Character
Ashley Benson portrays Hanna Marin, who becomes the Queen Bee after Alison’s disappearance, and distances herself from the others to gain popularity. When she was younger, she was fat, and lost weight to fit in and become popular. Alison usually reminded her to limit her food from time to time, creating a strained friendship. At the Rosewood Mall, Hanna steals a pair of sunglasses and presumably gets away with it, until later that night when the police come to her house and interrupt dinner with her mother, and soon the two are taken to the police station where Hanna’s mother tells her she will sort it out. Later, her mother is seen kissing the police officer before taking him to her bed. The police officer then makes himself home at Hanna’s house, interrogating her more than the other girls. Hanna’s boyfriend, Sean, also withdraws from having sex with Hanna, for which Hanna gets her revenge by crashing his car.

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