▁Har per ' s ▁Island . ▁The ▁series ▁is ▁created ▁by ▁E Q AL ▁( cre ators ▁of ▁lon ely g irl 1 5 , ▁Kate Mod ern , ▁L G 1 5 : ▁The ▁Res istance ) ▁and ▁CBS ▁Inter active . ▁The ▁show ▁premier ed ▁its ▁week ly ▁episodes ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁ran ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁six teen ▁weeks . ▁It ▁stars ▁Mel anie ▁Mer k os ky , ▁who ▁played ▁the ▁character ▁Jenn ie ▁in ▁lon ely g irl 1 5 . ▁ ▁Cre ator ▁Mil es ▁Beck ett ▁says ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁" The ▁story ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁Glo be ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁girl ▁named ▁Robin , ▁with ▁a ▁very ▁myster ious ▁past , ▁who ' s ▁gone ▁to ▁Har per ' s ▁Island ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁newspaper , ▁Har per ' s ▁Glo be , ▁and ▁to ▁digit ize ▁articles ▁from ▁the ▁newspaper ▁and ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁community ▁online ▁for ▁the ▁Har per ' s ▁Glo be ▁newspaper ▁and ▁the ▁citizens ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁Island . ▁And ▁then ▁she ▁gets ▁pulled ▁into ▁the ▁story ▁as ▁it ▁begins ▁to ▁unfold ▁on ▁the ▁island ." ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁Ben , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁character ▁to ▁die ▁in ▁Har per ' s ▁Island , ▁was ▁first ▁seen ▁in ▁a ▁Har per ' s ▁Glo be ▁episode . ▁The ▁series ▁also ▁features ▁appearances ▁by ▁Har per ' s ▁Island ▁characters ▁Sher iff ▁M ills