<P> Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment , the idea was described as `` Desperate Housewives for teens . '' Alloy met with author Shepard and gave her the property to develop into a book series . With Alloy and Warner Horizon Television interested in producing Pretty Little Liars as a television series for years , it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer until the network shut down in early 2006 and reestablished as The CW later that year . The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006 . In June 2008 , Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family , with the novels adapted for television . After the pilot was shot in Vancouver in December 2009 , filming for the rest of the series moved to Los Angeles . The series was primarily filmed at the Warner Bros. studio and backlot in the city of Burbank , near Los Angeles . In June 2012 , the series was selected by lottery for a California film and TV tax credit . </P>
<P> Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment , the idea was described as `` Desperate Housewives for teens . '' Alloy met with author Shepard and gave her the property to develop into a book series . With Alloy and Warner Horizon Television interested in producing Pretty Little Liars as a television series for years , it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer until the network shut down in early 2006 and reestablished as The CW later that year . The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006 . In June 2008 , Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family , with the novels adapted for television . After the pilot was shot in Vancouver in December 2009 , filming for the rest of the series moved to Los Angeles . The series was primarily filmed at the Warner Bros. studio and backlot in the city of Burbank , near Los Angeles . In June 2012 , the series was selected by lottery for a California film and TV tax credit . </P>
where is the set of pretty little liars
where is the set of pretty little liars
at the Warner Bros. studio and backlot in the city of Burbank , near Los Angeles
at the Warner Bros. studio and backlot in the city of Burbank , near Los Angeles