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ABC Family Orders ‘Recovery Road’ To Series

ABC Family has given a series order to "Recovery Road," a scripted drama that follows a teenage party girl named Maddie who doesn't think she has a problem until one day she's confronted by her guidance counselor, who forces her to choose between expulsion and rehab as the best way for her to deal with her addiction problems. The series is based on the young adult novel of the same name written by author Blake Nelson.

ABC Family Renews ‘Pretty Little Liars’ For Sixth and Seventh Season

To coincide with the season five premiere of "Pretty Little Liars," which aired on Tuesday, June 10, ABC Family's Tom Ascheim, president, ABC Family, and Kate Juergens, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development and Chief Creative Officer, announced earlier this week that the network has picked up the widely popular series for a sixth and seventh season. The series is produced by Warner Horizon Television. “’Pretty Little Liars’ has taken its place in the…

Former ‘AMC’ and ‘GH’ Head Writer, Charles Pratt Jr., Joins ‘Twisted’ As Writer and Executive Producer

On the heels of ABC Family giving "Twisted" a back-order pick-up with all new episodes scheduled to premiere in January 2014, comes word that former "All My Children" and "General Hospital" head writer, Charles Pratt, Jr., has been named executive producer and a writer of those upcoming episodes of the hit series. Pratt created and wrote for the recently canceled"The Lying Game."

ABC Family Renews ‘Switched At Birth’; Network Issues Back-Order Pick-Ups of ‘Twisted’ and ‘The Fosters’

Two weeks since canceling "The Lying Game," and a week after canceling "Bunheads," ABC Family has announced it has ordered a third season of "Switched at Birth" and has given both "Twisted" and "The Fosters" back-order pick-ups. The new episodes will all premiere alongside "Pretty Little Liars" in January 2014, it was announced today by Michael Riley, President, ABC Family.

Trevor Donovan’s Third Appearance on ‘Melissa & Joey’ Pushed Back

If you tuned your TV to ABC Family on Wednesday, July 3 expecting to see Trevor Donovan in his third and final appearance on "Melissa & Joey" as Austin, a childhood friend of Mel's (Melissa Joan Hart), who moves back to Toledo and quickly convinces her to take their old friendship to the next level, you were probably one unhappy camper. Turns out the network pushed the episode back a week and his final appearance on the comedy series will instead air on Wednesday, July 10, a…

Production Begins on ABC Family Film Starring Cameron Mathison and Jennie Garth

ABC Family and Muse Entertainment have announced that production will begin this week on the new original Thanksgiving movie, "Home Again" (working title), starring Cameron Mathison ("All My Children") and Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills, 90210"). The film is scheduled to premiere in November as part of the network's annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" programming event. Mary Kay Place ("The Big Chill") will also star.

ABC Family Greenlight’s Two New Drama Pilots

ABC Family, the millennial-skewing network, has greenlit two new drama pilots, “The Fosters” (working title), from executive producer Jennifer Lopez, and “Socio,” from executive producer Gavin Polone. Summer to date, ABC Family’s current crop of original series have made ABC Family cable TV’s #1 network in Prime in Women 18-34, and the #2 cable TV network in Females 12-34 and Female Teens.