TCA 2011 News: ABC Family’s THE LYING GAME will be loosely adapted from the Sara Shepard novels

Alexandra Chando plays twins in THE LYING GAME | ©2011 ABC Family/Colleen Hayes

With ABC Family finding success with PRETTY LITTLE LIARS based on the young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the network is now adapting THE LYING GAME to series from the Shepard novels as well about twins (both played by Alexandra Chando ) who discover the other exists and decide to swap lives temporarily with disastrous (and mysterious) results. Like LIARS, THE LYING GAME will follow its own path in order to sustain itself as a TV series, and at today’s Television Critics Association press session for the show, executive producer Charles Pratt, Jr. spoke about the adaptation. “If you’ve read the […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Grey Damon and David S. Lee in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Nothing Compares 2 U" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Yolanda E. Lawrence based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Joe Lazarov Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 19, 2011 It’s date night on THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING with the episode “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Both Chloe (Skyler Samuels) and her mom, Meredith (Amy Pietz) are prepping for big important moves forward in their lives. Meredith is going out on her first official date with a man she worked with on a project and Chloe is going […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Girls Night Out”

Skyler Samuels, Grace Phipps and Floriana Lima in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Girls Night Out" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Ron McGee based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Norman Buckley Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 12, 2011 It can be said that a lot of the ABC Family genre style shows have the same feel and texture to them. They have young casts and deal with all manner of problems from family drama to growing up to friend drama to those dreaded parental sex talks. Of course, all of that is taking place against a backdrop of […]Read On »


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Profile: Benjamin Stone is THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING’s sexy cat-lad

Benjamin Stone in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC Family/Andrew Eccles

THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING is a new genre series on ABC Family. The show has been compared to TV that has come before it such as BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER or THE VAMPIRE DIARES. Chloe King (Skyle Samuels) is a girl who finds out on her 16th birthday that she’s not entirely human, and is actually part of a race of catlike people called the My. One of Chloe’s defenders is her classmate Alk Petrov (Benjamin Stone) who is also a My, and has the same claws and superhuman abilities as Chloe. ASSIGNMENT X had the chance to […]Read On »


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Breaking News: The scoop on THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING from Skyler Samuels

Skyler Samuels in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Heartbreaker"| ©2011 ABC Family/Eric McCandless

This week ASSIGNMENT X visited the set of the new hit ABC Family genre series THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING. All kinds of interesting things were hinted at as upcoming events in our young hero’s life, but no one teased  information like Skyler Samuels who plays Chloe herself. When asked about her character’s mysterious absentee father, Samuels made no bones about his involvement in future plotlines. “Dad plays a big role,” explains the actress. “And he may or may not lead Chloe to the biggest fall yet.” There’s other surprises around the corner for viewers in terms of who […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “All Apologies”

Skyler Samuels and Benjamin Stone in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "All Apologies" | ©2011 ABC Family/Phil Bray

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Mere Smith based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Ron Lagomarsino Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 5, 2011 Two weeks ago, Chloe King (Skyler Samuels) fought off drug dealers. This week on THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING, she fends off a violent ex-boyfriend of her clothing store boss. Next week, a bunch of goons looking to extort local business owners shows up and Chloe has to get her claws ready to pounce. Okay, so the last part […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Green Star”

Alicia Coppola and Alyssa Diaz in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - "Green Star" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Andy Reaser based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Joe Lanzarov Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: June 28, 2011 The good news: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING ain’t getting any worse. The bad news: It ain’t getting any better either. With the show’s third life, er, episode “Green Star”, we’re promised some secrets of the Mai will be revealed, but other than learning that Chloe is the great Uniter and that each death she has is more painful […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Redemption”

Benjamin Stone and Skyler Samuels in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Redemption" | ©2011 ABC Family/Eric McCandless

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Dan Berendsen based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Chris Grismer Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: June 21, 2011 After a so-so first week, I felt I had to give THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING a second chance. Not all-new shows hit it out of the park with the pilot, so I was hoping that major improvements were in store for this series. Sadly, no such luck. While “Redemption” does deal with some of story criticisms I had […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 premiere – “Pilot”

Skyler Samuels in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC Family/Andrew Eccles

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Dan Berendsen based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Wendey Stanzler Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: June 14, 2011 After sort of suffering through the premiere episode of THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING, I’m still a bit confused as to what exactly to think. So many shows have aspired to be the new generation’s BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and so many of them have failed. MTV’s recent TEEN WOLF comes close to the wit and charm of the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Showrunner Marlene King talks Season 2 and beyond

Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario in PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Season 1 - | ©2011 ABC/Andrew Eccles

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS wrapped up its first season on ABC Family last night and with the show committed to a Season 2 (and possibly more), we caught up with showrunner and executive producer Marlene King to get the scoop on what to expect from Season 2 and beyond. Here’s what she had to say in this exclusive interview: ASSIGNMENT X: When a show gets an early renewal like PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, does that help in building to a more satisfying end of the current season? MARLENE KING: We planned in our minds for the show to run four or five […]Read On »


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