Hot News: ABC Family Renews 'Pretty Little Liars' for Sixth and Seventh Seasons

'A' is getting an extended stay in Rosewood.

In a huge vote of confidence, ABC Family has renewed its top drama series Pretty Little Liars for the sixth and seventh seasons ahead of its June 10 return, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Season six will premiere in mid-2015, while the seventh will kick off in mid-2016. Details on episode counts per either were not disclosed, though Pretty Little Liars seasons have often hovered around 22 to 25 episodes, including holiday-themed hours. (This season, the series will air its first Christmas episode.)

' Pretty Little Liars has taken its place in the zeitgeist and reigns supreme in pop culture,' said Tom Ascheim, ABC Family president. 'I am glad to bring another two seasons to our audience, because 'A' has a lot in store for our Liars.'

Pretty Little Liars, from Warner Horizon Television,remains ABC Family's No. 1 series in its history with 3.8 million total viewers and across key demographics, including adults 18-34 (1.5 million), 18-49 (2 million), women 18-49 (1.7 million) and women 18-34 (1.3 million).

Since its debut in 2010, Pretty Little Liars has proven to have a monster social presence online, with Nielsen naming it one of the most-tweeted series in the last year. In fact, it holds seven of the top 15 most-tweeted episodes to date, generating an average 675,000 tweets per episode during the 2013-14 season.

The series' popularity drove ABC Family to give a straight-to-series order on Pretty Little Liars spinoff Ravenswood early last year, in an attempt to expand the property into a full-fledged franchise. However, Ravenswood, which starred favorite Tyler Blackburn was never a ratings performer and was canceled after 10 episodes.

It has yet to be determined whether the seventh will be Pretty Little Liars' final season. When asked about an end date for the series, executive producer Marlene King was diplomatic in her outlook.

'It's very important for me that this show ends when it should end and not go on beyond,' King told The Hollywood Reporter in late May. 'I don't want to beat a dead horse. I don't want to linger. We've got a story we know we want to tell. When it feels like we don't want to tell that story anymore, it's time for it to end.'

Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Shay Mitchell, Janel Parrish and Sasha Pieterse star in the series, which is executive produced by King, Oliver Goldstick, Leslie Morgenstein and Joseph Dougherty.

Pretty Little Liars premieres Tuesday on ABC Family. Email: Philiana.Ng@THR.com Twitter: @insidethetube

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