‘Pretty Little Liars’ season 4 spoilers: Finale title; the return of ‘Ravenswood’

Let’s start first of all by sharing the big news related to “Pretty Little Liars” in the event that you have yet to hear: The title for the season 4 finale! Given that this has been long proclaimed to be the season of answers, it should not surprise you at all that the upcoming finale is titled “‘A’ is for Answers.” This is a nice little compliment to “‘A’ is for Alive,” which is how we started off this season while wondering whether or not Alison DiLaurentis was still among the living. We now know that she is, and the question remains whether or not she is going to come back to Rosewood.

And now, let’s turn to what is a pretty scary topic of conversation for ABC Family right now in “Ravenswood.”

First of all, we totally understand why this show was conceptualized, and why it was given a chance. It’s a great idea to do a “Pretty Little Liars” spin-off with the ratings that it got, especially one set in another creepy town. But for whatever reason, most of the new characters to go alongside Caleb simply did not resonate well enough to get much attention. For its second episode, the show lost a huge chunk of its audience, and finished with an 18-49 rating just under 0.5. This does not mean that we will be seeing too much of Ravenswood in the future, and Caleb could be back in Rosewood before we know it.

But, the spin-off is having right now to operate without much of a safety net and against fall programming, which includes “NCIS,” “Agents of SHIELD,” and a similar show in terms of tone in “The Originals.” “Ravenswood” will get a better opportunity for support in the winter, as the second part of its season will premiere on Tuesday, January 7 after “Pretty Little Liars.” This is clearly an opportunity to at least find a little more success.

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