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Pretty Little Liars' season 6B premiere date has finally been revealed: Tuesday, Jan. 12! Ugh, it's still so far away, right?!
Well, we've got good news: A PLL special is happening, that will give some serious insight to the Liars' college years since the show is coming back after a five-year time-jump in season 6B.
While the ABC Family hit series will not be doing its traditional Halloween episode this year, the special will air on Nov. 24, showrunner Marlene King revealed at New York Comic-Con on Friday. The special, titled "Flash-Forward," will update fans on "some of what happened off screen during those five years to these characters," King teased.
We managed to get some serious scoop from King on what the Liars are up to five years, later, when they are 23, and all returning to Rosewood with "secrets."
Alison (Sasha Pieterse) will be married (!) and Hanna (Ashley Benson) will be engaged, but King wouldn't say to whom. "It might be Caleb, it might not be," she teased. "A lot can happen in five years." But don't worry, engagement or not, Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) will still be around, with King assuring, "Caleb, Toby and Ezra are still very much a part of our world when we come back in five years."
And they will all be part of PLL's new mystery, now that A's identity has been revealed. "There's a new mystery. There's a little bit of old mystery dabbled in there, but not a lot," King previewed. "It's mostly new mystery. There will be a new Big Bad in their lives and a new mystery to solve."
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UPDATE: Above, check out the first four minutes of the new season, premiering next year.
And in case you missed them yesterday, E! News exclusively revealed PLL's new opening credits, which you can watch in the video below. Spoiler: Aria (Lucy Hale) isn't doing the iconic "Shh!" pose anymore!
PLL's special airs on Nov. 24, and season 6B returns on Jan. 12 on Freeform, the new name of ABC Family.