Hollywood Reporter: Based on the best-selling series by Sara Shepard (whose next book in the franchise will publish concurrently), "Liars" features all the right CW elements: impossibly lovely "kids" dealing with grown-up situations; an absence of responsible parenting; and a dark, possibly supernatural secret. It's not a great show, but it is an excellent, compelling introduction for young adults into the leering, schadenfreude-filled world of primetime soaps.