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Production
The show is written by Dan Berendsen and is based on Alloy's series of three young-adult books by Celia Thomson. Alloy Entertainment is producing the series.

Promotion
In preparation for the premiere, ABCFamily.com rolled out "The Nine Paths to Chloe King," an online game encouraging users to uncover the secrets of the Mai and find The Uniter in order to unlock exclusive content and enter to win a chance to visit the set. Bloggers, or members of the Circle of Strangers, shared additional clues for the game, and users were encouraged to follow their sites as well as their twitter feeds with the term #NinePaths.

Ratings
The Nine Lives of Chloe King premiered on June 14, 2011 and received 2.171 million viewers. The premiere scored high marks within the target demographic with a 5.2 ratings/share within Female Teens.

The Mai
The Mai are a fictional ancient race that Chloe learns she is a member of on her sixteenth birthday.

History
The Mai once acted as defenders of the human race, first as guardians for Egyptian pharaohs. Descendants of the Egyptian cat-goddess Bastet, the part-god, part-human Mai used their cat-like attributes to serve and advise humans. The Mai's role as protectors lasted until the 16th century B.C.E. when they were defeated by the Ramesses. The daughter of Ramesses III fell in love with a Mai, but when the pharaoh banned their nuptuails, they eloped. The humans and Mai learned of the union, and the Mai boy was apprehended and killed by the Egyptians, causing the divide between the two races to grow deeper. As the Third Intermediate Period began, the Mai were shunned from society and human assassins, called The Order, began hunting the half-god race.

The Uniter
Folklore predicts a "Uniter," a Mai born with nine lives, is the only one who will be able to restore balance between the Mai and human races. When Chloe is pushed from Coit Tower and is not killed, her Mai peers Alek and Jasmine conclude she is the Uniter with eight remaining lives.

Characteristics
Because of their cat-like abilities, The Mai were natural protectors of the Egyptians. Traits include: heightened sense of hearing and smell, retractable claws, an acute balance and extreme agility.

Any intimate actions between a Mai and a human is harmful to the human, possibly resulting in the human's death.

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