Gossip Girl (2007–2012)

Privileged teenagers attend an elite private school in New York City. Based on Alloy Entertainment's book series.

Creators:

Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz

Stars:

Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley

18 wins & 32 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Blake Lively	...	Serena van der Woodsen (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Leighton Meester	...	Blair Waldorf (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Penn Badgley	...	Dan Humphrey (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Chace Crawford	...	Nate Archibald (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Ed Westwick	...	Chuck Bass (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Taylor Momsen	...	Jenny Humphrey (88 episodes, 2007-2012)
Jessica Szohr	...	Vanessa Abrams (82 episodes, 2007-2011)
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Dorota Kishlovsky (78 episodes, 2007-2012)
Connor Paolo	...	Eric van der Woodsen (52 episodes, 2007-2012)

Storyline

Welcome to New York's Upper East side where the wealthy and connected mingle at benefits and try to deal with their always dramatic love lives, not to mention picking colleges. Blair Waldorf is the so-called toast of adolescence in her world; she and her friends, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates, go to a prep school and fancy parties with their rich parents. Blair is envied by her adversaries because she is thought to have the perfect life, not just because of her gorgeous boyfriend, Nate Archibald, but because she's also planning on getting into her dream college, Yale. With everyone worried about college(or procrastinating on worrying, which everyone seems to be doing), and junior year dragging along, her seemingly perfect life is interrupted by her ex-best friend, the beautiful Serena van der Woodsen, coming back into town after getting kicked out of boarding school. Serena comes back into her life, and into the eyes of Blair's boy friend. When everything Blair knows starts to fall ...

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Plot Keywords:

school | private school | college | party | teenager | 

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Taglines:

Dan: sensitive, artistic, and a loner. Looking for a friend, finding something more.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CWTV ITV [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gg

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

17th Street Productions, Alloy Entertainment, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show's beginning date took place, chronologically, after it was aired. The show aired in Canada on September 18, 2007 and aired in the US on September 19, 2007. The show starts on Wednesday September 23, 2007 and ends on Saturday September 26, 2007, thus all dates in the Pilot fall after their air date.

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Quotes

Chuck Bass: I'm Chuck Bass.

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Connections

Referenced in Horrible Bosses (2011)

User Reviews

One of very few teen shows I will watch - and like

I don't watch a lot of television and when I do the last thing I watch are teen dramas, but Gossip Girl is the one show that I will admit to watching and loving.

The characters are interesting, and so are the situations they get into. The script is witty and full of sarcasm. The characters are gorgeous. But the show also touches on a lot of things that happen in real life: Eating Disorders, Partying, Drugs, Drinking, Sex. All of it happens.

That being said about the show, I CANNOT stand the books. I read the first one and that was more than enough for me. The characters in the book seem very one dimensional, whereas the characters on the show have personality.

I think the television show is great, and that you can't compare the show and the book. The show or movie is always going to be different from the book. Sometimes the movie/ show is better than the book and sometimes it isn't.

In this case though, the show is better. :)