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:

And Who Am I? That's one secret I'll never tell. You know you love me. Xoxo, GossipGirl

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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 name of Rufus' band, "Lincoln Hawk", is also the name of Sylvester Stallone's character in the movie Over the Top. That movie is mentioned several times as being a cult-classic in The O.C., the previous show from Josh Schwartz, the creator of this series.

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Quotes

Chuck Bass: I'm Chuck Bass.

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Connections

Referenced in The Apprentice USA: Pepperoni Profit (2011)

User Reviews

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous. Why would someone bother?

First of all, this show is extremely clichéd in every single aspect. The characters are spoiled brats that have an easy life that deals with economic benefits, partying all the time, and love interests. Also, their main conflicts happen when "someone" or "something" doesn't behave or happen according to the unwritten rules of popularity or social conventionalism.

We've all seen that before right? The situations will remind you of "The O.C." and those kind of shows. So, why would I even bother commenting about this show?

Well, as much as I hate the characters and clichéd situations; some of them are actually entertaining because you don't even have to use your brain. What do I mean? this is mindless entertainment not to be taken seriously. It's like watching the rich people's life and commenting about it.

As a male, I watched it only because of the gorgeous Leighton Meester and the super sexy blonde with the best legs in the business, Blake Lively.

Give it a chance only for it's production values. The direction and soundtrack is remarkable.

This show should be popular in some years... it's just not very appreciated.