Gossip Girl (2007–2012)

Privileged teenagers attend an elite private school in New York City.

Creators:

Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz

Stars:

Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley

18 wins & 35 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 [United Kingdom]

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

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley who played onscreen couple Serena and Dan dated from 2007 to 2010.

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Quotes

Gossip Girl: Speak of the devil and he doth appear - wearing his trademark scarf. Careful, B, hell hath no fury like a Chuck Bass scorned.

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Connections

Referenced in Cheias de Charme: Episode #1.47 (2012)

User Reviews

Addictive, tense, dramatic = Awesome!

I really enjoy this show. Ever since it began it presented the audience with countless characters and situations it was impossible not to love it. The diversity of this show is what makes it so appealing, in the beginning the main character that i liked was the elecute and vivacious Leighton Meester as the bitchy best friend Blair Waldorf, mainly because she has the most pressure and the most difficulties in her life e.g. her love with Chuck Bass and maintaining the social hierarchy of constance. Who would think that school life was so hard?? Well it is! The other actors in the show and characters in the show truly grow on you. I have found that Chuck has developed into a much nicer and determined business man who seeks to live up to his father's legacy and somehow win the heart of Blair Waldorf. Serena has definitely evolved into a confident woman very much in control of her life but still battles with Gossip Girl, the one person who has the most influence over the "it" girl of the upper-east side. Even Dan or "Lonely Boy" progresses to become somewhat of an insider, writing about the secretive lives of the elite. Only problem in characterization? Nate. First season we see him cheat on Blair and be lucky enough that she takes him back then when Blair cheats on him it becomes a whole different story and Nate abandons her. Not to mention that he did say that he loves her, but wait he also "Loved" Serena then moves onto Jenny and bounces between meaningless flings and actual relationships. He soon becomes detached from Serena and Blair and after that is a boring player with no real sense of dignity or morality.

Another issue i found was Jenny and Vanessa's exile into obscurity in the fourth season, one of the best season, due to the malicious efforts of crazy Juliet who eliminated them to get to Serena. I found this irritating as much as i didn't like Jenny getting rid of Vanessa was down right idiotic she was such a potent and likable character plus Dan, who at the time was in a serious relationship with her, completely cut off all ties with Vanessa after she was wrongly accused of trying to take down Serena. I found it un-believable that she was just erased from every characters minds, Nate had a relationship with her so did Dan even Chuck and i found it ridiculous that she just left. And who really cares about Jenny? She was such a subjective character who completely went off the charts after the second season, it was sad that she was once likable. Even Eric made a surprise exit. i really thought that they shouldn't have been able to leave and if it was the writers who got rid of them then that was a mistake except for Jenny of course.

As for the final season six? i haven't seen it yet but i honestly can't wait. Gossip Girl has become not just a guilty pleasure but a lifestyle. I love it so much and it really is so much more beneath that glossy name "Gossip Girl." It's entertaining and thorough. Worth all of your time! 9/10