"Gossip Girl" (2007) TV series

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creators:

Stephanie Savage
Josh Schwartz

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

You're nobody until you're talked about.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

High School | Jealousy | Manhattan | New York City | Private School

Awards:

6 wins & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Oct. 20	8:00 PM	CW	Chuck in Real Life	#2.7
Mon. Oct. 27	8:00 PM	CW

Cast

Blake Lively	...	Serena van der Woodsen (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Leighton Meester	...	Blair Waldorf (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Penn Badgley	...	Dan Humphrey (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Taylor Momsen	...	Jenny Humphrey (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ed Westwick	...	Chuck Bass (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Chace Crawford	...	Nate Archibald (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kristen Bell	...	Gossip Girl (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Nicole Fiscella	...	Isabel Coates (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jessica Szohr	...	Vanessa Abrams (16 episodes, 2007-2008)
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Dorota (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Connor Paolo	...	Eric van der Woodsen (14 episodes, 2007-2008)
Robert John Burke	...	Bart Bass (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Margaret Colin	...	Eleanor Waldorf (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Nan Zhang	...	Kati Farkas (11 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

College Hill Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

Was originally pitched as a feature with Lindsay Lohan as Blair Waldorf. When that fell through, its backers (who had the rights to the stories) approached Josh Schwartz about turning it into a series.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "America's Next Top Model: The Top Model Inauguration (#11.2)" (2008)

Bland, Empty, Boring...

These are some of the epithets that come to mind when one thinks of "Gossip Girl".

Hyped up as the "next great hope" for the CW, this show has disappeared in the ratings like pretty much everything on its network.

The reason? It's all about quality, or the lack thereof in the case of "Gossip Girl".

When you aim a show at a really small slice of the population, you'd better hit with all cylinder, but "Gossip Girl" doesn't. It sputters with bad, boring scripts, unconvincing attempts at humor and of course ,that staple of the WB (now CW) a bunch of empty-eyes young actors hired for the way their headshot looks rather than for their acting ability.

The result is a show that's DOA and has done nothing to help the CW.