Gossip Girl (2007– )

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)
Kristen Bell	...	Gossip Girl (121 episodes, 2007-2012)
Taylor Momsen	...	Jenny Humphrey (88 episodes, 2007-2012)
Jessica Szohr	...	Vanessa Abrams (83 episodes, 2007-2012)
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Dorota Kishlovsky (79 episodes, 2007-2012)
Connor Paolo	...	Eric van der Woodsen (53 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:

Gossip Girl lives to diss and tell

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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

Leighton Meester had to dye her naturally blonde hair brunette merely to audition for the role of Blair Waldorf.

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Quotes

Blair Waldorf: 3 words, 8 letters. Say it and I'm yours.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: 2012 Teen Tournament Final Game 2 (2012)
Title used in clue in the category People

User Reviews

A dirty pleasure of mine, if you will

Usually, I'm not a huge fan of something like Gossip Girl, but it seems that it has become a trend for me to enjoy shows like these. First, The Hills and now this.

At first, I watched GG just to make fun of it. The drama that these young and spoiled (but i must say handsome and beautiful) people have to deal with seemed so distant from my own life experience. But, the more I watched the show, the more I got hooked, to the point that Gossip Girl became my addiction (I know, that sounds sad, especially considering the fact that I'm a guy!). Though, I have to say that the reasons for this are pretty logical or at least I hope they are.

First of all, I like the setting. Glamorous-New-York-type surrounding are something that attracts me. I've never been in New York, or in USA for that matter, but that is exactly why I like Gossip Girl.

And second, I like the middle class characters in this show - Dan, Vanessa, Rufus Humphrey and so on. Especially Dan with his adventurous, almost Peter Parker type lifestyle and, of course, his huge... emmm... bookshelf.

Currently I'm trying to get rid of my addiction. We'll see what comes out of it.