Gossip Girl

*Gossip Girl*
Gossip Girl
Genre	Teen drama
Based on	Gossip Girl; by Cecily von Ziegesar
Developed by	Josh Schwartz; Stephanie Savage;
Starring	Blake Lively; Leighton Meester; Penn Badgley; Chace Crawford; Taylor Momsen; Ed Westwick; Kelly Rutherford; Matthew Settle; Jessica Szohr; Kaylee DeFer;
Narrated by	Kristen Bell
Opening theme	"Steps of the Met"; by Transcenders
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	121 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Josh Schwartz; Stephanie Savage; Bob Levy; Leslie Morgenstein; John Stephens; Joshua Safran (seasons 4–5); Sara Goodman (season 6);
Production locations	New York City (Manhattan and Brooklyn); Long Island East End;
Running time	39–44 minutes
Production companies	Warner Bros. Television; Alloy Entertainment; College Hill Pictures, Inc. (seasons 1–3); CBS Television Studios (seasons 3–6); Fake Empire (seasons 4–6);
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	September 19, 2007 –; December 17, 2012
Related
	Gossip Girl: Chasing Dorota (2009); Gossip Girl: Acapulco (2013); Gossip Girl: Thailand (2015); The Gossip Girl (China; 2015); Gossip Girl Indonesia (2020); Little Secrets (Turkey; 2010); Gossip Girl (2021);
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Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and based on the series of novels of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. It follows a group of upper-class students in Manhattan's Upper East Side whose private and social lives are chronicled by the unidentified blogger "Gossip Girl".^[1] The series was broadcast on The CW from September 19, 2007, to December 17, 2012, spanning six seasons and 121 episodes.^[2]^[3]

The series' main characters include "it girl" Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), her popular frenemy Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), her mother Lily (Kelly Rutherford), and her love interest Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), an aspiring fiction writer and scholarship student. Other main characters include Serena's ex-boyfriend Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), his best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), Dan's sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan's childhood friend Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), his father Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), and Ivy Dickens (Kaylee DeFer).

A ratings hit for The CW, Gossip Girl received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, but it gained notoriety for using negative critical reception in its marketing. It won numerous accolades, including 18 Teen Choice Awards, while also sustaining a large cultural impact, influencing other teen dramas and spawning several international television adaptations. The series was followed by a standalone sequel which aired for two seasons between 2021 and 2023 on HBO Max before being cancelled.

^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 11, 2012). "CW Renews Gossip Girl, Nikita Hart of Dixie; Cancels Ringer, Secret Circle". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
^ Ng, Philiana (September 10, 2012). "Gossip Girl Season 6 Promo Reveals Serena's Double Life, a Raunchy Chuck and Blair (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ "Gossip Girl Season 6". September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012.

[renews6-1] Goldberg, Lesley (May 11, 2012). "CW Renews Gossip Girl, Nikita Hart of Dixie; Cancels Ringer, Secret Circle". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.

[2] Ng, Philiana (September 10, 2012). "Gossip Girl Season 6 Promo Reveals Serena's Double Life, a Raunchy Chuck and Blair (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.

[Gossip_Girl_Season_6-3] "Gossip Girl Season 6". September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012.

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