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Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl title card
Developed by Josh Schwartz
Stephanie Savage
Starring Blake Lively
Leighton Meester
Penn Badgley
Chace Crawford
Taylor Momsen
Ed Westwick
Jessica Szohr
Kelly Rutherford
Matthew Settle
Connor Paolo
Michelle Trachtenberg
Narrated by Kristen Bell
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 18 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Josh Schwartz
Stephanie Savage
Bob Levy
Leslie Morgenstein
John Stephens
Broadcast
Original channel The CW
Original run September 19, 2007 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Gossip Girl is an American television teen drama based on the popular novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Gossip Girl revolves around the lives of socialite young adults growing up on New York's Upper East Side who attend elite academic institutions while dealing with sex, drugs, jealousy, and other teenage issues. Featuring an ensemble cast, the series begins by introducing Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and best friend Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), as well as Blair's on-off boyfriend Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) and Nate's best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). And Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who dated Serena during most of the first season and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), who become involved in the lives of the main characters despite being less inclined to merge with the upper-east-side crowd. The series is narrated by a seemingly omniscient character, "Gossip Girl" (voiced by Kristen Bell), who runs a blog about her fellow Upper East Siders — consequently stirring the pot and creating potential rivalries in this exclusive and vicious circle of friends.[1] The show was developed by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who also serve as executive producers alongside Bob Levy and Leslie Morgenstein.[2] It is produced by Warner Bros. Television, College Hill Productions and Alloy Entertainment. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In motion pictures, an intertitle is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i. ... Josh Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. ... Stephanie Savage is a producer for Wonderland Sound and Vision. ... Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. ... 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The series first aired on September 18, 2007 in Canada on CTV before premiering in the U.S. a day later on September 19, 2007 on The CW, following America's Next Top Model.[1][3] The premiere episode also became available on the iTunes Store as a free download on September 14, 2007, four days before the series' debut. The show received the first full season order of 22 episodes of the 2007/2008 television season of the five major broadcast networks when The CW picked it up in October 2007.[4] is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... CTV is a Canadian English language television network. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... ANTM redirects here. ... The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...


Gossip Girl returned on Monday, April 21, 2008, with five new episodes to follow.[5] The CW announced on March 3, 2008 that Gossip Girl would return for a second season consisting of 24 episodes.[6] In Canada, CTV will send the series down to the relaunched A-Channel for the second season, Sundays @ 8:00pm E/P. is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... A-Channel is a Canadian English language privately-owned television system owned by CTV Limited, a division of CTVglobemedia. ...


There is also a possibility that the production of the second season could be delayed because of the possibility of a Screen Actors Guild strike.[7]

Contents

Production

Conception

The project was originally intended to be adapted into a film by Warner Bros. with Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino set to write the screenplay and actress Lindsay Lohan attached to star as Blair Waldorf; the film never went into production and was ultimately shelved. Later, the series was set again to be re-adapted, but for a TV series for FOX rather than a movie. This project was again cancelled. The novel series was then again reconsidered for adaptation for television on The CW by Alloy Entertainment. Development of the show began in August 2006 when The CW gave it a put pilot commitment, with Josh Schwartz on board to create and executive produce.[8] In January 2007, the network gave the greenlight for the pilot order and it was confirmed that Schwartz's fellow scribe on The O.C., Stephanie Savage, had co-written it with him.[9] Mark Piznarski (Veronica Mars) directed the first two hours of the series.[10] The network gave the series an early pick-up and a thirteen-episode order on May 15, 2007.[11] “WB” redirects here. ... Gilmore Girls is a long-running, Emmy Award winning, and Golden Globe nominated American television drama/comedy created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. ... Amy Sherman-Palladino (born Amy Sherman) is an American television writer and producer. ... Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. ... Blair Cornelia Waldorf is a main character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. ... FOX redirects here. ... The Crimson White, known colloquially as The CW, is the student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... Josh Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. ... The O.C. was an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States , and in Canada On CTV Television Network from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... Stephanie Savage is a producer for Wonderland Sound and Vision. ... Mark Piznarski is an American film and television director. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...


Filming locations

Blair and her pals frequently eat at the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps.
Blair and her pals frequently eat at the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps.

Gossip Girl is filmed entirely in New York City with scenes being shot in and around the boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Described by producer Amy Kaufman as "a character in the story," the city is featured prominently even when most interior scenes are filmed at Silvercup Studios in Queens, including loft and apartment sets that were based on actual New York residences. For example, the buildings of Packer Collegiate Institute and the Russian Orthodox Synod of Bishops were combined to create a set resembling the exterior façade of the latter institute for the socialites' fictitious schools -- the Constance Billard and St. Jude's School for Boys. The chapel of Packer (located in Brooklyn Heights) is being featured as a gathering place for the teens. A set was also built to resemble The New York Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue where Serena and Chuck reside. Local haunts are also used as stand-ins for the characters' meeting places such as Communitea in Long Island City, The Front Room art gallery in Williamsburg and to a more exclusive extent, the Henri Bendel boutique in Fifth Avenue. Some of the filming locations are also historical places such as the Metropolitan Museum.[12] The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Silvercup Studios is the largest film and television production facility in New York City. ... This article is about the structure. ... Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent, private, college preparatory school for students from prekindergarten through grade 12. ... The Constance Billard School for Girls is a fictional private, elite New York City all-girls school in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. ... View of Brooklyn Heights from Manhattan Brooklyn Heights is a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. ... The New York Palace Hotel is an independently owned luxury hotel that blends the historic landmark Villard Mansion with a modern 55-story tower. ... Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City which carries northbound one-way traffic. ... Long Island City, New York, often abbreviated L.I.C., is an area in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. ... Henri Bendel is an upscale womens specialty store, established in New York City in 1896. ... Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ... There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ...


Music

Alexandra Patsavas, the noted music supervisor on Tru Calling, Supernatural, Shark, and more notably The O.C and Grey's Anatomy which both spanned multiple commercially successful soundtracks, will also be credited for the selection of music used on Gossip Girl. In contrast to her consistent use of independent music and alternative artists on those two shows, Patsavas will be incorporating current Top 40 hits on the series explaining, "I'm relying on old favorites while exploring current pop music. And since the show revolves primarily around high school students in New York, we'll definitely be using some New York-based bands. But these kids listen to the radio, too."[13] Alexandra Patsavas (born 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American music supervisor who has worked on over sixty films and television series, most notably The O.C., Greys Anatomy and Gossip Girl. ... Tru Calling is an American television program, which premiered on the Fox Network in October 2003. ... This article is about the US TV series. ... Shark is an American legal drama, which ran on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. ... The O.C. ( stands for Orange County) is an American television drama/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network. ... This article is about the television series. ... In popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ...


Broadcasting history

Originally scheduled to air on September 26, 2007, the premiere was moved up a week earlier as announced during the 2007 Television Critics Association summer press tour. As a result of this, the previously planned two-hour ninth season premiere of America's Next Top Model was edited to one hour.[14] The pilot was provided as a free download at the iTunes Store on September 14, 2007. The first season of Gossip Girl made its television debut on CTV in Canada on September 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. whilst The CW, the original broadcast network of the show, aired the pilot a day later on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. eastern/8:00 central. In Australia, Gossip girl premiered on the subscription channel FOX8 on December 4, 2007 at 8:30pm, and on the timeshift channel at 10:30pm. is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Television Critics Association is a group of approximately 200 U.S. and Canadian jornalists and columnists who cover televions programming. ... ANTM redirects here. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... This article is about the book series. ... CTV is a Canadian English language television network. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Eastern Standard Time redirects here. ... Central Standard Time redirects here. ... For other uses, see FOX 8. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...


The Writers Strike caused the series to be pulled off the air from the months of January to April. During the strike The CW re-aired the first 13 episodes hopefully leading up to the return of the series. After the strike ended, it was later announced that the series would return April 21, 2008. The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...


Spinoff

In June 2008 rumors surfaced about a possible spin-off based around the character Jenny Humphrey, based on the book series The It Girl, but Josh Schwartz denied the claims, saying that there was nothing in development.[15] June 2008 is the sixth month of the current leap year. ... Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is a main character in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. ... It has been suggested that Tinsley Carmichael be merged into this article or section. ... Josh Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. ...


International distribution

The show airs on CTV in Canada (For season two, CTV will send the series down to the relaunched A), the Warner Channel in Latin America, Pro7 in Germany, ETC Entertainment Central in the Philippines, Zee Café in India, ITV2 in the United Kingdom, FOX8 in Australia, VT4 in Belgium, AXN in Spain and Portugal, Mya in Italy and TVN Siedem in Poland. It will air on 8TV in Malaysia, TV Norge in Norway, MTV3 in Finland, Kanal 5 in Sweden, Stöð 2 in Iceland, TF1 in France and On Style in South Korea, in 2008. The show was originally on Star World's 2008 schedule but the network has dropped its plans of airing it.[16][17][18][19][20][21] CTV is a Canadian English language television network. ... A-Channel is a Canadian English language privately-owned television system owned by CTV Limited, a division of CTVglobemedia. ... Warner Channel (commonly shortened to WBTV, but not to be confused with the WB Television Network) is a Latin Americanor a Southeast Asian cable television channel owned by the HBO Latin America Group that focuses on airing American-produced series and films. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Its All Good! ETC Entertainment Central is a channel produced and founded by Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister station, ETC 2nd Avenue. ... Zee Café is an Indian English language television channel. ... ITV2 is a 24 hour a day free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... For other uses, see FOX 8. ... VT4 a Flemish commercial television channel. ... AXN is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on September 21, 1997. ... TVN Siedem is a film and entertainment channel that launched in March 2002. ... 8tv is a common name for television channels. ... TVNorge (abbreviated TVN; i. ... For the Spanish-language MTV channel in the Americas, see MTV Tr3́s. ... Kanal 5 is Croatian commercial station operating in City of Split. ... Stöð 2 (English: Channel 2) is an Icelandic television channel of 365 ljósvakamiðlar founded in 1986. ... TF1 is a private French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. ... STAR World is STAR Groups premiere English-language Entertainment TV-channel which is shown in the Asian region. ...


World airings

Country Date of Premiere Channel
Flag of Argentina Argentina Unknown Warner Channel
Flag of Australia Australia December 4, 2007
FOX8
Flag of Brazil Brazil November 8, 2007
2008
Warner Channel (cable)
SBT (free-to-air)
Flag of Canada Canada September 18, 2007 CTV
Flag of Fiji Fiji April 2008 Fiji One
Flag of Finland Finland March 18, 2008 MTV3
Flag of France France Unknown TF1
Flag of Germany Germany Unknown ProSieben
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala November 8, 2007 Warner Channel
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Unknown J2
Flag of India India July 20, 2008 Zee Cafe
Flag of Israel Israel 2008 Xtra HOT
Flag of Ireland Ireland Autumn 2008 Channel 6
Flag of Italy Italy January 19, 2008
Autumn 2008
Mya (Pay)
Italia 1 (free-to-air)
Latin America 2007 Warner Channel
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia April 23, 2008 8TV
Flag of Mexico Mexico November 8, 2007 Warner Channel
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands June 3, 2008 NET 5
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 2008 TV2
Flag of Norway Norway January 2, 2008 TVNorge
Flag of the Philippines Philippines February 12, 2008 ETC (cable)
ETC on SBN (free-to-air)
Flag of Poland Poland April 8, 2008 TVN Siedem
Flag of Portugal Portugal 2007-2008 AXN
Flag of South Korea South Korea March 3, 2008 On Style (cable)
Flag of Sweden Sweden January 29, 2008 Kanal 5
Flag of Thailand Thailand April 25, 2008 True Series
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom March 27, 2008 ITV 2
Flag of the United States United States September 19, 2007 The CW
Flag of Peru Peru Unknown Warner Channel (cable)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Fall 2008 CNBC-e

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Cast and characters

From left to right: Dan, Serena, Chuck (top), Nate (bottom), Jenny, and Blair.
From left to right: Dan, Serena, Chuck (top), Nate (bottom), Jenny, and Blair.

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Casting

Featuring nine regular speaking roles, the majority of the ensemble cast were assembled from February to April 2007. Blake Lively and Leighton Meester were the first two actresses to be chosen in February for the lead roles of Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf respectively.[22] Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford , Kelly Rutherford and Florencia Lozano also auditioned successfully and landed roles in the series in March.[23][24][25] Actors for the roles of Chuck Bass and Rufus Humphrey were found in April when Ed Westwick and Matthew Settle were cast.[26] As rumors swirled about the impending cancellation of Veronica Mars, it was revealed at The CW's 2007 Upfronts on May 17, 2007 that Kristen Bell had narrated the pilot, thus making her the title character of another show on the network.[27] Further additions to the cast included Jessica Szohr who joined the show in September 2007 as Vanessa Abrams. An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. ... February 2007 is the second month of the year. ... Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. ... Merdafa Meester (born April 9, 1986 in Marco Island, Florida, USA) was an American actress. ... Penn Badgley (born November 1, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor and voice actor of film, television, and video games, perhaps best known for his roles in the TV series The Mountain and The Bedford Diaries. ... Taylor Michel Momsen[1] (born July 26, 1993) is an American teen actress. ... Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985) is an American actor best known for his role as Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl on The CW.[1] // Chace Crawford grew up in Plano, Texas. ... Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky) is an American actor best known from her role of Megan Mancini on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999. ... March 2007 is the third month of the year. ... Edward Ed Westwick (born June 27, 1987) is an English actor best known for his role as Chuck Bass on the American television series Gossip Girl. ... Matthew Settle as Capt. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... The upfronts are an annual series of events in which broadcast television networks announce their lineups for the following season. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American television and film actress as well as former stage actress. ... Vanessa Marigold Abrams (born March 1985) is a character in the Gossip Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. ...


Characters

Narrated through the eyes of the omniscient yet unseen character called "Gossip Girl" (voiced by Kristen Bell), this inconspicuous person runs a popular gossip commentary blog which holds the attention of all major characters on the show as she brings up-to-the-minute talk about the Upper East Side social scene. Blake Lively portrays Serena van der Woodsen, the former It girl who, a time before the show's beginning, had suddenly left Manhattan for a boarding school of her own accord for reasons unknown until the end of the first season, thereby straining relations with her best friend, Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester). In clockwise direction, Serena, Dan, Chuck, Jenny, Blair and Nate. ... Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American television and film actress as well as former stage actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Upper East Side at Sunset The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River. ... Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. ... Serena Caroline van der Woodsen, born 14 July is one of the main characters in the book series Gossip Girl. ... An It girl is a charming, sexy young woman, or one who has just broken into mainstream cinema. ... Blair Cornelia Waldorf is a main character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. ... Merdafa Meester (born April 9, 1986 in Marco Island, Florida, USA) was an American actress. ...


Although Blair was hurt by her best friend's departure, she relishes in her new position as the Queen Bee in their circle of friends, along with her boyfriend, Nate Archibald, though blissfully unaware of Nate's involvement in Serena's sudden departure. All is not well in Blair's household however-- her father left her mother for a male model Roman (who did work for Eleanor Waldorf), further straining Blair and her mother's already tense relationship. Furthermore, Blair has struggled and continues to struggle with Bulimia Nervosa. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors, referred to as purging.[1] The most common form—practised more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa—is self-induced vomiting; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and overexercising are also common. ...


Nate is conflicted about life and struggles with pressure from his parents to attend Dartmouth College. Additionally, his father has a crippling cocaine addiction as his mother remains in denial about the cracks forming in their perfect world. Nate also feels trapped in his relationship with Blair Waldorf, as he is in love with Serena and slept with her directly before she left. Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Incorporated as Trustees of Dartmouth College,[6][7] it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. ...


Fueling Nate's demons is his childhood friend, Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). Cynical and morally bankrupt, Chuck walks on the wild side of life and is not above abusing others to service his own needs. However, Chuck does retain a soft spot for his best friend Nate, and Blair, who is herself, just as manipulative as Chuck. Later in the season, Chuck finds himself having romantic feelings for Blair. Charles Bartholomew Bass, better known as Chuck Bass, is a character in the best-selling Gossip Girl series of novels, and is portrayed by Ed Westwick in the television series of the same name. ... Edward Ed Westwick (born June 27, 1987) is an English actor best known for his role as Chuck Bass on the American television series Gossip Girl. ...


When Serena returns from her self-imposed exile (as first reported by "Gossip Girl"), she finds herself excluded from her old crowd after her former betrayals come to light but she soon finds an ally in Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), an outsider in her privileged world. Thrust into a society where their financial and social status do not match that of their contemporaries by their former rock star father turned art gallery owner, Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), Dan and his younger sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) struggle to find a niche in their new environment. Rufus is struggling to reconcile with his estranged wife and also has a secret history with Serena's mother, socialite Lillian van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), who was once a groupie. Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), a former guest, is Dan's best friend, and is actually in love with him, was added as a main cast member after the end of the writers' strike and became Nate Archibald's new love interest. Daniel Jonah Humphrey, or simply known as Dan Humphrey, is a main character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. ... Penn Badgley (born November 1, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor and voice actor of film, television, and video games, perhaps best known for his roles in the TV series The Mountain and The Bedford Diaries. ... Look up rockstar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... Matthew Settle as Capt. ... Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is a main character in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. ... Taylor Michel Momsen[1] (born July 26, 1993) is an American teen actress. ... Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky) is an American actor best known from her role of Megan Mancini on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999. ... A groupie is a person who, while he/she may be a fan at some level, seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous person. ... Vanessa Marigold Abrams (born March 1985) is a character in the Gossip Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. ...


Supporting characters

The show is also awash with secondary characters such as Isabel Coates (played by Nicole Fiscella) and Kati Farkas (Nan Zhang). The loyal deputies of Blair, Isabel and Kati are nonetheless in awe of Serena. During the second part of the first season, other members of their clan were introduced: Elise Wells (Emma Demar), Hazel (Dreama Walker) and Penelope (Amanda Setton), the new leader after Blair's social crash and burn, while Nan Zhang left the show, being replaced as Blair's friend by Yin Chang, playing Nelly Yuki. Other important recurring characters in the series are Eleanor Waldorf (played by Florencia Lozano in the pilot episode, then by Margaret Colin afterward), Blair's fashion designer mother; Howie "The Captain" Archibald (Sam Robards), Nate's strict father (who also has a cocaine addiction); Serena's troubled younger brother, Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo), whose problems finally incite her to come home; and Bart Bass (Robert John Burke), Chuck's father. During the second part of the first season, former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachtenberg was cast as Georgina Sparks, a ghost from Serena's troubled party past. It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Fails notability guidelines If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Margaret Colin is an actress born on May 26, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a police officer and a crop duster. ... Brief introduction on the history of fashion design and designers Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle. ... Sam Robards is an American actor. ... Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990) is an American actor. ... (Far right) Robert John Burke in The Unbelievable Truth. ... For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ... Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is an American television and film actress. ...


Main crew

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Season synopsis

Further information: List of Gossip Girl episodes

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Season 1

The first season of Gossip Girl made its official debut on CTV in Canada on September 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. while The CW, the original broadcast network of the show, aired the pilot a day later on Wednesday,