Gossip Girl is an American drama television series based on the
book series of the same name written by
Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by
Josh Schwartz and
Stephanie Savage, and premiered on
The CW on September 19, 2007. On February 24, 2009 The CW renewed the show for a third season.
Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by
Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the lives of privileged teenagers attending an elite private school in New York City's
Upper East Side.
The series begins with the return of
Serena van der Woodsen (
Blake Lively) from a mysterious stay at a boarding school in Connecticut.
(
Leighton Meester), who creators describe as the queen at the center of their chess game,
is a longtime friend and occasional rival of Serena's, and the
Queen Bee of
Manhattan's social scene.
The story also follows
Chuck Bass (
Ed Westwick), the resident bad boy of the Upper East Side,
Nate Archibald (
Chace Crawford), Chuck's best friend, and certain outsiders who become part of the turbulent
Manhattan scene:
Dan Humphrey (
Penn Badgley), Nate's friend and Serena's on-again, off-again ex;
Vanessa Abrams (
Jessica Szohr), Dan's best friend; and Dan's ambitious sister
Jenny (
Taylor Momsen).
Production
Episode format
Every episode begins with the blog page of the Gossip Girl's blog with Serena's picture from the
pilot episode. Afterwards a recap of events relevant to the upcoming narrative is shown, which ends again with the blog page, only this time with a picture from other character(s) with a text about a recent event connected with the picture.
