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Gossip Girl (TV series)

Gossip Girl
The words "gossip girl" written in light yellow on a black background. The letters are lowercase and the letter "p" has an extended descender.
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 (as Gossip Girl)
Opening theme "Steps of The Met" by The Transcenders
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 121 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Josh Schwartz
Stephanie Savage
Bob Levy
Leslie Morgenstein
John Stephens
Joshua Safran (Seasons 1-5)
Sara Goodman (Season 6)
Location(s) New York City
(Manhattan and Brooklyn)
Long Island East End
Running time 39–44 minutes
Production company(s) College Hill Pictures, Inc. (2007-10)
Fake Empire Productions (2010-12)
Alloy Entertainment
CBS Paramount Television (2007-09)
CBS Television Studios (2009-12)
Warner Bros. Television
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network The CW
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19) – December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17)
Chronology
Related shows Valley Girls (2009)
Gossip Girl: Acapulco (2013)
Gossip Girl: Thailand (2015)

Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, 2007, to December 17, 2012. Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the fictional lives of upper-class adolescents living in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

The series begins with the return of Upper East Side teenage it girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a "mysterious absence". Gossip Girl reveals that Serena has been away at boarding school in Cornwall, Connecticut, but not everyone welcomes Serena back to Manhattan with open arms. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), whom creators describe as being "the queen at the center of their chess game," is the queen bee of Constance Saint Jude prep school's social scene. She also happens to be the childhood "best friend" and occasional rival of Serena van der Woodsen. The story also follows scholarship student Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who is a self-described "outsider" from Brooklyn, Blair's first love and the so-called "golden boy", Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), and the "bad boy" heir apparent Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), who is part of "Manhattan's elite" and "the king of their chess game." Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene: Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), Dan's childhood best friend. Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan's adolescent sister who the 'Queen B' dubs as 'Little J'. Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), Serena's mother and heiress, and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), former 90's band 'Lincoln Hawk' frontman and Lily's former lover. He is Dan and Jenny's father and primary guardian. Dorota (Zuzanna Szadkowski) is Blair's primary housekeeper since her youth. Bart Bass (Chuck's father) is a rude and wealthy business man on the upper east side.


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