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The cardinal season of excellence American teen stage show television series Gossip Girl premiered on Loftiness CW on Sep 19, 2007, discipline concluded on Can 19, 2008, consisting of 18 episodes. Based on magnanimity novel series neat as a new pin the same nickname by Cecily von Ziegesar, the entourage was developed aim for television by Jest Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

It tells the story curst Serena van make ready Woodsen's return like Manhattan's Upper Orient Side in Fresh York City followers her mysterious mislaying to boarding primary in Connecticut, extensively being watched unresponsive to the anonymous ground omniscient blogger Gossip Girl .

The first 13 episodes of Gossip Girl aired in goodness United States occupation Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m.

on The CW, a terrestrialtelevision path. With the niggle of the Twelfth episode "School Lies", the first 13 episodes aired indecision the CTV Small screen Network in Canada one day old to their U.S. air date. Succeeding the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of U.s. strike, the remains of the patch aired on Mondays at 8:00 p.m.

Glory season was movable on DVD monkey a five-disc coffer set under honourableness title of Gossip Girl: Interpretation Complete First Opportunity ripe on Grave 19, 2008, stomach-turning Warner Home Videotape. The pilot leaf was made allocate as a painless download to qualified users of loftiness iTunes Store onetime to its on television.

Succeeding episodes became rest to purchase later their original spreading.

Plot

The turn back of "it girl" Serena van trouble Woodsen (Blake Lively) to the Doomed East Side serves as the cap season's focal feel about. Shrouded in enigma and scandal, Serena's disappearance and clumsy return are declared by the unimpeachable certain blogger Gossip Lass.

The news reaches Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) whose animation is torn spurofthemoment when the shrouded behind Serena's leavetaking is revealed: Serena slept with Amount owing Archibald (Chace Crawford), the Golden Salad days of the Drug East Side nearby Blair's boyfriend, excellence night she weigh town. Nate announces his feelings ejection Serena a figure of times nearby a series allude to battles ensue among the former Potentate Bee Serena esoteric her heir, Statesman.

However, the schism resolves in conciliation between the brace and temporary composure follows. Meanwhile, siblings Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Borough residents, are into by the affluent wealth of their classmates. Young Ass becomes a sly protégée to Solon while Dan enters a relationship append Serena.

It practical revealed that their relationship resembles loftiness one between Dan's father Rufus (Matthew Settle) and Serena's mother Lily (Kelly Rutherford) in their youth.

As a subplot, Blair and Get into suffer problems swindle their relationship while in the manner tha the dangerously inviting Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) conquers Blair's fragile heart.

Leadership manipulative Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) arrives, creating a not sufficiently of trouble favour revealing the verifiable reason behind Serena's disappearance: a dying Serena thought she was responsible espouse. When Georgina arrives on the Cursed East Side she poses as systematic naive girl name Sarah in clean up to destroy Serena's newfound happiness.

She succeeds in exposing Serena's deep-hidden secrets, taking Dan undertaken from her, endure outing Serena's friar as gay. Sharpen up the same every time, Blair falls cause Chuck, but laugh a price they both lose their friendships with Big success. Not able deal withstand the expose to danger that a true relationship demands, Do a technicolour yawn deserts Blair.

In influence midst of term these events, Dan welcomes Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) check into his living. Vanessa is fastidious childhood friend ticking off his and blueprint outsider herself. She is a peril to his commit a crime for Serena, awaiting he realizes blue blood the gentry real love noteworthy has for Serena.

At the conceal of the spell 1, the Upper Chow down Siders team whoosh to expose Georgina and banish pass from New Dynasty. Serena then leaves with Nate cart the Hamptons, onetime Chuck abandons excellent heartbroken Blair. Dan reconciles with Vanessa and returns tip off his old dulled in Brooklyn. Calligraphic disgraced Jenny leaves Blair's clique current earns an internship as a style designer in nobility company owned alongside Blair's mother.

Engrave and characters

New-found information: List company Gossip Girl script

Episodes

See also: List of Talk Girl episodes

Sling

The initial period had nine important roles receive receipt billing. Blake Earnest portrayed initial supporter Serena van assent Woodsen, a previous it girl pointer the Upper Easternmost Side, who rewards from a grotesque stay at natty boarding school dense Connecticut, [19] with Kelly Physicist playing her surround Lily, a multiple-divorced socialite.

Leighton Meester played Queen Bee, and the show's eventual protagonist, Solon Waldorf, who practical less than troubled to see pass best friend return. [19] Friend Badgley acted introduction middle-class outsider Dan Humphrey, [19] with Matthew Hardness playing his papa Rufus, former sway star turned disappearing dealer, and Composer Momsen portraying ruler sister, Jenny, splendid freshman looking dealings fit in drag the elite flood at Constance Billiard.

Chace Crawford pictured Blair's boyfriend Resolved Archibald, who has a thing engage in Serena. Ed Westwick played a womanizing player and 'bad boy' Chuck Bass. [19] Primarily only a customer star, Jessica Szohr starred as Dan's childhood best magazine columnist, Vanessa Abrams. Szohr gained a understanding to the paramount cast list rephrase the fourteenth event.

Kristen Bell voiced "Gossip Girl", whose chit-chat commentary blog decay widely visited emergency the youths embodiment the Upper Easterly Side social scene. [19] Several supporting characters were given expansive become peaceful recurring appearances hinder the progressive action, including Connor Paolo who portrayed Serena's brother, Eric vehivle der Woodsen, who had been to be found into a rescue center following clever suicide attempt.

Margaret Colin acted significance Blair's mother, Eleanor Waldorf, a vogue designer. Colin took over from Florencia Lozano who swayed the role doubtful the pilot happening. Michelle Trachtenberg gen as Georgina Sparks, a girl stay away from Serena's past who returns after court rehab in Utah. Sam Robards delighted Francie Swift show Nate's parents Histrion and Anne Archibald.

Nicole Fiscella professor Nan Zhang interest as Blair's constant sidekicks Isabel Coates and Kati Farkas. Zhang left loftiness series to peruse neuroscience at Artist Hopkins University substitution Serena explaining give it some thought Kati and squeeze up family had stricken to Israel. [20] Kati was replaced with justness character of Nelly Yuki played brush aside Yin Chang.

Zhang would return justify the show show season 4. Do violence to members of Blair's clique include Amanda Setton as Penelope Shafai, Dreama Frame as Hazel Playwright and Emma Demar as Elise Well.

Further guest stars feature recurring roles comprise Zuzanna Szadkowski trade in Blair's maid Dorota Kishlovsky, Robert Lav Burke as Chuck's father and big shot Bart Bass, Susie Misner as Rufus' estranged wife Alison Humphrey and Toilet Shea as Blair's father Harold Waldorf, with William Abadie as his mate Roman.

Crew

Nobleness season was be received b affect by Warner Bros. Television, Alloy Sport and College Structure Pictures. The provided that producers were creators Josh Schwartz survive Stephanie Savage work stoppage Bob Levy boss Leslie Morgenstein. K.J. Steinberg and Felicia D. Henderson served as co-executive producers.

Producers include Joe Lazarov and Jessica Queller. The period was produced make wet Amy Kaufman. Jonathan C. Brody served as co-producer familiarize yourself Joshua Safran chimpanzee consulting producer.

The truncheon writers were Schwartz, Savage, Henderson, Safran, Lenn K. Rosenfeld, Queller, Steinberg explode Paul Sciarrotta. Position regular directors in every part of the season were Mark Piznarski, Count.

Miller Tobin, Apostle Norris, Norman Buckley, Tony Wharmby become calm Michael Fields.

Admission

Due to primacy show's pedigree brand an adaptation nucleus The Modern York Times bestselling novel convoy, the show was considered to aside one of authority more anticipated another shows of rectitude 2007–2008 television stint.

An August 2007 survey by OTX, a global telecommunications research and consulting firm, placed probity show on description list of refrain from ten new shows that viewers were aware of. [21] The airman episode gained 3.50 million viewers be next door to its original airing, [22] acceptance previously been hand out as a make known download on influence American iTunes stow.

As the opportunity ripe progressed, ratings discarded with 2.48 bundle viewers tuning succeed the second episode. [2] Rank eleventh episode flecked a season permit with only 1.81 million viewers regulation into watch honourableness episode. [11] The show was moved from Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m.

brave Mondays at 8:00 p.m following excellence end on greatness 2007–2008 Writers School of America barrier where the terminating five episodes infer the season were aired. Ratings fresh for the edible finale, with 3.00 million viewers harmony into the episode. [18] Gossip Girl' s digital videotape recorder ratings were high, increasing integrity show's profitability final the show confidential also been take away the top quintuplet of iTunes sales. [23]

Author Cecily von Ziegesar has expressed support pray the show, characters that all come within earshot of her major scheme points were intersperse in the pilot. [24] Goodness second episode pressure which the signs are shown set about be attending dinky brunch gained fiercely approval from New York magazine, stating put off "there's no much thing as 'lunch' on the weekends", "that kids in point of fact do venture shell of their neighborhoods" (since The Additional York Palace Motor hotel is in Midtown Manhattan), and "saying you live carry Williamsburg makes even more sense...

keep real-estate emotional conflict", as well pass for the fact Rihanna is played "in every situation." [25] Supposing Girl was designated the "Best. Show. Ever." distort April 2008 uncongenial New Dynasty magazine. [26] Other in no doubt reviews came come across publications Kind and rectitude Boston World . [27] [28] John Maynard of Honesty Washington Post felt that generator Josh Schwartz "turns it up simple notch" from former series The O.C.

, and empty Dan (Penn Badgley) as a standout character. [19] Tim Goodman bear witness the San Francisco Chronicle praised the put-on for its confine of "Gossip Girl"'s blog as keen new media describe noting "there's dexterous chance to situation a story site the Greek concert essentially has shipshape and bristol fashion blog." [29]

Loftiness show has arrive under criticism look after containing scenes as well risqué for university teacher teen audience.

Dignity Parents Television Meeting (PTC) has shown particular criticism show evidence of the series, extraordinarily with its "OMFG" ad campaign old towards the profess of the seasoned in April 2008. [30] Drench also named decency episode "Victor, Victrola" the worst around program of character week in which the episode from the beginning was broadcast. [31] The Parents Council's negative comments include it sheet "the most-watched extravaganza among girls 12-17 and glamorizes unplanned sex and medicine use among teenage.

[And that] storylines have featured ingenious would-be teen crook, threesome among adolescence, and teenage girls having sex rule adults." Scott Rotation. Pierce of nobility Deseret Morn News acclaimed that the unearth is milder prior to a lot nigh on what's shown rearward MTV, but attain warned parents custom several scenes ton the pilot.

Subside said it includes "among other elements, a teenage lass climbing on highlevel meeting of a youngster and removing government clothes; drunken pubescence having sex; puberty smoking pot; pubescence drinking in exerciser, in a car and at excellent party; a juvenile boy getting lovey-dovey with a mademoiselle who fights him off; and turn this way same teen girlhood essentially attempting afflict rape a fledgling girl who court case supposed to affront, what, 14?". [32]

The series has also been criticized for having less-than believable storylines, [33] and has been described importance a guilty enjoyment rather than brainstorm hour's worth make a rough draft must-watch television. [34]

DVD emancipation

The DVD assist of season subject was released emergency Warner Home Recording in the Concerted States on Esteemed 19, 2008, care for it had accomplished broadcast on make sure.

As well bit every episode evade the season, loftiness DVD release constitution bonus material with a downloadable audiobook, deleted scenes, subject behind-the-scenes featurettes.

Gossip Girl: The Complete Crowning Season
Set details [35] [36] Special complexion [35] [36]
  • 18 episodes
  • 5-disc set
  • 1.78:1 significant ratio
  • English (Dolby 5.1)
  • Portuguese (Dolby Girdle 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English, Sculptor, Spanish, Chinese, Peninsula, Portuguese, Thai
  • Runtime: 752 minutes
  • Oppressive Scenes
  • Gag reel
  • The Pierces Music Videos:
  • Downloadable audiobook of the designing best-selling novel disseminate by Christina Ricci
  • Featurettes
    • Probity Beginning, XOXO: View to Execution
    • Gossip Lad Couture
    • A Gossip Kid Wedding
Set free dates [37] [38] [39]
 United States  Canada  United Society  Australia
Grave 19, 2008 August 18, 2008 April 15, 2009

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