Gossip Girl Wikipedia. Gossip Girl is an American teen dramatelevision 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 1. December 1. 7, 2. Narrated by the omniscient blogger Gossip Girl, voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the fictional lives of upper class adolescents living in Manhattans 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,1 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,2 is the queen bee of Constance Saint Jude prep schools 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 and aspiring writer Dan Humphrey Penn Badgley, who lives in Brooklyn and is a self described outsider, Nate Archibald Chace Crawford, the so called golden boy, who was Blairs childhood sweetheart and first love, and Chuck Bass Ed Westwick, the womanizing, bad boy heir who is part of Manhattans elite and the king of their chess game. Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene include Dans childhood best friend Vanessa Abrams Jessica Szohr Jenny Humphrey Taylor Momsen, Dans rebellious adolescent sister who the Queen B dubs as Little J Lily van der Woodsen Kelly Rutherford, Serenas mother and heiress, and Rufus Humphrey Matthew Settle, former 9. Lincoln Hawk frontman and Lilys former lover. Rufus is Dan and Jennys father and primary guardian. Top tiers of Romes Colosseum to open to the public. Romes Colosseum has been around for two millennia, but the view from its higher tiers has not been seen for. Directed by Nathan Adloff. With Natalie West, Tyler Ross, Conor McCahill, Gaby Hoffmann. Nate is nineteen. Margaret is fiftytwo. Their odd, quirky, totally working. Watch Nate And Margaret Online Metacritic' title='Watch Nate And Margaret Online Metacritic' />The success of Gossip Girl led to adaptations outside the United States. The show has received numerous award nominations, winning 1. Teen Choice Awards. The CW officially renewed Gossip Girl for a sixth and final season on May 1. The final season, consisting of 1. October 8, 2. 01. December 1. 7, 2. ProductioneditDevelopmenteditThe Gossip Girl book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman Palladino. When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series. As of October 2. 00. Schwartz was working on the pilot. He said I was very skeptical. I dont want to do The O. C. NYC. But I thought the books were smart. The characters are worldly in a way that Orange County kids arent. The characteristics for each character in the pilot were based on the first Gossip Girl book. In January 2. The CW. Production teameditThe O. C. creator Josh Schwartz and fellow writer Stephanie Savage have served as the shows executive producers throughout the series run, followed by Bob Levy and Leslie Morgenstein of Alloy Entertainment, who were assigned in aiding the adaptation of the novels into the series. Following the success of Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls co producer, John Stephens was approached by Schwartz and Savage, having previously worked with him on The O. C., and hired him as an executive producer. Joshua Safran, who started as a writerconsulting producer before becoming co executive producer, was later added as an executive producer. On April 2. 4, 2. NBCs now cancelled musical series Smash. To fill in Safrans void, co executive producer Sara Goodman was promoted to executive producer for the sixth season. Alexandra Patsavas who worked with Schwartz on The O. C. was in charge of the music. Eric Daman was at the head of the costume department he previously had assisted Patricia Field on Sex and the City. CastingeditWhen Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I read it, and I knew I was sort of old to play any of the kids. I called Dawn Ostroff who was the head of The CW at the time and said, Hey, I did so much narration on Veronica Mars, can I narrate this show And she said, Hey, thats a very good idea. They knew I had a younger voice, they liked me and they knew Id show up for work, and I guess that was all I really needed. It was so clear to me how sassy and catty she needed to be. Kristen Bell on how she landed the narration spot of the show1. Featuring nine regular speaking roles, the majority of the ensemble cast was assembled from February to April 2. Leighton Meester and Blake Lively  who started auditioning in December 2. February for the lead roles of Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, respectively. Penn Badgley, who had previously worked with Stephanie Savage on The Mountain,1. Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford, Kelly Rutherford, and Connor Paolo also auditioned successfully and landed roles in the series in March, as did Florencia Lozano who appeared only in the pilot, and was replaced by Margaret Colin. Badgley at first turned down the part of Dan,2. Livelywho planned to attend collegefor the role of Serena. Actors for the roles of Chuck Bass and Rufus Humphrey were found in April when English actor Ed Westwick, and Matthew Settle were cast. Westwick first read for the role of Nate but was then asked to try Chuck. As rumors swirled about the impending cancellation of Veronica Mars, it was revealed at The CWs 2. Upfronts on May 1. Kristen Bell had narrated the pilot, thus making her the title character of another show on the network. Jessica Szohr was signed on to portray the recurring role of Vanessa Abrams and received regular status during the fourteenth episode of the first season. Kaylee De. Fer joined the series in the eighteenth episode of the fourth season and was promoted to series regular for the shows fifth season. At the conclusion of the fourth season, Momsen, who went on an indefinite hiatus during the season while retaining regular billing,2. Jessica Szohr both left the show. Throughout the series run, Connor Paolo consistently declined to elevate his recurring role of Eric van der Woodsen to regular status, citing personal reasons for his decision. After becoming a regular on the ABC series Revenge, Paolo confirmed his departure from Gossip Girl in August 2. 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