Did you catch the premier of Gossip Girl on The CW on the 19th? I’ve been seeing ads for it everywhere and was curious to see what it was about. I missed the premier but took a look at the Gossip Girl website.
The Gossip Girl is a new television series that is based on the novel series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. Its produced by Josh Schwartz, who was the producer of O.C., and Stephanie Savage. It is a dramatic series that follows the lives of three enormously wealthy socialites living in the Upper East Side of New York who are dealing with teenage issues of life.
The lives of these elite and vicious friends are complicated by The Gossip Girl. Its a mystery as to who The Gossip Girl really is. She’s one of them, but which one? She narrates the show while observing the lives of the characters in the show. At the same time she’s keeping a blog about the characters in the show and the events in their lives. The blog throws fuel of the fires of the dramas in the lives of the characters. The blog and the narrator are primary characters in the show even though no one knows who The Gossip Girl is. Her identity is a mystery.
The other main characters in the show are the three best friends, Serena van der Woodsen (played by Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester), and their shared romantic interest, Nate Archibald (played by Chace Crawford). Then there are Dan (played by Penn Badgley) and Jenny Humphrey (played by Taylor Momsen) who are not in the same social class but who are on the outside looking in. Even though they don’t run in the same circles, they are still part of the lives of the primary three characters.
I’ve heard that music will be a highlight of the show including songs by Rihanna, the Mooney Suzuki, Hanson, Amy Winehouse, Angel & Airwaves and more. That’s pretty impressive. The show is supposed to have outstanding music integrated into the story. Its also supposed to be a running fashion show.
