Gossip Girl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The privileged prep school teens on Manhattan's Upper East Side first learn that notorious party girl Serena van der Woodsen is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives -- from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl's identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. Even Serena's closest and most competitive friend, Blair Waldorf, is surprised to find that Serena has suddenly ended her self-imposed exile to boarding school and returned to Manhattan. This is a world you have to be born into, full of wealth, power, and prestige, keeping track of the constantly shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this complex world isn't easy, but it's what Gossip Girl does best.

Series details

• Title: Gossip Girl
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2007-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The CW
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 567

Cast and credited roles

• Blake Lively — Serena van der Woodsen
• Penn Badgley — Daniel "Dan" Humphrey
• Leighton Meester — Blair Waldorf
• Matthew Settle — Rufus Humphrey
• Ed Westwick — Charles "Chuck" Bass
• Chace Crawford — Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald
• Taylor Momsen — Jenny Humphrey
• Kelly Rutherford — Lillian "Lily" van der Woodsen
• Jessica Szohr — Vanessa Abrams
• Connor Paolo — Eric van der Woodsen
• Kaylee Defer — Ivy Dickens

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-09-19; final listed air date 2008-05-19; episode order: 18.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-09-01; final listed air date 2009-05-18; episode order: 25.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-09-14; final listed air date 2010-05-17; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 2010-09-13; final listed air date 2011-05-16; episode order: 22.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-09-26; final listed air date 2012-05-14; episode order: 24.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-10-08; final listed air date 2012-12-17; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Gossip Girl on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.