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Gossip Girl is an American drama television series based on the popular book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger "Gossip Girl," the series revolves around the lives of socialite teenagers growing up on New York City's Upper East Side who attend elite academic institutions while dealing with friends, family, jealousy, and other issues.

The series first aired on September 18, 2007 in Canada on CTV before premiering in the U.S. a day later on The CW. The show received the first full season order of 18 episodes of the 2007/2008 television season of the five major broadcast networks in October 2007. Following the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Gossip Girl returned on Monday, April 21, 2008 to close the first season. The CW has renewed the show for a third season expected to air in the fall of 2009.

The ensemble cast of Gossip Girl features nine regular speaking roles and was gathered from February to April 2007. For the television adaptation, the creators initially chose Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, Nate Archibald, Chuck Bass, Dan Humphrey, Jenny Humphrey, Lily van der Woodsen, Rufus Humphrey to be the main focus of the series. Blake Lively and Leighton Meester were the first two actresses to be chosen in February for the lead roles of Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. respectively. Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford, Kelly Rutherford, Connor Paolo and Florencia Lozano were cast as Dan Humphrey, Jenny Humphrey, Nate Archibald, Lily Van der Woodsen, Eric Van der Woodsen, and the original Eleanor Waldorf, respectively. In April, Ed Westwick and Matthew Settle were cast as Chuck Bass and Rufus Humphrey. On May 17, 2007, it was revealed that Kristen Bell narrates the series as Gossip Girl.

During the Writers' Strike, Jessica Szohr who joined the series as a recurring guest star in September 2007 was moved to the main cast midseason as Vanessa Abrams.