Gossip Girl is an American
television teen drama inspired by the popular
novel series of the same name, written by
Cecily von Ziegesar.
Gossip Girl satirizes and revolves around the lives of socialite young adults growing up on
New York City's
Upper East Side who attend elite academic institutions while dealing with sex, drugs, jealousy, and other teenage issues.
The series first aired on September 18, 2007 in Canada on
CTV before premiering in the U.S. a day later on September 19, 2007 on
The CW, following
America's Next Top Model.
["Fall 2007 Premiere Dates," CTV, August2007. Retrieved on September 1, 2007] The premiere episode also became available on the
iTunes Store as a free download on September 14, 2007, four days before the series' debut. The show received the first full season order of 18 episodes of the 2007/2008 television season of the five major broadcast networks when The CW picked it up in October 2007.
returned on Monday, April 21, 2008, with five new episodes to follow.
announced on March 3, 2008 that
Gossip Girl would return for a second season consisting of 24 episodes.
In Canada, CTV will send the series down to the relaunched
A-Channel for the second season, Sundays at 8:00 p.m. E/P.
