Gossip Girl

Did anybody watch the show Gossip Girl on The CW on Wednesday night? I missed it, but I’m hoping I can find a re-broadcast somewhere, because it looks really interesting! It’s the second show I know of this season where a character is blogging, the other is a show on Nickelodeon, although I think that one might have the character run a
website, not a blog. Anyway, Gossip Girl is the story of young a socialites growing up on New York’s Upper East Side who attend an elite prep school, and are surprised when their friend Serena suddenly reappears after a stint at boarding school. They learn about her return to Manhattan from reading the blog of ultra-secret “Gossip Girl”, voiced by former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell.

Other characters include Dan and Jenny, middle-class kids who are always on the fringe, attending prep school at the insistence of their father, a former rocker turned art-gallery owner, who has a history with Serena’s mother, who is hiding her former years spent as a dancer and rock groupie. When Dan meets Serena, he finds himself immersed in a whole new world, much to the chagrin of his other friends. Oh, and the character of Jenny is played by Taylor Momsen, who you might remember as Cindy Lou-Who in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. If you go to the CW/Gossip Girl site, and click on cast, you might be surprised to see what Taylor Momsen looks like now that she’s all grown up. No buck teeth and crazy Who-hair, that’s for sure.

Gossip Girl is filmed in New York and is based on the young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. I love Young Adult novels, I love blogging obviously, and I do love hearing gossip, although I try not to spread it here on my blog. I think this could be the next big show like The O.C. or Veronica Mars, so I’m keeping next Wednesday night open to catch the next new episode of Gossip Girl!