<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Gossip Girl episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The sixth and final season of the American teen drama television series Gossip Girl premiered on The CW on October 8 and concluded on December 17, 2012, consisting of 10 episodes . Based on the novel series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, the series was developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage . The CW officially renewed the series for a sixth season on May 11, 2012 . The series finale was preceded by a special retrospective, including interviews with the cast and crew . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Main cast (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen </Li> <Li> Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf </Li> <Li> Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey </Li> <Li> Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald </Li> <Li> Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass </Li> <Li> Kaylee DeFer as Ivy Dickens </Li> <Li> Kelly Rutherford as Lily Humphrey </Li> <Li> Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey </Li> <Li> Kristen Bell as Gossip Girl (uncredited) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <H3> Recurring cast (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Sofia Black D'Elia as Sage Spence </Li> <Li> Robert John Burke as Bart Bass </Li> <Li> Barry Watson as Steven Spence </Li> <Li> Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks </Li> <Li> Yin Chang as Nelly Yuki </Li> <Li> Tamara Feldman as Poppy Lifton </Li> <Li> Zuzanna Szadkowski as Dorota Kishlovsky </Li> <Li> Alice Callahan as Jessica Leitenberg </Li> <Li> Nan Zhang as Kati Farkas </Li> <Li> Margaret Colin as Eleanor Waldorf </Li> <Li> William Baldwin as William van der Woodsen </Li> <Li> Sam Robards as Howard Archibald </Li> <Li> Desmond Harrington as Jack Bass </Li> <Li> Wallace Shawn as Cyrus Rose </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <H3> Special guest cast (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen </Li> <Li> Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey </Li> <Li> Michael Bloomberg as himself </Li> <Li> Lisa Loeb as herself </Li> <Li> Ella Rae Peck as Lola Rhodes (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Katie Cassidy as Juliet Sharp (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Willa Holland as Agnes Andrews (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Rachel Bilson as herself (uncredited) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

When did season 6 of gossip girl come out