<P> Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar . The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, 2007, to December 17, 2012 . Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the fictional lives of upper - class adolescents living in Manhattan's Upper East Side . </P> <P> The series begins with the return of Upper East Side teenage "it" girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a "mysterious absence". Gossip Girl reveals that Serena has been away at boarding school in Cornwall, Connecticut, but not everyone welcomes Serena back to Manhattan with open arms . Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), whom creators describe as being "the queen at the center of their chess game," is the queen bee of Constance Saint Jude prep school's social scene . She also happens to be the childhood "best friend" and occasional rival of Serena van der Woodsen . The story also follows scholarship student and aspiring writer Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who lives in Brooklyn and is a self - described "outsider", Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), the so - called "golden boy", who was Blair's childhood sweetheart and first love, and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), the womanizing, "bad boy" heir who is part of "Manhattan's elite" and "the king of their chess game ." Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene include Dan's childhood best friend Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr); Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan's rebellious adolescent sister who the' Queen B' dubs as' Little J'; Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), Serena's mother and heiress, and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), former 90's band' Lincoln Hawk' frontman and Lily's former lover . Rufus is Dan and Jenny's father and primary guardian . </P> <P> The success of Gossip Girl led to adaptations outside the United States . The show has received numerous award nominations, winning 18 Teen Choice Awards . The CW officially renewed Gossip Girl for a sixth and final season on May 11, 2012 . The final season, consisting of 10 episodes, premiered on October 8, 2012, and ended on December 17, 2012 . </P> <P> The Gossip Girl book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman - Palladino . When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series . As of October 2006, Schwartz was working on the pilot . He said: "I was very skeptical . I don't want to do The O.C. NYC . But I thought the books were smart . The characters are worldly in a way that Orange County kids aren't ." The characteristics for each character in the pilot were based on the first Gossip Girl book . In January 2007, the show was given the green light by The CW . </P>

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