The final scene of the show implies that the title of gossip girl has passed on to a new generation while the camera pans over expies of dan, chuck, blair and serena respectively. With all television today, the more scandalous and provocative a show can be, the more viewers are likely to watch the next week. The revelation that dan lonely boy humphrey was gossip girl all along was a fitting end to the show, in the sense that it was an incomprehensible mess best enjoyed as selfparody. Blairchuck rushed to their happy ending, while dan was revealed to be gossip girl which at this point was the only thing that made sense. I am a huge fan of the gossip girl tv show, and usually books are far better than the movietv adaptations. While some of the major plot points remain intact, the creators of this show took some serious liberties with the source. The episode serves as the tenth episode of the sixth season and the shows 121st episode overall. No, this isnt just some elaborate plan orchestrated by georgina sparks. This resulted in a spinoff series, the it girl, which followed her boarding school adventures dont you worry, i made sure to read this series not once, but twice. After six seasons, more than 120 episodes and dozens of upscale manhattan shindigs, the cw said goodbye to gossip girl for. Hbo max warnermedias new streaming service is hooking us up with a gossip girl reboot. In the books, chuck has an actual monkey for a pet.
Gossip girl has been a long, lovely, lascivious road and it all comes to an end tonight after six seasons, the series that taught us about fashion, friends, and fake smiles will. A lot of people were pleased with the end games in the series but for all the fans out there who werent this is for you. Gossip girl series finale spoilers chuck and blair. We saw a glimpse this year of her philanthropic powers. Based on the series of young adult books of the same name, fans watched a group of high schoolers from new york struggle to stay at the top of the social ladder while stabbing one another in the back one week and teaming up the next. In the tv show serena has a very brief fling with dan. See the complete gossip girl series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Gossip girl was based off her experience growing up in new york city back in the 80s, but with a modern day spin. Gossip girl reboot news, cast, trailer, date, spoilers. Gossip girl was one of the first shows whose dvr and itunes numbers were higher than.
It has also been adapted into a tv series airing on the cw and ctv. These are the main differences between the gossip girl books and tv show. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged socialite teenagers at the constance billard school for girls, an elite private school in new york citys upper east side. New york magazines jessica pressler and chris rovzar, but it never revealed the identity of the anonymous and allknowing gossip girl who narrates the show. A novel gossip girl series paperback april 1, 2002. At the end of the day, all of them schemed their way through six seasons and somehow stuck together in the end and as chuck put it, gossip girl was nowhere to be seen following chairs. A new cover for the gossip girl book series, featuring blair and serena from the tv series. Buy a cheap copy of take a chance on me gossip girl. Even though we can rewatch the series over and over again on netflix, we still find ourselves craving all. The series, aimed toward young adults, is a spinoff from the bestselling gossip girl series. The new gossip girl is coming to television and we are. Welcome to new york citys upper east side, where my friends and i live, go to school, play, and sleep sometimes with each other.
Especially with the age demographic that gossip girl specifically targets. In this list, you can check all the books mentioned in the american tv show gossip girl 2007 2012. Hbo max says the new gossip girl will address just how much social mediaand the landscape of new york itselfhas changed in the. Major spoilers from mondays series finale of gossip girl.
Whether you read the books, watched the tv show, or both, gossip girl. During her freshman year at constance billard school for girls, an exclusive private school in new york city, jenny got a few modeling jobs and. Gossip girl you know you love me all i want is everything because im worth it bbonds with j over breast size just a few fries and some ketchup, please, jenny humphrey told irene, the onehundredyearold. Jenny humphrey serves as the series central character.
If you think about it, the plot can be easily extended, for example, a new school and its new story, a new release and new heroes. Gossip girl wrapped nearly four years ago, and we still miss it. Written by stephanie savage, and directed by mark piznarski, the series finale originally aired on the cw television network the cw in the united states on december 17, 2012. The story has been developing for 5 years 20022007 and in 2007 the twelfth book, a prequel to the gossip girl series, was published. In the books, however, serena is the one jenny pines after, and she has much less regard for blairs existence. Gossip girl represents the books well for old fans, while still intriguing the new audience. Gossip girl was an incredibly successful cw show that ran for six seasons, receiving numerous awards and nominations along the way. Here are the characters as they are in the gossip girl novels. The carlyle triplets have made a lot of new friends in manhattanand more than a few enemies.
With all of the previous gossip girl the carlyles books, and the it girl books which feature jenny humphrey, on offer too, now is the time to give them a. A television series like gossip girl is built on its romantic pairings and scandals. Click the link below to add your comments to this entry. I purchased book 1 and was really looking forward to it.
The new gossip girl is coming to television and we are so excited. Gossip girl series finale recap the hollywood reporter. Few tv shows are able to maintain their quality throughout their runs, gossip girl included, so all i really wanted from the dec. While jenny did end up leaving the tv show, her departure in the books occurred at the end of the series when she went off to boarding school. It spawned two spinoff book series, the it girl and gossip girl.
Because of this, many fans were unable to keep up and still get some things wrong. Lets hope that cbs network will want to extend the story for us for a few more seasons. In general, the authors and directors have something to think about, perhaps its a good idea to shoot gossip girl season 7. The writing style was pretty poor and really immature even for a ya novel. Its crazy to think how far some aspects of the tv show have deviated from the original ideas in the book series, but clearly, i dont discriminate when it comes to gossip girlthey are both excellent. Serena is a powerful force in the new york social scene. Memoirs of an invisible dan 17 oct after much deliberation, dan decides to gather serena, blair, nate, chuck, rufus and lily to reveal the truth about his book in the hope that they will support him at his book party. Gossip girl had many memorable posters during its six seasons on the cw, so lets unpack what they reveal about the popular teen drama.
Gossip girl season 7, news and rumors release date hub. Tonight, fans of the cw hit soap heard those words for the last time ever, as gossip girl ended its sixyear run with new york, i love you xoxo, an epic final filled with. Gossip girl is known for its many surprising storylines and twists. Dan and serena are on again off again throughout the entire series and end up getting married. Were you expecting a little more from last weeks excellent, but mostly scandalfree, season finale of gossip girl.
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