How 'Gossip Girl' Is Changing the Way We Watch Television

• Kimmie

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  Yeah!! Gossip Girl back tonight!

  Posted 4/21/2008 [reply] [flag]

• Erin

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  Arrggh! Meant to watch but forgot to record. Actually figured I could just mosey on down at 10pm to see it - but this show is on at 8pm?!

  Posted 4/22/2008 [reply] [flag]

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How Gossip Girl Changes Everything, ZOMG [Gossip Girl]
Published 4/21/2008 by Ryan Tate at Gawker
New York magazine did a cover story/listicle on the importance of Gossip Girl, and this comment is fairly typical of the reader reaction: "I love this article so much. Im 15 and completely obsessed with this show. I have been counting the days till its return for so long." It is indeed a fun article! It's written by admitted fans who once "played hooky from work for an hour and skip-walked all the way from our offices in far west Soho to the East Village to catch a scene of the show being filmed." And it's designed to convert people like, uh, ...

Gossip Girl Stars Strip Down for Sexy Cover Shoot
Published 4/21/2008 by StyleWatch at PEOPLE TV Watch
[image] Move over, Carrie Bradshaw: New York City has fallen in love with a new TV show — Gossip Girl . The obsession becomes official this week, as the stars of the hit CW show strip down to their underwear for the sexy cover of New York magazine, which declares it the “Best. Show. Ever.” The cast members talk about living it up in Manhattan while filming the series — and we find out that the apartment for real-life roommates ...

Published 4/21/2008 by Matt at A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago
... to the scantily clad cast of Gossip Girl, and accompanies it with a lengthy story about the "greatest teen drama of all time." (Um, My So-Called Life? Issac's sure to be impassioned case for the TNBC oeuvre?) Interestingly, neither the adults or Kristen Bell's portrayal of the title voiceover role gets any substantial mention, but there's much to argue here--do so.

Gossip Girl New York Magazine Cover
Published 4/21/2008 by diva at Superficial Diva
... Taylor Momsen, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szhor are all wearing white clothes and looking hot on the latest cover of New York Magazine who proudly presents the show as the ‘most awesomely awesome show ever’. ...

Best Show Ever?
Published 4/21/2008 by Michael K at Dlisted - Be Very Afraid
Replace the cast of " Gossip Girl " with the cast of " Central Park West " and then New York Magazine's cover will ring true! Gossip Girl comes back to television tonight and NY Magazine did some long ass article on why the show is genius. I didn't read the whole article, because it's too early for this shit and I'm only on coffee cup #2. Basically, it lists why the show is one of the greatest teen dramas ever. Blah...blah...we're all entitled to our opinion. It's no 90210! I'll say that much. And isn't this cover shoot a little too racy for that 14-year-old girl in the ...

Gossip Girl Cast On The Cover Of New York Magazine
Published 4/21/2008 by Orange Pixie at Gabby Babble
... The stars of Gossip Girl are on looking hot in white on the cover of New York Magazine. Pictured clockwise from top left: Taylor Momsen, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szhor. Gossip Girl is back on CW at 8 PM tonight!

Why Gossip Girl Leaves Audiences Craving More
Published 4/21/2008 by Carolina at That Other Blog - The Latest Gossip and Entertainment News
Gossip Girl premieres tonight at 8pm on the CW and the amount of marketing that has gone into promoting the return of this show is UNBELIEVABLE. Almost every single entertainment website has devoted an ad square to the show which seems to grow in popularity every second. I know I’ll be catching the show tonight. Meanwhile, amuse yourself with New York Magazine’s fabulous article on the ‘Genius of Gossip Girl’] Antonio Salvador/ [Wenn] ...

“Gossip Girl” New York Magazine April 2008 Article
Published 4/21/2008 by Castina at Pop Crunch
New York Magazine has a published a lenghty profile on the cast of The CW’s primetime teen soap Gossip Girl. Find Out Why NY Mag Is Calling Gossip Girl The Greatest Teen Drama of All Time

Six Reasons that Gossip Girl is the “Most Awesomely Awesome Show Ever”
Published 4/21/2008 by Kelly at Gossip Girl Report
... from NY Mag. Here are the six reasons to love Gossip Girl, according to NY Mag: 1, Because ‘Gossip Girl’ is the Greatest Teen Drama of All Time. 2, Because offscreen, the drama continues. 3, Because ‘Gossip Girl’ is changing the very model of a successful TV show. 4, Because of Blake and Leighton. 5, Because there may really be a Gossip Girl. 6, Because, against all odds, it offers profound social commentary. To read the whole article, click here. Why do you watch? Tags: Gossip Girl, NY Mag ...

The Best Show Ever!
Published 4/21/2008 by justagirl at Sweet Gossip
... Manhattan while filming and Chace Crawford opens up about dating Carrie Underwood. “I wasn’t ready for all that craziness,” he admitted. “I didn’t realize what that was going to entail.” Chace and Carrie recently broke up—gloriously, by text message—but the damage had been done. Paparazzi began following him on errands, someone posted his home address in Chelsea, and every little photo op became a gossip story. Check out the rest of juicey article here.

Three Reasons Why The Gossip Girl Phenomenon Is The Worst. Thing. Ever. [Rants]
Published 4/21/2008 by Richard at Gawker
... . When it was on in the fall, I enjoyed bellowing at the TV, sloshing grape juice around, pleading with Nate and Chuck to kiss (just once!). And I'm looking forward to tonight's return, what with the promise of someone coming out and a Nate/Vanessa 'ship. But! That New York magazine cover story (that our own Ryan Tate ...

Gossip Girl's "Genius" Stars Bare (Almost) All for Sexy Cover Shot! OMFG!
Published 4/21/2008 at X17 Online
Not only is Gossip Girl being declared Best. Show. Ever. by New York Magazine, if this steamy cover shot is any indication, it's also got the sexiest cast ever! Not that the "tangle" pose is anything new, but these young stars are universally gorge. They're apparently also a lot like their alter egos - according to the article there's as much drama offscreen as on, with the cast tangled up as lovers, roommates, friends, frenemies and classmates in real life, too! Check out the mag's flo chart ...

Hyperbole, Thy Name Is New York Magazine
Published 4/21/2008 by TRENT at Pink Is The New Blog
... new episode), Gossip Girl has turned into a huge sensation. I don't recall the show being quite this popular when it was airing last Fall but suddenly, it has become (to quote New York magazine) the Best.Show.Ever. Here is the cover of the new issue of New York magazine which features the white pajama-clad principal Gossip Girl cast and a few photos from the coverstory (titled The Genius of Gossip Girl ) that rambles on and on and on (page after page after page) about how Gossip Girl ...

The Ultimate Gossip Girl Post
Published 4/21/2008 by Miss TLC at {{{ The Wonderful World Of Miss TLC }}}
... taken over the media world. Between a Gap clothing campaign, paparazzi shots of Chace Crawford and Carrie Underwood plastered all over the tabs (when they were dating), rumors of other castmembers dating and acting up around NYC, bloggers going nuts with play-by-plays and previews, dirt on the sudden departure of castmember Nan Zhang (who will supposedly be replaced by another Asian female), a NY Daily News feature on Ed Westwick this past weekend, an AMAZING NY Magazine feature, and TONS of major ad features all over the 'net. ...

Is Gossip Girl The Best Show Ever? It Could Be, If They'd Let It [Kids Today]
Published 4/21/2008 by Dodai at Jezebel
gossipgirl042108.jpg The new issue of New York magazine has an excellent, in-depth, exhaustive story about the TV phenomenon known as Gossip Girl . Jessica Pressler & Chris Rovzar pronounce the show "genius," and they have their reasons. From Helen of Troy to Sixteen Candles to My So-Called Life and Beverly Hills, 90210 , teen drama has always been a genre that thrives. But, explain Pressler and Rovzar, although GG has archetypal characters, the way the story is presented is thoroughly modern. The show is about a blog; it's almost more popular to stream episodes ...

Gossip Girl: Best Show Ever?
Published 4/21/2008 by admin at Bricks and Stones Gossip
... I don’t know if Gossip Girl is the Best Show Ever? You can make up your own mind. Read about the The Genius of Gossip Girl here. Or watch Gossip Girl tonight on the CW at 8 PM tonight! ...

Six Reasons Gossip Girl May be Awesome, and Six Reasons Why It's Just Another Teen Drama
Published 4/21/2008 by david at Jossip
... get angry with each other, spar separately, reunite. 5) Because there may really be a Gossip Girl. Publicists are planting items about a show with a plotline about gossipmongering? CRAZY! 6) Because, against all odds, it offers profound social commentary. True! Young, attractive, rich people like to party and have sex. But certainly don’t interpert any of this to mean we’re not eagerly awaiting the return of Gossip Girl. [NYM] ...

'Gossip Girl' Is Awesomely Awesome
Published 4/21/2008 by soc2006 at A Socialite's Life
... The cast of Gossip Girl grace the cover of the latest issue of New York Magazine and an article inside gushes openly about how it is "the most awesomely awesome show ever" and I'd poke fun at them, except that it's completely accurate. The authors admit to an initial attempt at an ironic love to the show, which gradually evolved into a genuine passion. ...

The Bitches of Westwick
Published 4/21/2008 by Thigh Master at Thighs Wide Shut
... which is larger: the hard-on(e) NY Mag has for Gossip Girl (which returns 2nite) or the one we sport for ...

Does Gossip Girl Deserve the Title of Best Show Ever?
Published 4/21/2008 by PopSugar at POPSUGAR -- Insanely addictive.
... at home and stripped down to their undies for the cover of New York magazine. These kids are no strangers to ...

- GOSSIP GIRL - STARS STRIP DOWN FOR SEXY COVER SHOOT
Published 4/21/2008 by Paps at Blog Media News
... Move over, Carrie Bradshaw: New royalty City has fallen in fuck with a newborn TV exhibit — Gossip Girl. The preoccupation becomes authorised this week, as the stars of the impact CW exhibit field downbound to their underclothing for the horny counterbalance of New York magazine, which declares it the “Best. Show. Ever.” The patch members speech most experience it up in borough patch photography the program — and we encounter discover that the housing for real-life roommates Chace sculpturer and Ed Westwick looks same “any housing mutual by ...

Don't be ashamed
Published 4/21/2008 by Simon Crowe at Mostly Movies
... New episodes of Gossip Girl return tonight; New York Magazine offers a lengthy ode to the show, which is apparently still on thanks to its success on new media platforms and our neverending desire for shows about sexy young people running around NYC. ...

Just How Awesome is GOSSIP GIRL?
Published 4/21/2008 by theTVaddict at the TV addict
... New York magazine may be ready to proclaim GOSSIP GIRL the most “awesomely awesome show ever!” But this TV Addict certainly isn’t. ...

The 'Gossip Girl' OMFG Promo. Sweded. [XXOO]
Published 4/21/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... and, on paper at least, a grown man—whose motor-mouthed showbiz punditry becomes even more red-faced and spittle-flecked when the subject turns to anything Gossip Girl. (The greatest show ever! Just ask the writers of this New York cover story we won't be caught dead reading!) With the show's second-season premiere airing tonight, Rubin unveiled his own Sweded take on the middling teen soap's overtly sexual OMFG marketing campaign. ...

The Gossip Girl Cast In New York Magazine (FULL SCANS)
Published 4/22/2008 by Taylor Blue at TEN Gossip
... read the whole article and it’s some awesome stuff. Gossip Girl has changed life as we knew it…who would ever guess a show about a blog and teens that text message each other would be so popular??? But as a mom, I would never let my tween watch it…forget that! It is my show and my show only! Photos, Article RELATED POSTS: Gossip Girl Cast Does New York Magazine The ...

The More You Know: The second cutest Cosby turns tricks edition
Published 4/22/2008 by John at TiFaux
Rudy Huxtable to play hooker in new Tyler Perry film NY Magazine: The genius of Gossip Girl Scrubs and 30 Rock switch time slots William “She Bangs” Hung is now a math teacher Rachel Dratch no longer unemployed ABC lauches LOSTscape where fans can view clips and interact with iconic items from the series American Idol Jordin Sparks has been struck with a career-threatening thoat injury E! Kristin offers up spoilers on Office, Grey’s, ...

PENN AND JESSICA: WHAT'S THE NEWS?
Published 4/22/2008 by Mary Beth at INF Daily - Gossip Guerillas On Patrol
... We spotted Penn and Jessica filming some outside shots yesterday, love those boots!  Do you think the drama is just related to the set?  Check out what this New York Magazine article had to say about how this scandal-maker of a show is basically the best thing on the airwaves.  ...

Gossip Girl is Back, Average as Usual
Published 4/22/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... , simply by getting Nate to come to dinner at Butter. Really? We couldn't have made her sweat it out for a few weeks and skip some classes and develop a drug habit/eating disorder and do whatever it is angst-y high school misfits do to cope with their problems? (As far as we can tell, Jenny's main "problem" is that her dad is only rich enough to afford a loft in Brooklyn, which is a problem we'd gladly take on.) Anyway, if the show ever hopes to be as good as New York magazine says it is and currently it's not, for the aforementioned plot-management issue and the fact that ...

The Hills is more popular than Gossip Girl
Published 4/23/2008 by Andy Dehnart at reality blurred
... that seems a bit disproprtionate. No one writes as much about CBS' NCIS, which draws about five times as many viewers. Perhaps that's because one show is set in New York and the other in Los Angeles, two places that are convinced that they are not just at the center of the world, but are in fact the entire known universe, which may be the only logical explanation for stories like this one. ...

The Genius of Gossip Girl
Published 4/24/2008 at WOW Report
... them. EVER! As in THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. Forget Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld and Lost (PLEASE can we forget Lost?). It's Gossip Girl, plain and simple. According to the article, GG is (quote, unquote) "the future of television," it is "changing the very model of successful TV," it "GETS New York" unlike any other show, and "because against all odds, it offers profound social commentary." It''s a hell of an article – read it in full HERE. ...

Exclusive Video: Blake Lively Blasts Sexist Gossip!
Published 5/14/2008 at TV Guide - Ausiello Report
Remember that dishy New York magazine cover story on Gossip Girl from a few weeks back that strongly suggested that on-screen frenemies Blake Lively and Leighton Meester can't stand each other in real life? Well, at yesterday's CW upfront, Lively, for the first time, responded to the article, taking specific aim at the allegation that she and Meester "avoid each other like the plague" while on set. The blonde bombshell also discussed this week's pivotal episode, and answered the question on the lips of Gossip Girl fans everywhere: What made Serena think she "killed" that ...

Network Death Watch Underway as Viewers, Advertisers Flee the CW [Changing Channels]
Published 5/16/2008 by STV at Defamer
... Sure, there may be a slight underreporting in Farmer Wants a Wife's .00000003 share, but it's a peccadillo in the scheme of things that mostly involves polishing its new 90210 turd and milking just one more DVD-ready season of Gossip Girl from increasingly skeptical advertisers. We foresee an all-black New York Magazine cover protesting the network's demise and its Best. (If Least Effectual.) Show. Ever. by this time next year — or at least we hope for one: It may be the only way anyone knows the CW died. ...

Gossip Girl Eats Lunch Alone
Published 7/23/2008 at Videogum
... are accompanied by headlines like "A Nasty Piece of Work" and "Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate." That latter phrase was borrowed from the Parents Television Council, which has blasted the series' salacious content since its premiere. "I think it reeks of desperation, if they have to position themselves as so edgy and so controversial that they've been called out by us," said Melissa Henson, PTC director of communications. Yeah, this show with its magazine covers and constant coverage is so desperate. It just reeks of desperation. I heard the show ...