Based on the novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL is created by the makers of The O.C. – Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

This successful new US series welcomes you to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where gossip rules and affluent prep-school students find themselves with the money, access and appetite to explore all the temptations New York City has to offer.

Based on the best-selling series of young-adult novels, Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace
Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick with Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle.

The privileged prep school teens learn that Serena van der Woodsen (Lively) is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives: from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. Even Serena’s closest friend, Blair Waldorf (Meester), doesn’t welcome her mysterious return to Manhattan with open arms.

One thing is for sure, when Serena was out of the picture, Blair enjoyed her time in the spotlight, and she has no intention of going back to living in Serena’s shadow. The tension between the pair isn’t lost on anyone in this crowd, who live for gossip and scandal – along with fashion, shopping and partying in Manhattan’s trendiest hotspots.

Gossip Girl will air on ITV2 in the New Year.