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Gossip Girl: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 12
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Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 122 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Creator: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage
  • Show Type: Returning Series
  • Season 1 premiere date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Episode Length: 60
  • Air Time: 08:00 PM
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 9 out of 26
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Cristina Kinon
    88
    While it remains to be seen if Gossip Girl will take the plot plunge "The O.C." did after its first season, the beginning here is encouraging.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    60
    The prep-school soap opera Gossip Girl is not as good--that is, not as bad, not quite so fabulously trashy--as the best-selling series of young-adult novels on which it's based.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    30
    I don't care whether Serena (Blake Lively) and Blair (Leighton Meester) can ever be best friends again after what happened with Blair's boyfriend before Serena ran off to boarding school is not just because I'm an old fart.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 63
  3. Negative: 11 out of 63
  1. AshleyB.
    10
    I think this show is a good pass time, hard to keep up with if you don't watch it fully, which makes for a good mystery, Gossip Girl is exactly how Gossip is, treacherous, dangerous, and scandalous. It's a great show, the cast is great, no acting problems what so ever. Though the plot lines could be more diverse, but that is just me.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. lolawonderly
    4
    This show needs to be cancelled before all sanctity is lost. I've been watching Gossip Girl since season 1, and have enjoyed it (for the most part) since. After a lousy season 3, I was pleasantly surprised when season 4 presented some interesting story lines. Season 5 has been a train wreck (okay, car wreck to follow suit of the show's most repeated tragedy), to say the least. The plot has become repetitive, everyone has dated everyone, and, as far as I'm concerned, the show's only redeeming quality at this point is its wardrobe. Unless you are a teen girl vying for a little bit of drama outside your world of homework and after-school lacrosse practice, I'd recommend skipping it, you're definitely not missing out. If you have watched previous seasons and feel guilty for abandoning the show, do what I do: read the recaps, watch the promos for the next week and save yourself 35 minutes of disappointment.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JuanitaM.
    2
    Disappointing.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes

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