based on the popular book series of the same name, this drama gives viewers a
peek into the world of privileged teenagers on an elite private school in new
york city. the story is written by the o.c.'s josh schwartz and stephanie
savage, and directed by mark piznarski who has worked on series like everwood
and veronica mars.
surface's leighton meester and accepted's blake lively have taken the lead roles
in this drama series. they will play blair and serena respectively, rich
manhattan rivals at a private school in new york. the last additions to this new
cw drama are misconceptions taylor momsen, the covenant's chace crawford and the
bedford diaries's penn badgley. their characters are momsen as jenny a 14
year-old and shy girl, nate the good looking boyfriend of blair, and dan the
secret admirer of serena.
e-ring's kelly rutherford and the jury's florencia lozano have both been cast as
the mothers of lead roles serena and blair. rutherford will play the mother of
serena van der woodsen (lively's character), a former ballerina and rock
groupie. meanwhile lozano was cast as eleanor waldorf the mother of blair
waldorf (meester's character). world trade center's conner paolo has been cast
as serena's brother, eric van der woodsen, afterlife's ed westwick has been cast
as chuck bass, and brothers and sisters' matthew settle has been cast as jenny
and dan's father, rufus humphrey.
wikipedia sez: it will first air on september 18, 2007 in canada at 8:00/7:00c
on ctv before premiering in the u.s. a day later on september 19, 2007 at
9:00/8:00c on the cw, following america's next top model.
terrible. i was a big fan of the oc and i had big hopes for this show. not only
was the show not interesting the principal characters were all completely
unlikable. even the "uncool" supposedly relatable character dan was just a step
up from unlikeable clocking it at simply boring. the bitchy for no reason blair
and wannabe rapist chuck just pissed me off. i don't understand how they intend
to make a series where more than half of the principle characters are portrayed
as villains in the pilot.
i also feel sorry for kristen bell for having to pretend anyone would find the
crap she's narrating interesting.