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• The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, 2007 to December 17, 2012
• Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the fictional lives of upper-class adolescents living in Manhattan's Upper East Side
• The series begins with the return of Upper East Side teenage it girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a "mysterious absence"
• Gossip Girl reveals that Serena has been away at boarding school in Cornwall, Connecticut, but not everyone welcomes Serena back to Manhattan with open arms
• Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), whom creators describe as being "the queen at the center of their chess game," is the queen bee of Constance Saint Jude prep school's social scene
• She also happens to be the childhood "best friend" and occasional rival of Serena van der Woodsen
• The story also follows scholarship student Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who is a self-described "outsider" from Brooklyn, Blair's first love and the so-called "golden boy", Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), and the "bad boy" heir apparent Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), who is part of "Manhattan's elite" and "the king of their chess game
• " Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene: Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), Dan's childhood best friend
• Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Dan's adolescent sister who the 'Queen B' dubs as 'Little J'
• Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), Serena's mother and heiress, and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), former 90's band 'Lincoln Hawk' frontrunner and an independent art gallery owner in Manhattan