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RSVP for Gossip Girl's Finale Wedding! | TV Show Previews | 5/18/2008
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for the wedding of Gossip Girl's (8 pm/ET, the CW) Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) and Bart Bass (Robert John Burke). And if you've been following this addictive Upper East Side story, you know the nups will be as OMG-inducing as the rest of the teen drama's freshman season. "The wedding does happen," assures exec producer Stephanie Savage. "Just not without complications." Or glamour: The bride is wearing Vera Wang, the cake is from New York's baker extraordinaire Sylvia Weinstock and real-life socialite Lydia Hearst is on the episode's guest list. But what of our favorite tortured teens? "It's a very emotional episode," Savage says. "There are makeups and breakups for the major couples." XOXOh-no!See what the show's stars have to say about the show in our exclusive video interviews! read more
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O.D. on The O.C. with Gossip Girl's BFF, Josh Schwartz | The Joy of Sets | 11/26/2007
Welcome to my column about The O.C., bitches! OK, I promise, last time I ever use that line in any variation. But I had to this time because The O.C.- The Complete Series box set hits the shelves this week and I’ve got none other than the master, Josh Schwartz, talking about the show, the set and the new gigs he’s got that ya’ll need to get with if ya ain’t already. OK, I am loving Gossip Girl.Cool!But first, we must talk about The OC box set.Yes, we do. [Laughs]What did you get to do with The Complete Series set that wasn’t in the previous seasons?Well, the first thing I got to do was really dorky: I finally put the first season in wide-screen, which had never been done before. But mostly, it’s the idea of having the entire series in one cool looking box.The box is gorgeous.The box is gorgeous. It’s like four years of your life—and of my life—in one box and we loaded it up with bonus features, scenes, behind-the scenes stuff, bloopers,... read more
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CW at TCA: Sophomore Success? | Roush Dispatch | 7/20/2007
It took a year, but the CW (the network cobbled together from the ashes of the WB and UPN) is finally starting to look like a real network, albeit one aggressively and obsessively focused on the 18-34 youth market. Which no doubt is causing more than a few existential crises among those longtime vets of the TCA press tour who said goodbye to that demo a while ago.Dawn Ostroff, the network’s relentlessly perky entertainment president, took a “no regrets” approach to her upbeat presentation Friday morning. She’s serious about tapping into trends with her programming and with various online/digital offshoots (especially where the new teen soap Gossip Girl is concerned), but otherwise, there’s something kind of refreshing about a network that doesn’t take itself too seriously.There was loud laughter in the room during clips of the CW’s various lightweight reality shows, including a first look at the new twist on guilty-pleasure fave Beauty and the... read more
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CW Announces Its Fall Lineup | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/17/2007
On Wednesday night, CW's top-rated series, America's Next Top Model, showed double-digit growth last season and was the No. 1 show in its time slot with women 18-34. Next season, America's Next Top Model will stay in its 8-9 pm berth, followed by the new drama Gossip Girl from 9-10 pm. From The O.C. producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl is based on the best-selling young-adult book series of the same name. The show features an ensemble cast of new and veteran actors, including Blake Lively (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Leighton Meester (Surface), and chronicles the struggle for social supremacy among teens in a posh Manhattan prep school. The fun, sexy and dramatic hour is a perfect companion piece for Top Model's strong female audience, making Wednesday "Girls Night In" on The CW. On Thursday — television's most competitive night — Smallville and Supernatural deliver a solid mix of male and female viewers. On Friday, the wildly popular... read more
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O.C.-free Josh Schwartz Sires Another Pilot | Today's News: Our Take | 1/4/2007
Fresh off the news that Fox will air The O.C.'s series finale on Feb. 22, and that series creator Josh Schwartz has booked a pilot at NBC, comes word that Schwartz, with fellow O.C.er Stephanie Savage, has received a green light from the CW for a second pilot. This one, titled Gossip Girl, is based on a series of books, and concerns the world of New York City teens and their parents, as told through the eyes of a blogger. read more
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