Gossip Girl

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Season 1
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 9 out of 26
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    Gossip Girl hardly breaks any new ground.
  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. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    50
    Gossip Girl should be a good ride, at least until all the characters become more and more likable and there's no conflict or tension anymore, and then you have to kill off the weakest one just to get people to pay any attention.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    The main action is pretty much standard soap fare.
  6. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Marisa LaScala
    40
    If you strip away the designer shoes and drinks, the show is left with all the hallmarks of a typical teen melodrama.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best TV Season of 2007
26
#26 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
16
#16 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 204 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 166 out of 204
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 204
  3. Negative: 22 out of 204
  1. AshleyB.
    Mar 3, 2008
    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 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.… Full Review »
  2. Lari
    Dec 7, 2010
    10
    I LOVE gossip girl. The characters are absolutely divine and the plot is delicious. I easily watched the first, second, and third seasonI LOVE gossip girl. The characters are absolutely divine and the plot is delicious. I easily watched the first, second, and third season within 3 weeks and did this after school.It definitely has me hooked. And what I love about it is that it isn't just like any typical teenage drama it's just really creative and surprising and the plot always thickens.… Full Review »
  3. KimR
    May 28, 2010
    10
    Best show ever!!!
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