NYC Prep: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Bravo | Season Premiere Date: June 23, 2009

Starring: SebastiAn, Jessica, Kelli

Summary: Bravo takes the concept of "Gossip Girl" and follows the lives of a real group of private high school kids in New York City.

Creator: Matt O'Brien

Genre(s): Drama, Reality, Game Show

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Charitable to a Fault
Air Date: August 11, 2009
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S1:E7. Ivy League of Their Own
Air Date: August 4, 2009
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S1:E6. Guest of Guests
Air Date: July 28, 2009

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David Hinckley

Underneath it, we also see kids. Yes, rich kids, but also insecure kids coping with the universal dramas of teenagers. That may be the most engaging part of NYC Prep. Read full review

Verne Gay

Yes, cliches about wealth and privilege abound and are confirmed, or perhaps further embedded....But NYC Prep is so eager to establish a kinship with "Gossip Girl" that it's forgotten to tell much of a story. Read full review

Troy Patterson

It is both an active agent of moral depravation and a total hoot. Read full review

Tom Shales

If only these little dears were fascinating, or at least more interesting than they are on the first installment. From the looks of the previews at the end of the hour, things will be heating up in future episodes, and the first might be viewed as a scene-setting preface to battles, tattles and conspiracies to come. Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

NYC Prep is the reality version of "Gossip Girl" for those who take "Gossip Girl" a little too seriously--and don't mind that real prep school kids are far less witty and fascinating than the scripted ones. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The main problem with NYC Prep is that the show never gets better than its title--lacking the sociological insight to score as a documentary or the hyper-real situations and "characters" that would make it sizzle as a soap. Read full review

Ellen Gray

Thanks to a collection of well-off New York adolescents whose parents really should have known better, the NBC Universal-owned cable network's out to convince us that those kids from "Gossip Girl" are real. As if anyone would want them to be. Read full review

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JessaT

Jul 29, 2009

I find it interesting. Since I am a teenager also growing up in a large city, I feel that I can relate to many of the characters. And I have to say, even though it might be a disappointment to some, the show is very realistic. These teens lead the same fake and pressured lives that many of I find it interesting. Since I am a teenager also growing up in a large city, I feel that I can relate to many of the characters. And I have to say, even though it might be a disappointment to some, the show is very realistic. These teens lead the same fake and pressured lives that many of us private school kids do. Some of them actually handle it quite well.… Expand