"Gossip Girl" follows the scandals and schemes of socialite teenagers on Manhattan's Upper East Side. "Gossip Girl" airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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Set at an exclusive prep school, the show exposes the intrigues of the young and the privileged, as seen through the eyes of Gossip Girl, the show's heard-but-not-seen narrator. When Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) suddenly returns from boarding school to reclaim her spot as alpha female, Gossip Girl blogs into high gear, stirring up trouble and creating division within a circle of backbiting friends. Not even Serena's supposed best friend Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) can avoid the rumormongering, as she has no intention of living in anyone's shadow. Throw in Blair's stormy relationship with boyfriend Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) and Nate's growing rivalry with best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), and you have a recipe for high drama and low morals.

"Gossip Girl" airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW