Gossip Girl: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center

The cast and crew of Gossip Girl dish about moving the book series to television and give new perspectives on the show’s characters. This William S. Paley Television Festival evening honors Gossip Girl, the teen soap opera that takes viewers inside the exclusive world of the Upper East Side. Barbara Dixon (director, The Paley Center for Media, Los Angeles) welcomes the audience and introduces Tim Stack (writer, Entertainment Weekly), who moderates the following the panelists: executive producers Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Bob Levy; producer Amy Kaufman; cast members Jessica Szohr (Vanessa Abrams), Taylor Momsen (Jenny Humphrey), Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey), Kelly Rutherford (Lily van der Woodsen), Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass), Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald), Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey), Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf), and Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen); and author of the Gossip Girl book series Cecily von Ziegesar. The panelists discuss the evolution of the series from books to television, the casting process, and Meester’s change of hair colors. Cast members (including Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Blake Lively and Leighton Meester) provide insight into the characters that they portray.