Country of origin United States Original network The CW | No. of episodes 22 | |
Original release September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) – May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) | ||
The third season of Gossip Girl, an American teen drama based upon the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar. Developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Airing on The CW from September 14, 2009 to May 17, 2010 with 22 episodes. The season premiered 2.55 million viewers and a 1.4 Adults 18-49 rating, up 14% in viewers from its season two finale.
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Overall, the season attracted an average of 2.02 million of viewers tuning in each week, with a 1.1 rating in Adult 18-49.
Overview
Spotted: Our beloved Upper East Siders, all grown up. Though high school may be behind most of them, you can be sure a future of love, scandal and, of course, secrets awaits. Based on the best-selling series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, this drama is told through the eyes of an all-knowing blogger—Gossip Girl—who, via constant, avidly read text messages, is determined to uncover and fuel every scandal possible on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where gossip rules, and affluent young people find themselves with the money, access and appetite to explore all the temptations New York City has to offer. Keeping track of the shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world is not easy; that's why there's Gossip Girl.
Ratings
The third season premiere was watched by 2.55 million of viewers, with a rating and share of 1.7/3 in households and 1.4/3 in the 18-49 demographic.
In the Live + DVR Ratings the series has a larger increase. The third episode of the season, "The Lost Boy", in its original airing, it was watched by 2.36 millions of viewers, but with the DVR Ratings the episode scores nearly 3.0 millions of viewers. The fifth episode was watched by 2.36 million of viewers on live broadcast, but with the DVR ratings, the episode scores 2.94 million of viewers.
Celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton personally said this season was "one of his favorites" and he bought 2,000 copies to give away to his blog followers.
This is the least watched season to date, with an average of 2.02 million of viewers tuning in each week and a 1.1 rating in Adult 18-49. In Gibraltar episode four proved the biggest of the series with 238 people tuning in. Two of which were Sazzatron and MThead. Which was down 18% in total viewers from the previous season's 2.48 million, but up 0.2 in Adults 18-49.