Country of origin United States Original network The CW | No. of episodes 10 | |
Original release October 8 (2012-10-08) – December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17) |
The sixth and final season of Gossip Girl, an American teen drama based upon the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar and developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, aired between October 8 and December 17, 2012. The CW officially renewed the series for a sixth season on May 11, 2012. The series consisted of 10 episodes with a special retrospective, which was the shortest of all seasons.
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Production
On May 11, 2012, the series was picked up for a short sixth and final season expected to air during the Fall of 2012, beginning on October and concluding on December 17. On May 17, 2012, with the reveal of The CW's 2012–13 television schedule, Gossip Girl stayed on Monday night and moved to the 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central timeslot following the fifth season of 90210. It was announced on July 30, 2012 that the sixth season will have 10 episodes.
On April 25, 2012, it was confirmed that former showrunner and executive producer Joshua Safran left the show as he'll be the new showrunner of NBC's Smash. On May 11, 2012, writer Sara Goodman was promoted to executive producer.
On October 29, the fourth episode of the season, Portrait of a Lady Alexander, was rescheduled for November 5, due to Hurricane Sandy.
Cast
Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Kaylee DeFer, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle all returned as series regulars. Michelle Trachtenberg got upgraded to a guest-starring role for this season. Former recurring star, Desmond Harrington and Robert John Burke are also returning as guest stars for the season.
On July 7, 2012, actress Andrea Gabriel, best known for her role on Lost, had been cast as a businesswoman from Dubai. 7th Heaven alum Barry Watson landed a guest-starring role as young entrepreneur Steven Spence who will quickly sweep Serena off her feet.
Zap2it noted the appearance of British model Alexa Chung. Chung will be playing herself in story that involves Blair's new fashion line. Former Skins star Sofia Black D'Elia has been seen filming scenes with Blake Lively for the upcoming new season. She plays the role of Sage Spence, Steven's daughter.
Former Gossip Girl guest stars Tamara Feldman and Yin Chang have been reported to return to the show for its final season as Poppy Lifton and Nelly Yuki respectively.
Taylor Momsen and Connor Paolo will reprise their roles as Jenny Humphrey and Eric van der Woodsen for the series finale, who have not been seen since their departures in season 4.
Kristen Bell, Rachel Bilson, Katie Cassidy, Ella Rae Peck, Willa Holland, Lisa Loeb, Michael Bloomberg and Jessica Szohr had cameo roles in the series finale.