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The six-season show, Gossip Girl, ran from 2007 to 2012 and enjoys a massive fan following. The show’s premise, which is based on a novel of the same name by Cecily Ziegesar, follows the messy lives of a group of wealthy students from the posh Upper East Side of New York.
The show also features a mysterious blogger named ‘Gossip Girl’, who reveals the scandals and complicated high school drama of the rich teenagers. The show has new twists and turns in every episode and reigns supreme when it comes to teen drama, scandalous gossip, satire, and the dynamics of privileged lives.
So, if one has finished watching the CW show, and is craving for something similarly melodramatic, here is a list of 10 such shows that have something similar to Gossip Girl.
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Pretty Little Liars, Riverdale, Emily in Paris, and other exciting shows to watch after Gossip Girl
- Pretty Little Liars
- You
- Riverdale
- Emily in Paris
- Gossip Girl (2021)
- Bridgerton
- Elite
- The Bold Type
- One Tree Hill
- The Carrie Diaries
1) Pretty Little Liars (Available on Prime Video)
There are quite a few similarities between Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, which make it the perfect next watch. Both shows are a teen drama based on a novel. The two shows are similarly set in an upper-class setting. And they even share the same plot of an anonymous person threatening to reveal secrets.
Starring Shay Mitchell, Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, and Lucy Hale, the show is high on drama and mystery (while also serving fashion)—just like Gossip Girl. It’s just the perfect show for binge-watching.
2) You (Available on Netflix)
When the show You came out on Netflix, it quickly became a viral sensation. Starring Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley, the twisted show quickly shifts from the sweet to the sinister.
Centered around a psychopath character Joe, viewers watch with horror as he slyly picks an innocent woman, acts as if he loves them deeply, obsessively stalks them, and then goes on a murderous rampage. The show has a lot of twists and turns, some that stump even Joe as well. This one is for all the Dan Humphrey fans.
3) Riverdale (Available on Netflix)
Based on the iconic Archie Comics, Riverdale is a show that goes much beyond its inspiration. Starring the famous characters - Archie, Betty, Jughead, and Veronica, the show follows their lives in the titular town.
Just like Gossip Girl, the viewer will experience a lot of drama, twists and turns, supernatural forces, and dark secrets about the town. Starring KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, and Cole Sprouse, Riverdale is an addictive watch.
4) Emily in Paris (Available on Netflix)
If fashion, style, and sartorial choices are something that one misses from Gossip Girl, then look no further than Emily in Paris for the next binge-watch. Containing equal parts of fashion and humor, the Netflix show is a light-hearted watch that follows the adventures of a marketing executive Emily Cooper, who moves to Paris as part of her job.
Enthralled by the glitz and glamour of Paris, Emily soon realizes that she also needs to straighten her life and the series highlights her challenges with regards to career, love, and friendships.
5) Gossip Girl (2021) (Available on Amazon Video)
While it has been over a decade since Gossip Girl ended its run, the die-hard fans of the show need not worry, as HBO has its own reboot of the iconic show. Set around the same backdrop of the rich students at Upper East Side, this version is bolder, and displays the persistent presence of technology in our lives.
Produced by the original shows’ co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the reboot also brings back the iconic voice behind ‘Gossip Girl’—Kristen Bell. Enjoy the world of Gossip Girl, yet again.
6) Bridgerton (Available on Netflix)
Even though Bridgerton and Gossip Girl are set in very different timelines, an all-knowing narrator also pervades the Shonda Rhimes show set in Regency-era London. She is known as Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews)
The show follows the wealthy lives of the Bridgerton family and has dollops of love, intrigue, risqué scenes, and drama. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Nicola Coughlan, Simone Ashley, and others, this show is an exciting period drama.
7) Elite (Available on Netflix)
A Spanish teen drama series, this one makes for a great watch. The show has eight seasons and explores the class divide between the rich and poor—much like Gossip Girl—when a few working-class students win a scholarship to an elite school.
The show revolves around the lives of teens at the elite school and adds a touch of mystery when a murder takes place. The show has been praised for its portrayal of topics like homosexuality, classicism, drug use, and crime.
8) The Bold Type (Available on Hulu)
Another show for all the fashionistas, who were enamored by Serena and Blair’s wardrobe from Gossip Girl, The Bold Type is a millennial comic drama about a trio of friends. All three women, work at a magazine called Scarlet (which is based on Cosmopolitan and the life of its former editor-in-chief Joanna Coles).
The show provides a more mature look into aspects like career, love, and friendship. And the problems women must face in their work fields. Yet, this does not dim the spotlight on fashion that runs throughout the show and where many viewers would be similarly inspired like Gossip Girl.
9) One Tree Hill (Available on Hulu)
An iconic show from the aughts. The show stars Chad Michael Murray, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty, and others and is set in the fictional titular town. The show starts with much of the high school drama revolving around relationships and popularity.
But the show also goes past the high school years and portrays characters adjusting in their adult lives, which adds an extra layer of depth. The show is a great watch for those who enjoy high school drama but would also like to see a life beyond it, while also dipping into some early 2000s nostalgia.
10) The Carrie Diaries (Available on Apple TV+)
Set in the 80s, this CW sequel of HBO’s famed Sex and the City, stars Anna Sophia Robb as young Carrie Bradshaw. Just like Gossip Girl, it’s a teen comedy drama and focuses on young Carrie’s life in New York City as an intern.
The show also has its fair share of friend and boyfriend drama and the viewers also get Carrie and Samantha Jones’ first encounter. If one is a fan of Gossip Girl and Sex and the City, then one will surely love it.
The show Gossip Girl is an iconic mainstay of television. And after finishing it, viewers are welcome to watch other similar shows from the list above to feel some much-needed support and satisfaction.
