“Gossip Girl,” which relates the adventures of young New York socialites, is back, dressed in all the finery HBO Max has calculated it’s worth springing for (quite a bit). (You can watch all six seasons of the original “Gossip Girl,” which ran on The CW from 2007 to 2013, on HBO Max as well.) But this “Gossip Girl” is not as powerful a charm machine as its predecessor, even with first-series writer and executive producer Joshua Safran in charge. AdvertisementAs one would expect in 2021, especially in a series pitched to youth, new “Gossip Girl” is ethnically and sexually diverse. The first “Gossip Girl” was a phenomenon, a show in which the mayor, a New York Times theater critic, a Real Housewife, a famous fashion designer or pop singer were liable to drop in as themselves.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 08, 2021 13:02 UTC