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Hey Young Lady! Did You Watch "Gossip Girl" Last Night?

Last night saw the debut of the CW's "Gossip Girl," which some media outlets have called "the most important TV show ever." But how did it play with its target audience right here in Manhattan? We sent Josh and Richard Blakeley to investigate.

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As Tears Go By: "Kid Nation"


You catch the new CBS reality show "Kid Nation" last night? Its detractors have likened it to child labor and suggested that the children in the show might have been exploited and left vulnerable and unprotected in an abandoned New Mexico town. We don't really know all the facts, because we haven't really cared enough to read any of the articles all the way to the end. Also, we didn't watch the show. We did, however, put together a montage of all the sissy babies who cried. Enjoy!

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Gossip Girl Was Even Better Than We Thought It Would Be

We had anticipated the premiere of new YA book-based series 'Gossip Girl' so hotly! And now it is upon us. How to even begin to catalog the things we enjoyed about this exquisite blend of O.C. and U.E.S.? More »

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New Season Of Sarah Silverman Show Actually Really Good


There were two careers we worried about after MTV's Video Music Awards last Sunday. Obviously, we (and others) were concerned about Britney Spears, but Sarah Silverman's equally listless performance also gave us pause: Had she lost it? Was she no longer funny? (If, you know, you ever thought she was.) Well, we've seen a few episodes from the new season of "The Sarah Silverman Program" and you'll be happy (or sad, if you hate her) to hear that the show is pretty goddamn hysterical—career crisis averted. And we found the first season to be wildly uneven, so we came with eyes open. Take this clip, where Sarah looks back at her three abortions. We can't wait for the Bill Donohues of the world to start fulminating.


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Gossip Girl Is The Most Important TV Show About Manhattan Ever


Admit it: You're dying to see "Gossip Girl" (premiering September 19th at 9 p.m.!), the new CW show that pulls back the curtain on the lives of spoiled rich kids on the Upper East Side. It's not just aimed at the youngsters. It's also brilliantly engineered, we think, to be enjoyed by those over 16 as a guilty pleasure—though we know there's no such thing. Now we've obtained this one minute clip, which demonstrates exactly why "Gossip Girl" is the show that will define a generation of New Yorkers. Culturally, this just might be bigger than... gosh, we'd say 9/11, but Chris Crocker already used that one about Britney today. More »

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Go See Some Gossip Girls

Note to set-crashers: "Gossip Girl," according to no parking signs, is shooting off Madison Square Park tomorrow, circa E. 25th Street or so, so you can go see the shallow for yourself. The T.V. show, which debuts next week and is about private school hissy fits between power-hungry bitches and date rapists and Upper East Side youngster alcohol consumption and a tawdry New York semi-blog, is getting a ton of advance, including in today's Times, even though it's on CW, one of those channels we don't really associate with a number. I've seen the pilot. It gives me that terrible trashy super-eww end times feeling. This means that it will be an incredible success.