Making effective use of flash-forwards, the show reveals how the teens' ambitions and desires eventually lead to the murder of one student and the disappearance of another, making the show a compelling entry into the teen drama genre while also adding a mystery twist to it.
The division along class lines that formed the backdrop of The CW drama is also explored in the Spanish series, which is set at an exclusive private school and follows the lives of several students, including those who attend the school on scholarship, much like Dan did on Gossip Girl.
It has the constant flow of high drama you're looking for, interconnected characters all stuck in a tangled web, and a lot of orchestral covers of pop songs.Įlite is one of the few teen-centric dramas of the last five years that could rival Gossip Girl for soap, but that's not the only connection the two shows have. She ends up in a complicated not-relationship with the famously commitment-averse Duke of Hastings ( Regé-Jean Page) who agrees to pretend to court her in order to help her find a real husband and secure his own bachelordom. Bridgerton, which is produced by Shonda Rhimes, is set in Regency-era London and centers around the goings-on of the wealthy Bridgerton family, whose eldest daughter Daphne ( Phoebe Dynevor) is entering her first social season to look for a suitable husband. The inspiration Bridgerton took from Gossip Girl becomes clear within the first moments of the first episode: the show has a similarly omnipotent, all-knowing narrator who is constantly in the romantic business of the show's characters, only in this case her name is Lady Whistledown, and Julie Andrews provides her voice. Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton Liam Daniel/Netflix Either way, if you like Gossip Girl, these are the shows you should watch next. If you've revisited Gossip Girl too many times to count but still want to experience the highs and lows of the teen soap, which was a satire as much as it was a glorification of wealth and extravagance, you should check out the shows in the list below, several of which feature a division of the haves and have-nots and continue to explore wealth and all that comes with it.
In fact, it was much of a phenomenon that it spawned an HBO Max reboot series (one that admittedly varies in quality, but is stupidly entertaining), which will premiere Part 2 of its first season on Thanksgiving. Here's something we all know for certain: Gossip Girl, the extremely 2000s teen drama which followed the lives of students attending a prestigious high school on the Upper East Side and the ruthless, anonymous blogger who documented their every move, is still a cultural phenomenon with a legacy that cements it as one the great teen shows of all time.