The CW This article contains a discussion of addiction. Based (very loosely) on Cecily von Ziegesar’s book series, “Gossip Girl” started its run on The CW in 2007 and, in the hands of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, let us into the exclusive world of a bunch of uber-wealthy Manhattan teenagers, all of whom were played by beautiful twenty-somethings. The whole story begins with the return of the troubled but beautiful socialite Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), who ran away to boarding school in Connecticut after some sort of traumatizing life experience before the show’s narrative began — and when she does come back to New York, she tries to start fresh. Unfortunately for her, that’s not an option thanks to one conniving, unhinged troublemaker: Georgina Sparks, played to perfection by
