Is Gossip Girl Dead?

Filed under: TV News > Chace Crawford > Penn Badgley > Blake Lively

For a show with so much buzz, practically no one is watching!

Monday night's episode of Gossip Girl scored a 1.9/3 Nielsen rating.

Translation: it sucked ass!

The show finished 5th place in its time slot (a pathetic finish to most industry experts).

What's going on?????

Tell us why you think Gossip Girl hasn't picked up any steam, despite all the press its been getting the last few weeks.

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: Apr 29, 2008 at 2:45 pm / Email this »

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Hilary says – reply to this

801

The Neilson ratings don't take DVR into account. They only count people who watch the show live and who watches live tv anymore?
It's finals, and college kids like myself are studying and can only watch it recorded at a later time.
Victoria says – reply to this

802

I live in canada and they stopped showing it here. Im sure more people would watch if it came up here. I loved Gossip Girl!
LavishChic says – reply to this

803

Because I'm never home at 8pm on ANY given night, I used to watch it online, and the CW's bigwigs decided to take it off. dumb asses
tiffany says – reply to this

804

bring it back to wednesday…
Nikki says – reply to this

805

I love the show and watch it every week! I think it's very entertaining. You can watch the episodes the next day if you miss them at 3flicks.com!
college says – reply to this

806

no one is free on monday at 9.
put it back online
Tiffany says – reply to this

807

too much press kills sometimes. they talked about it so much it got annoying. dont you want to gwt away from somthing that is annoying?
fghj says – reply to this

808

cuz its NOT on ctv anymore : S
Francesca says – reply to this

809

Im sorry, but wats appealing about a show about rich spoiled teenagers wen the real world is about to enter into a recession….. It's like watchin the bitches from the hills….. WHO CARES?!?
Lizet says – reply to this

810

I LOVE GG!!!… i always watch!!! but honestly, they moved the time slot from last season AND its FINALS week!!!!! I record the show and watch it later!
Amy says – reply to this

811

i watch gossip girl! i just don't watch it on tv since the time doesn't work out for me. i think a lot of people watch it on the internet too… until they decided not to stream it on the CW website. too bad. now i either have to miss an episode here and there or d/l it. they should stream it on the internet and find a way to track viewer-ship on the internet.
Patrice says – reply to this

812

I have no idea what's up…I'm 25 (and I hate to admit this but) even I like this show!
KK says – reply to this

813

WHEN GG FIRST CAME OUT I DIDN'TWATCH IT BC I THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER STUPID TEENAGE SHOW & THEN I ACTUALLY WATCHED IT & LUVS IT! I HTINK WITH THE NEW TIMESLOT MANY PEOPLE RN'T WATCHING IT BC IT INTERUPTS OTHERS SHOWS THY WATCH
amanda says – reply to this

814

Most people watch it online now, and that in not included in the rating.
a says – reply to this

815

are you their little researcher bitch?
Emma says – reply to this

816

The show is really good but they changed it from a wednesday night to a monday night….me being in high school, where most of the viewers are, knows that monday tends to be the biggest hw night and the start of the new school week so on monday I had no time to watch it and had to record it…
exasperated reader says – reply to this

817

it's NOTHING like the books!!!! Thats why!
Leah says – reply to this

818

I watched it but, others may not be because of that racy ad that's out. A lot of the viewers are probably younger so their parents may have seen the ad and not allowed them to watch. Or those who wanted to watch it because they liked the books may be disappointed in the show because it's going so far from the books so they may have chose not to watch it anymore.
la says – reply to this

819

soooo many people watch this show online, including myself. no one is tracking how many people actually have watched the episode in the last 24 hours….. and if they were still showing it on their website, they might have a more accurate count of how many people were really watching.
... says – reply to this

820

It's just so boring right now, maybe make some storyline on the show that would be a little more interesting.
Núria says – reply to this

821

Please, YOU have to watch it!!! I'm from Spain and I can't watch it on tv… but I do watch it on line! I LOVE it!
mitzy says – reply to this

822

they have changed its day and put it up against "how i met your mother" and "the big bang theory"

come on…

i love the show and now i have to tivo it!
kelly says – reply to this

823

I watched it, but almost all my favorite shows are on monday night. Greek, Samanthat Who?, House, One Tree Hill. I wish Gossip would go back to Wednesday. Mondays are busy days in general.
alyssa says – reply to this

824

First of all, they can't just stop the show mid-season and expect it to have the same popularity it did 4 months ago. Also, the network sucks and they changed it from mondays to wednesdays
petra says – reply to this

825

well in europe it is a HUGE thing! totally love it!
(-finland)
Lilhighlander says – reply to this

826

It's probably b/c they changed the night it was on. Going up agians Bones was a STUPID move. Anywho….love's ya, Perez!!
Liz says – reply to this

827

I LOVE GOSSIP GIRL! I wonder what "Georgie" has on Serena. I'm super excited for next weeks episode!
vintage says – reply to this

828

obviously the show can't be like the books because it is an ongoing process which needs continuing storylines and drama….DUH.
AmandaA says – reply to this

829

Because they switched nights. Whenever they switch a show to different night it thuds.
Ev says – reply to this

830

i really like gossip girl, but i kinda have lost interest and would rather watch "bones" and "how i met your mother"- it's on what has become a very competitive night and i think people are just choosing other things.
Perez says – reply to this

831

the time slot is bad. 8 is too early. it should be on at at least 9 or maybe even 10
babykitty says – reply to this

832

I am 35 years old and i love gossip girl. I have it set to record new on my dvr so I will never miss an episode. XOXO gossip girl
brassmonkey says – reply to this

833

because everyone watches it online and TV ratings dont take those figures into account.
Sarah says – reply to this

834

I LOVE this show, I hope it doesn't get canceled. It threw me off that it was on Mondays too, not to mention I forget that new things are on now because I have been watching nothing but reality tv since that writers' strike!
Alexandra says – reply to this

835

The ratings suck because CTV HAS STOPPED SHOWING GG IN CANADA! They no longer have a time slot for the show, but I'm sure the Canadians who were watching the show before the strike are definitley not ready to replace it with dry, second-hand episodes of lame-ass Degrassi.
yeah says – reply to this

836

i love gossip girl, show and books, and its mostly that they switched the time and day its on DURING the writers strike so like no one even noticed
which is seriously stupid of the CW
i hope it doesnt get canceled!
lila says – reply to this

837

THEY ALWAYS CHANGE THE TIME SLOT…NO ONE KNOWS WHEN ITS ON….ITS THERE OWN FAULT
Susie says – reply to this

838

Re: Sam – no one watches Paradies Hotel dumbass
Laura says – reply to this

839

To Karla: There's a Georgina in the novels.

Anyways, the show sucks. It's nothing like the book.
sara says – reply to this

840

i don't get it, it's huge overseas. tuesday night is the best-gg is on youtube!
Amanda says – reply to this

841

THE REASON IS BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN IT IS ON!!
ESPECIALLY US HERE IN CANADA!!!
like advertise this shit because we are dying to watch it!
jenn says – reply to this

842

because you changed the day and the time
Renee says – reply to this

843

It is on too early! Most people in the age group who would watch it are busy on a Monday night at 7pm. They need to either put it on a different night or at a later time.
kristina says – reply to this

844

everyone watches it online, throw it on ABC watch the ratings fly highhhhh
Kelsie says – reply to this

845

GREEEEEK
gg says – reply to this

846

because its on cw
SWITCH OVER TO A PROPER NETWORK!!!!
Rosie says – reply to this

847

The show is really and good and for those who don't even watch the show and say its sucks stfu it's because the time got switched and people watch it online. I love GG!
allie says – reply to this

848

stupid finals thats why..theres always repeats =]

p.s.-ppl should be able to view the episodes online
Gerlinde says – reply to this

849

What are they talking about, i loved it. I watch it every monday.
brittany says – reply to this

850

they are so far off course from the books that its almost painful to watch. the books were so unbelievably good that it would have been impossible for the show to do them justice or to improve upon them. The show could only have made it worse…which it did.
cass says – reply to this

851

IT NEEDS A BETTER TIME SCHED!!!!!
Eva says – reply to this

852

The reason why so many people don't watch it on T.V. is that there parents won't let them. I am a junior in high school and even at 17, I know girls who's parents have banned them from watching the show.
Jackie says – reply to this

853

Prob because parents are completely turned off by all of the racy ads and are making sure their kids aren't watching it.
tiffany says – reply to this

854

i love GG i just wish that they would not take it off line. if they do ill be sad
Chels says – reply to this

855

It needs to come on later people my age, who are the demograhpic, are usually at work till at least 9 and Gossip Girl comes on at 8! And it needs to go back to wednesday i have no idea why they changed it to monday!
cassie says – reply to this

856

its been gone for soo long
& now its on a different day & time
so w/e
maybe they should have advertised better
idkkkk
Tee says – reply to this

857

The shows first season was really good and i was really excited to watch this season. But this season started out really boring. I thought it was gonna be a better season premiere. But i watched it on monday and it looks like the dramas finally starting to kick in. So hopefully it get better from here on out.
Stephy bOO says – reply to this

858

i love gossip girl…i read all their books…but im too busy watching greek =/
Cece says – reply to this

859

The time slot and because it's on the same night as the Hills.
tw says – reply to this

860

because most of the high school audiences are in the midst of finals and sats and don't have time to spare at the moment.
Katty says – reply to this

861

Its so boring! Its all been done and seen before. Watch SKINS for something fresh, real and funny. SKINS in, Gossip out.
JC says – reply to this

862

Beacuse its got the Josh Schwartz curse on it

Just like the OC did, It was big for the first season and then started to die

He is the creator & exec producer of both shows by the way

My 2 cents
cait says – reply to this

863

i dont get it.. ALL my friends watch it everyone loves it. i dont get why the ratings are so bad!?
Kadie says – reply to this

864

Boring, boring, boooorrrriinnggg. YAWN!

Actors suck, storyline doesn't exist and hard to tell when it's on. Alot of marketing, but it didn't contain important info.
bobby says – reply to this

865

this show tried to be soo riskay that IT TURNED ME OFF. OMG THIS SHOW SUCKAS
Dominique says – reply to this

866

most like all things that come after the book its too different, for one serena sucks balls she still was wild and fun in the book, blair shouldn't dress like a grandma and jenny was an uggo with big boobs basically they could have done a lot better if they actually abided by the book
rosey says – reply to this

867

Probably a combo of the strike + a night change…maybe it fell off people's radar? It's been pretty awesome the last two weeks…I do agree that it needs to be on a different network. The CW sucks.
Rebecca says – reply to this

868

Simple! Because 1. it changed to MONDAY(??) nights right before reruns and 2. it was off the air for so long that people have forgotten about it! And its finals for all the people who watch it (high school and college) and during the summer who is going to stay home at night to watch tv? I'm not thats for sure!
yas says – reply to this

869

because the day and time changed…monday's are the worrst!
Emily says – reply to this

870

I LOVE GG. I wish it was on on Wednesdays though.
Rachel says – reply to this

871

Those kind of shows are so PLAYED.
Michelle says – reply to this

872

i refuse to watch this show. it is so untrue to the books it isn't even funny. maybe that is why its dead??? it doesn't make sense to those who have read and love the books. like who is georgina? she was never in any of the books, and chuck and serena were never step-siblings. the shows writers have really taken their rights to the show and ran with them. i can't believe Cecily von Ziegsar let her books go to crap.
Sammi says – reply to this

873

Honestly, because its not shocking. Im a high school student and there really isnt anything too new on this show that I havent seen. Its beyond predictable and Blake Lively is a horrible actress. Theres no mystery. Its obvious "S" was a whorish junkie, who cares!
Jana says – reply to this

874

Because they now put the majority of the decent shows on Monday nights. You can only record and watch so many at once. They should spread the good shows throughout the week.
Katrina says – reply to this

875

I love the show, but I watch it online…
Olivia `` says – reply to this

876

I WOULD WATCH IT IF IT WAS ON CANADIAN TELEVISION! OR THE INTERNET .. OR WHEN I KNEW IT WOULD BE PLAYING
ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN SEE IT??
Kristin says – reply to this

877

I love Gossip Girl. I think it comes on too early though for people who don't have a DVR.
Susan says – reply to this

878

I was watching and it was hella GOOD! Sorry for those who missed it!! Monday night was not the best time for it though…
H says – reply to this

879

its on at the same time as GREEK which is on ABC Family (it supposedly gets very good ratings over 1 million viewers , whick is great for that channel!), The Big Bang theory and How I met Your Mother are on CBS at the same time lots of people what that, and HOUSE is on Fox and people watch that! i personally watch Greek and i love that show!!!!
brittany says – reply to this

880

Re: Michelle – def. i concur, i concur. we should write a letter or something ahaha. ps…im talking to you on aim right now =] lol
MARY says – reply to this

881

its on CW and up against GREEK a show every college kid i know watches and the hills in the same night, im not sure what time it is even on? didnt even know it was on last night before u posted about it
shannon says – reply to this

882

nobody watches it on tv anymore but everyone buys it from itunes… it is always on the top 10
manda says – reply to this

883

i love gossip girl. i think its a great show with amazing actors in it, and the plot is fantastic.
anna says – reply to this

884

BECAUSE ITS SHIT!!!!! i live in the uk and couldnt watch any more after 2 episodes, for all you americans get your hands on skins season 1 and 2 now thats a series.
Lizbeth says – reply to this

885

No thanks, I'll stick to the far superior Friday Night Lights.
Michelle says – reply to this

886

Re: H – uh yes i agree, GREEK is way better. it has less of a predictable storyline and it can't hurt that Cappie is cuter than Nate and Dan, sorry GG fans. =P
NICK says – reply to this

887

ITS THE TIME.
THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT ON WEDNES. @ 9.
INSTEAD OF MOVING IT TO MONDAY @ 8.

RIDIC!
Tabitha says – reply to this

888

it's a great show! i love it! however, i dont get that channel. and i've noticed that quite a number of people don't get it.

they need to put it back online! i understand their concerns about losing viewers by having it online. they should let online views count too, that way everyone would have access to the show, and they wouldn't lose anything!
... says – reply to this

889

I didn't even realize they had switched the day it was on. So I've been forgetting about it! Which sucks. I need to program it into my TiVo. I think a lot of people figure they'll just watch it online, like I did, but the station isn't going to be putting up the episode's anymore. You can only watch them on TV.
Georgie says – reply to this

890

Honestly? Probably because it switched nights.
I obviously knew that switched it mondays,
but even a lot of my friends who LOVE the show forgot about the switch.
Plus, a lot of people watched them online and now they're…not online.
erica says – reply to this

891

i love gossip girls! it doesnt suck, at all. its like what i look forward to
alyssa says – reply to this

892

its cuz they used to put it on ctv abd the cw, although ctv isn't playing it, and only the cw has it on. the only way atleast here in canada can watch the cw is if the have digital tv. not everyone has that. also you take that long to get back on u lose ppl, and i wouldnt doubt ppl dont know its on. werent to many things sayign gg returns. im liking these episodes.
LGirl says – reply to this

893

Last night's show was terrible — the show has been going downhill lately so no wonder fewer people are watching. They need to get rid of Georgina immediately (um, Days of our Lives much?) and the whole Nate slumming it is so 90210.
jm says – reply to this

894

FINALS
me says – reply to this

895

there's only room for one teen dream combo a decade…the 90's it was 90210, this decade it was the O.C …maybe they should wait a few years…I mean ..can anyone really compare to Seth Cohen?
Crown says – reply to this

896

i know alot of people just buy the episodes off itunes or watch it on the website for free, because for some reason some cities don't even get theCW…no clue why…where i live we used to get it, and then all of a sudden it was gone….and i live in a city too, so its not like it was just a small town thing
Sarah says – reply to this

897

DEFINITELY the time slot… 8 is not a good time. and monday sucks too
ggggggggggg says – reply to this

898

its probably because its been like forever scince it has been on and people forgot about it and plus its not like its a show thats had a couple of seasons it just started in september
Danielle says – reply to this

899

At first I did not know when it came on until I watched on Sunday night. I think Monday night at 8 is a sucky time slot. It used to be on Tuesdays at 9pm. I think that is a better time. They better not cancel that show. It is getting too good!
Jess says – reply to this

900

DON'T CANCEL GOSSIP GIRL PLEASE. I LOVE THE SHOW!

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