‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Canceled By HBO Max After 2 Seasons

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Gossip Girl‘s return will not go beyond its current second season. HBO Max has opted not to order a third season of the reboot, with the upcoming Season 2 finale on Jan.

26 serving as a series finale. The new Gossip Girl iteration was developed by Joshua Safran based on the bestselling novels by Cecily von Ziegesar and the original hit CW show developed by Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz who executive produced the reboot alongside showrunner Safran. “We are very grateful to showrunner/executive producer Joshua Safran, and executive producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz for bringing us back to the Upper East Side and all the scandals at Constance Billard,” HBO Max said in a statement. “Although we are not moving forward with a third season of Gossip Girl, we thank them for the enticing love triangles, calculated backstabbing and impeccable fashion this series brought to a new audience.” The followup got off to a hot start in July 2021, setting a record as HBO Max’s most watched opening weekend for an original series at the time.

The series was given an early Season 2 renewal ahead of the November 2021 Season 1B premiere. Despite the big initial interest, fueled by fans of the original series, the followup could not capture the zeitgeist the way the CW show did.

The second season did better with critics than the first, scoring 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating vs. 69% for Season 1. “it is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce Gossip Girl will not be continuing on HBO Max,” Safran said in a message to fans Thursday morning. “Thank you for watching, and I hope you’ll tune into the finale next Thursday to see how it all comes together.