The Gossip Girl Reboot Is Back

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It's hard to think of a revival more highly anticipated than the Gossip Girl reboot, which premiered last July on HBO Max. The numbers stacked up to expectations—per Deadline, the show became the most-watched HBO Max original series over its debut weekend. The first episode saw viewers in 555,000 U.S. households. Gossip Girl, fittingly, took over social media, too, garnering the No. 1 trending spot on Twitter on its premiere day and gaining around 15 billion impressions on TikTok.

Such initial notoriety prompted questions as to whether the series will extend beyond just one season. Here is everything we know so far about the Gossip Girl reboot's season two.

The series has officially been renewed for season two.

In September 2021, HBO Max announced that the Gossip Girl reboot will indeed have a second season. Just two weeks before the premiere of season one part two, the Gossip Girl Twitter account shared a two minute long teaser clip, which promises just as much drama as the season's first part. Watch the full video below.

Executive producer and showrunner Josh Safran has already thought about future seasons.

Safran already has plans for future seasons. The producer is used to extended series—he executive produced the first Gossip Girl, as well. The original show was on the air for six seasons.

"I definitely would love to keep the show going," Safran told Harper's Bazaar before a season two was confirmed. "I engineered it so that every season is a semester, so that we didn't get into the problem the first show got into, which was by Season 3, they had to go to college. Which, at the time, I think was the right decision. When you look back, then, of course, you could have stayed at high school longer. If every season is a semester and they're going to be juniors now, they would go to college in Season 5."

Safran shared a similar sentiment with Elle, noting that he only started the show in the hope that there would be multiple seasons. He shared that he, in fact, has three seasons planned out.

“I don't do anything without knowing if there's more to it, because I didn't want to wrap it up,” he said. “It's Gossip Girl, and the hope is, you get more Gossip Girl. What's the reason for us doing it again, if there's not going to be more, right? I have three seasons [planned so far], I could tell you right now. We didn't know it was going to happen for six seasons the first time. But right now, I definitely have three in my head.”

He also recently shared that season two will be "DEFINITELY messier" than season one.

Season two might feature cameos from the original cast.

In a conversation with the Daily Beast, Safran revealed that he and the other creators decided not to feature any of the stars from the original show, as to let the audience get to know the new characters ("Why would you want to briefly get to know Zoya if you suddenly can see Nate?" Safran asked). However, should there be a season two, Safran is more willing to include some old Gossip Girl/new Gossip Girl crossover.

"The decision was: Let’s get Season 1 under our belt, and should we get Season 2, we’ll have the chance to bring in cameos that are more than glorified cameos but actually give them storylines," Safran said. "Hopefully we’ll get there and will reach out to the cast if that time comes and see if they’ll want to come. There are some cameos in Season 1 from people on the original show, but not the series regulars."

Indeed, it seems like one Georgina Sparks might feature in season two. Her return was teased on Twitter in a somewhat cryptic post:

In October, creator Safran confirmed Michelle Trachtenberg's return as Georgina Sparks.

"What she brought to the original series was anarchy," Safran told Teen Vogue. "She’s an anarchist. She'll just do anything and just for any reason she decides. So we brought that energy to the first show, and then we brought that energy back to this one. She's the same, and that's what I think is so fun, that Michelle is older, we're all older, Georgina is older yet has the exact same energy. She's out of time." He added, "Michelle inhabits that role so fully and so thoughtfully and just knows what she's there to do, knows how she fits into this universe."

The show is filmed in New York City.

At the end of June, Safran tweeted that they are 75% through.

At the end of July, paparazzi photos showed Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, and Evan Mock on set—so production on season two is still underway.

Gossip Girl season two premiered December 1, 2022 on HBOMax.

Season two will reportedly pick up right where season one left off.

The first two episodes dropped on December 1, 2022.

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