Season 1 featured 18 episodes and began airing on September 19, 2007. However, due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, only 13 episodes were produced from the planned 22, but once the strike ended, the network announced five Mehr episodes to be produced, and finally the season concluded on May 19, 2008. The season premiered with 3.65 milion viewers,[5] and ended with 3.00.[6] Although the ratings were low the network renewed the Zeigen for Sekunde season due their aiming on male and female demographics on age 18-34.
The season begins with the mysterious return of Serena transporter, van der Woodsen, return following her unexplained absence to boarding school in Connecticut to the Upper East Side. The main story arc in the season is Serena's reason to return and to leave Upper East Side. The first couple of episodes involved her rivalry with her former best friend Blair Waldorf, who get mad on Serena for leaving without saying goodbye. Serena tries to reconcile with Blair until Blair finds out the reason why Serena left Upper East Side, which involves Serena sleeping with Blair's boyfriend Nate Archibald the night she left. Part of the main story arc involves Serena's relationship with Dan Humphrey, an outsider from Brooklyn. Near the end of the season the mysterious and evil Georgina Sparks appears to shake up Serena's life where she discovers that Serena's sleeping with Nate was only part of the reason Serena left.
Other storytlines include Blair's cheating on Nate with his best friend Chuck Bass, which leads to her dethroning as Queen Bee; Jenny's training of becoming the Weiter Queen Bee lead Von Blair, which contribute to both of them later on the season begin war for the throne; Nate's family problems; Lily's marring with Bart Bass; Rufus' troubled marrige; Dan's relationship with Serena which is interrupt Von his former Liebe Vanessa Abrams; and the friendship of Chuck and Nate.
The season begins with the mysterious return of Serena transporter, van der Woodsen, return following her unexplained absence to boarding school in Connecticut to the Upper East Side. The main story arc in the season is Serena's reason to return and to leave Upper East Side. The first couple of episodes involved her rivalry with her former best friend Blair Waldorf, who get mad on Serena for leaving without saying goodbye. Serena tries to reconcile with Blair until Blair finds out the reason why Serena left Upper East Side, which involves Serena sleeping with Blair's boyfriend Nate Archibald the night she left. Part of the main story arc involves Serena's relationship with Dan Humphrey, an outsider from Brooklyn. Near the end of the season the mysterious and evil Georgina Sparks appears to shake up Serena's life where she discovers that Serena's sleeping with Nate was only part of the reason Serena left.
Other storytlines include Blair's cheating on Nate with his best friend Chuck Bass, which leads to her dethroning as Queen Bee; Jenny's training of becoming the Weiter Queen Bee lead Von Blair, which contribute to both of them later on the season begin war for the throne; Nate's family problems; Lily's marring with Bart Bass; Rufus' troubled marrige; Dan's relationship with Serena which is interrupt Von his former Liebe Vanessa Abrams; and the friendship of Chuck and Nate.
