Tonight is the the television premiere of the most talked about show, Gossip Girl, based on the bestselling series by Cecily Von Ziegesar. We all love gossip, but I think the only reason any of us watch the show is because of the very sexy Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley, and Ed Westwick.

The privileged prep school teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side first learn that Serena van der Woodsen is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives — from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop.