The Hit TV Series for Teens Nowadays deals mostly with teen wants and desires. These hit TV series contains storyline that tend to deal with teen issues and problems. They hold issues ranging from family, school, friends, dating to peer and age related issues and topics. The Hit TV Series for Teens Nowadays carries a touch of humor and a pinch of drama which greatly attracts attention to teenagers. These hit series are mostly about kids and teenagers.

‘Gossip Girl’ is one of the Hit TV Series for Teens Nowadays. It is a teen drama based on the book series which holds the same name, which earned more than three million teenage viewers. This is a series of teen books about privileged Manhattan high school goers by Cecily Von Ziegler who demonstrates the high school teen wants, desires and other behavioral patterns of teenagers. The characters in ‘Gossip Girl’ series live a glamorous life and also it deals with abortion, addiction, murder, mental instability and a self-loathing of teenagers. This series exhibits the real life of the teen socialites and teen wants which is why ‘Gossip Girl’ has made an impression among teenagers. ‘Gossip Girl’ really has bogged down the action on the screen.

According to the study, the majority of teens like to watch new TV series and shows. The majority of teenagers get information about new TV series from TV advertisements and promos. A survey asked teenagers to select their first choice from the series they are interested in watching. ‘Gossip Girl’ took the first place followed by ABC’s ‘Pushing Daisies.’

The Hit TV Series for Teens Nowadays is watched by seventy percent of teens. They say that they would watch hit TV series on its scheduled day and time. 21 percent of teens record the series and watch it using DVR, VCR or DVD recorder.

According to the findings, teenagers liked adult animation like a staple of Fox’s Sunday Night lineup, ranked as the favorite type of series among teenagers. Surprisingly, when they were asked about the non-returning TV series that they would like bring back, CBS’s ‘King of Queens’ ranked the highest. These hit TV series of teens mostly satisfies the teen wants and wishes.

7th Heaven is another hit TV series for teens nowadays. It brings out the highs and lows of the large Camden family. It is designed specially for the whole family. This hit TV series deals mainly with the teenager’s bouts of rebellion and sibling rivalry. It insists on dealings with the timely social issues and difficult situations of kids and teens as they grow up. It is a series that a family with teenagers can enjoy watching just like Everwood and Gilmore Girls.

The Hit TV Series for Teens Nowadays appeal teens of different interests. Most of these series are very well known and are watched regularly. Many teenagers love to watch hit TV series because the writers provide a script and they could relate it to their lives. By this means, the teen wants and desires are met. They have real life conditions and problems to deal-with in each show.

Sushil Kumar Singh Raghav

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The X-Men trilogy is one of the most popular series and grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide. After the 2006’s last installment, X-Men: The Last Stand, it would be totally natural to assume that it was done and that future movies would all be prequels such as the upcoming movie X-Men Origin: Wolverine (May 01 2009) and X-Men Origin: Magneto (Still on hold).

Well it seems like it’s not the case. Get ready for X-Men: First Class. This time the main mutants (characters) will be teenagers.

Like the X-Men trilogy and the upcoming X-Men Origins, it will be produced by Lauren Shuler Donner. Now, the Whoa part, the screenplay will be written by the creator of The OC, Gossip Girl and Chuck: Josh Schwartz. Considering the fact that all three series are hit teen series, Schwartz might actually have a chance. The question is can he handle the action, adventure, sci-fi and thriller? Let’s hope.

No plot has released yet but there seem to be three possibilities.

The story might focus on the teenage mutants who appeared in the X-Men Trilogy. That includes: Rogue, Angel, Iceman, Colossus, Shadowcat maybe even NigthCrawler. If that is the case, it might continue from where X-Men: The Last Stand “finished”. At the end of X3:

- Magneto, who had been injected with the “cure”, was able to shake a metal chess pond slightly, meaning that the vaccine might not have permanent effect and that Rogue’s ability to have physical contact with other people, especially her boyfriend, won’t be permanent either;

- Professor Xavier might come back in a new body after transferring his mind into the body a comatose patient (who wakes up at the end) ;

Cyclops and Jean might also come back: it was never confirmed (only assumed) that Jean killed Cyclops; and Jean might also “borrow” a body like Professor Xavier – Or even make one.

Storm will be the head of the Xavier Institute with Wolverine and Beast by her side.

There is a Marvel comic book with the same title featuring young Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Iceman and Beast. The eight-issue series, was published from September 2006 to April 2007 and guest stared many Marvel Universe’ superheroes such as Invisible Woman and Thor. The movie might be based on it.

An unlikely possibility is a mixture of both stories.

There was an animated TV series which run for four seasons and features teen mutants titled X-Men: Evolution. The only adults were Professor Xavier, Storm and Wolverine running the Xavier Institute and Magneto, Mystique and Sabretooth with the Brotherhood. At first, they (Xavier Institute and the Brotherhood) are trying to “recruit students with the constant brushes and rivalry followed by prejudice, public misconception when mutants are discovered then they unite to fight Apocalypse. I wish the movie was based on X-Men: Evolution, it was really great.

Schwartz was also asked to direct the movie but he decline, so the director seat is still open. I hope Brian Singer comes back. X-Men 1 and 2 were really great. It would be a nightmare comes true if Brett Ratner directs it.

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Jennifer Longe

Hollywood is really an unpredictable world. This is a place where you need to have more than good acting, great script, and an even greater story in order for a show to be a hit. It takes a lot more than brains to stay in this kind of industry and that is proven when you look at Josh Schwartz’s Gossip Girl. It is not surprising then that CW is making big money out of the show.

The popularity of Gossip Girl is such a mystery. If you look at the top 100 shows in the US, the show Gossip Girl is not even part of it. It’s not even ruling primetime in the US because of the tough TV shows’ rat race to get a hold of the viewers. So why is Gossip Girl still strong and standing?

1. The show has a huge network of Gossip Girl fan sites.
Gossip Girl is huge on the internet. Type the name and you’ll be bombarded with fan sites dedicated to Gossip Girl casts, pictures and videos of each episode. The hype that these sites have created made the show known to teens all over the world. Targeting netizens is such a good technique to actually get the word out about the teen drama.

2. The show features a lot of current trends in fashion and tech.
The show has served as an avenue for fashion line and tech companies to endorse their products in. Because of this, even if the story or theme of the show is not everyone’s of tea, people still watch Gossip Girl if only to find out what’s the latest in shoes and gadgets.

3. The Gossip Girl risqué ad campaign nailed everyone’s curiosity.
Gossip Girl ad campaigns have been all the rage since their release and that is not really a shocker if you’ve seen the videos and pictures. Gossip Girl pictures and videos were sprawled all over from television to the portals of the internet.

4. The content blatantly shows sex, underage drinking, and drug addiction.
Not all shows on TV are brave enough to feature sex, but Gossip Girl is not like all other series on TV. The show has pushed the envelope when it comes to featuring the raw reality of teenage delinquency. Because of this, Gossip Girl has faced a lot of bashing from parents and moralists.

5. Gossip Girl cast members are some of the most beautiful actors in Hollywood.
Putting together a set of beautiful actors and actresses is just the best strategy for teenagers to embrace whatever product you’re trying to sell. The same goes for a show like Gossip Girl. Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Taylor Momsen, and Chace Crawford have fans wanting more of the show.

With a mixture of beautiful actors, sex-driven plot, swarming fans and fashion moguls at your back, a niche in Hollywood is impossible to miss. Gossip Girl still managed to cast a name despite the show’s lack of consistency and plausible character development. When will the Gossip Girl hype end? We will never know.

Joel Owens

As I peered over my niece’s shoulder to catch a glimpse of the book she can’t part with, I read, “Blair Waldorf reached under the tablecloth and squeezed Nate’s knee. The candlelight was making her horny. If only Daddy knew what we’re planning to do after this, she thought giddily” ( you know you love me, Cecily von Ziegesar ). Suddenly, my palms became sweaty, my throat clenched, and that familiar voice yells from the caverns of my soul, “DON’T BE YOUR MOTHER, DON’T BE YOUR MOTHER!”.
Age 11, I reach for a new book placed high on my mother’s bookshelf, Are You There, God?, It’s Me, Margaret (Judy Blume). A reluctant reader, the title peeked my interest. As I opened the title page, I heard the “You should be ashamed voice” bellow from my mother. “PUT THAT BOOK DOWN!”ricocheted off the walls of the room sucking the air from my lungs and making my shoulders tighten with fear. Embarrassed, I dropped the book, and shuffled to my bedroom. We never spoke about the incident again.
The dilemma. To let them read or not let them read. To be my mother or not to be my mother. Parents monitor their teenager’s television programs, internet use, friendships, and activities but what about their books? Most parents rejoice to see their 13-year-old daughter engrossed in a book instead of causing trouble with friends or sitting in a backseat with her boyfriend. I found the book in the teen section, and it is on the best seller’s list. It must be ok, right? But is it?
Many of us have seen the recent stories. Reporters taking inventory of all the mature issues wrapped in pretty plaid book jackets marketed for your teen’s pleasure. Anchormen warning us of the dangerous subjects hidden in these books. Series such as The Clique, Gossip Girl, and A-List receiving a great deal of negative press. If I listen to the media and blame the Gossip Girl Series and the Pretty Committee ( from the Clique series) for teen pregnancy, materialism, drug use, and oh yes – everything else that is wrong with adolescence today, am I becoming my mother? The one who bans the books, who never has those important conversations, or am I being a responsible parent? To this day, I have yet to read that Judy Blume novel. Just mentioning the title fills me with dread and guilt for disappointing my mother with my curiosity.
Here’s a new idea, instead of telling our daughters to drop the book and back-away with hands raised, let’s embrace the activities that fill our teenager’s life as opportunities to establish trust and respect. First, celebrate that our children choose to read in their spare time. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back! In a world plagued with illiteracy, give your child and their teachers a nod for taking steps towards extinguishing this epidemic. It may not be Chaucer, but it is a step in the right direction. Second, accept that a teenager is a peculiar species. They speak their own language, rarely smile, and have 57 ways to roll their eyes – each with it’s own meaning. We as parents are given very few opportunities to communicate with our pubescent children. Yes, that awful “C” word, communicate. Therefore, let’s take advantage of every opportunity made available to us. If we spent less time banning these books based on media hysteria and more time exploring them, we would see them as a goldmine for starting real conversations about the issues our teen faces every day. For example, use the mistake Sophie made with Chaz, in, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, to discuss internet safety. The risks that accompany on-line relationships, and how to make responsible decisions about whether or not meet these people Let Blair, from the Gossip Girl Series, be a catalyst for a real discussion about abstinence. I’m not referring to the lecture your mother called the “birds and bees”, but a real dialogue about the pressures of an intimate relationship. Teenagers connect with these characters, hence their popularity and position on the best seller’s list. Let’s stop labeling these books as smut and see the plethora of opportunities they offer parents to start an honest discourse about contemporary issues.
Now let’s be realistic. Parents don’t have time to sit down and read every book their teenager picks-up. Most parents have a hard enough time figuring out how to balance car pools, practices, games, recitals, and many more unnecessary extracurricular activities their child is involved. Fortunately, there are resources to help parents understand what their teenager is reading. Websites such as bookbuddies4parents.com and teenreads.com are two resources. Many more offer guides that can be used to start a book club. Explore the internet, and you will find many, many more. Unsure how to search the World Wide Web? This may be another one of those rare opportunities to connect with your teenager! Well, until next week’s headline convinces you to disconnect from your internet provider

B. Sweet
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Gossip Girl is a phenomenon. Its ratings and endorsement deals are proofs that the show has permanently made itself part of the 21st century teen pop culture. In the midst of all the success, the show has developed and sky-rocketed the careers of some of the freshest faces on television. One of these successful Gossip Girl cast members is Taylor Momsen.

Momsen started out her career in acting at an early age of 3 by appearing in a Shake ‘N Bake commercial. She moved on to doing movies starring as Honey Bee Swain in the movie, The Prophet’s Game in 1999. No long after, Taylor caught the attention of known director, Ron Howard. She was cast by Howard in the Oscar awarded film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2002 in which she stars opposite Jim Carrey. In the same year, Taylor starred in a film with Julie Moore in We Were Soldiers. Her acting skills were honed and polished by starring in more movies like Hansel and Gretel and Spy Kids 2.

Her movie credits moved her to television roles exposing her to a wider market. She was cast in the WB series Misconception and received lots of praises from her co-stars. Although the said show wasn’t aired, no one could deny that Taylor Momsen was bound to do bigger projects with her talent. In 2007, she went back to doing movies with roles in Underdog, Paranoid Park, and Doubting Thomas in 2007.

Taylor Momsen nailed the part of Jenny Humphrey for her innocent looks and acting potentials at a young age of 14. A very challenging role, Jenny Humphrey had Taylor Momsen completely put to the test. The dynamic character Taylor portrays on screen made her an instant favorite among Gossip Girl cast.

With her undeniable fashion sense, Momsen has become the doll of many high end fashion designers. She has been seen walking the red carpet of big Hollywood events clad in the beautiful dresses that flatter her model-like form. It is inevitable then that Momsen has received an offer to do dabble in modeling. In June 2008, she officially signed in with IMG Models and is under the agency for a one-year modeling contract. She does her modeling stint alongside her

Taylor Momsen, now 15, is already making a huge buzz in Hollywood, not only for her beauty, but for her exceptional acting talent. Way beyond her years, her acting skills have made her take on challenging scenes for the character she’s portraying in Gossip Girl. Teen Choice Awards recognized the young actress and got a nomination in the Best Breakout Actress category.

As one of the most watched Gossip Girl cast member, Taylor Momsen will continue to rig in more audience for her amazing portrayal of Jenny Humphrey in the show. Before the eyes of fans, Momsen has blossomed into a budding actress that is sure to fulfill a Hollywood dream.

Joel Owens