Gossip Girl

#5. Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl is an american teen drama series based on the book series written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz. The series premiered on the CW from September 19 2007 to December 17 2012, it is narrated by the voice actress of Gossip Girl (Kristen Bell). The series centers around the lives of priviliged young adults on the Upper East Side of  New York Cirty. It begins with the return of Serena Van Der Woodsen to the Upper East Side, after a year away at boarding school in Connecticut. Blair Waldorf, Serena`s best friend and occasional rival, is considered "queen" on the Upper East Side. The series also follows the lives of Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald, who are bestfriends as well. Nate and Blair have been in a relationship since kindergarden, but their relationship takes aturn when Serena returns. Other characters on the Upper East Side are brought into the main cast such as Dan Humphrey, who is not rich like Blair, Serena, Nate and Chuck, he is from Brooklyn but goes to with the four. When he has a run-in with Serena, their lives change, and you see that relationship evolving throughout the series. All in all, the show is called Gossip Girl for a reason, all while these five teenagers try to maintain a private life, a mysterious and anon blogger known as Gossip Girl (hence the name), is always one step ahead of them and finds out everything from, rumours, to cheatings, and last but not least their secrets and she posts them on her blog and exposes them. Gossip is not the kind of show to have an actual plotline, other then the whole "Who is gossip girl?" idea presented in season 5. Instead, each character have a different storyline that somehow get connected with all the other stories.

In my opinion, Gossip Girl is probably one of the best television shows created, for teens atleast. The show can mess with your emotions but you will not get enough of it. Gossip Girl has been one of the most succesful tv seires in all of america and mostly because of the cast and the relationships they have off-screen. I cant say much about my opinion of the show, mostly because I would be giving away some very big spoilers. But it is still one of my favourite shows, considering I have rewatched it a good 4 four times. 

Gossip Girl`s main cast in season one, from left to right: Jenny Humphrey, Chuck Bass, Serena Van Der Woodsen
Dan Humphrey, Blair Waldorf, Nate Archibald.

Main Cast: 

Entire Series:

Leighton Meester: Blair Waldorf

Blake Lively: Serena Van Der Woodsen

Chuck Bass: Ed Westick

Penn Badgley: Daniel Humphrey

Chace Crawford: Nate Archibald

Taylor Momsen:  Jenny Humphrey (Main cast, seasons 1-3)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_Girl

Criminal Minds

#6: Criminal Minds

 Criminal Minds  is an american police-procedural television show which premiered on september 22, 2005. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI`s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). The BAU is a part of the FBI`s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crimes. The show is different from other police-procedurals due to the team profiling the "unsub" (Unknown Subject, is what they call the criminal when they dont know their identity instead of the crime itself. The show first premiered in 2005, it included FBI agents, Jason Gideon , Aaron Hotchner, Dereck Morgan and Dr.Spencer Reid. While working on a case in Seatle, agent Hotchner is asked to evaluate agent Gideon due to him being gone for over six months. The show has been ongoing for awhile and is currently in the tenth season. With new cast members such as David Rossi, Alex Blake and Kate Callahan and some leaving, such as Jason Gideon, Elle Greenaway and Emily Prentiss. Upon having left the cast, some of them returned as special guest stars, such as Paget Brewster,returned for the 200th episode of the series, and Mandy Patinkin`s character being mentioned. 

The show has generally positive reviews from critics andis a hit all over North America. 

In my opinion, Criminal Minds is one of the shows that you cannot hate. It has everything in each episode, romance, action, horror etc..  it keeps you on the edge of your seat in every episode.  The show is by far one of my favourite shows, no doubt about that. At the same time, I find the show a bit to graphic, I highly suggest that you dont watch the show if you do not like alot of graphic. I mean, they are not investigating violent crimes for no reason..

Cast :

Current: 

Thomas Gibson, SSA Aaron Hotchner.

Shemaar Moore, SSA Dereck Morgan.

Joe Mategna, SSA David Rossi.

Mathew Gray Gubler, Dr.Spencer Reid.

AJ Cook, SSA Jennifer Jaureau.

Kristen Vangsness, Peneloppe Garcia. 

Jennifer Love Hewitt, SSA Kate Callahan. 

Former: 

Mandy Patinkin, SSA Jason Gideon.

Lola Glaudini, SSA Elle Greenaway.

Paget Brewster, SSA Emily Prentiss.

Rachel Nichols, Ashley Seaver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Minds

Once Upon A Time

Top 9 TV Shows: #7: Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time is an american fairy tale drama series. The show is set in the fictional town seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are really characters from numerous fairy tales, that were sent to the real world after a  really powerful curse that earased all of the memories they had about who they truly are. Each episode follows, a primary storyline in the real world and a secondary storyline that is usualy from the point of view of another character before the curse. The first season focuses on Snow White's daughter Emma Swan, who is approached at her door step by a boy who claims to be her birth son, whom she gave up for adoption ten years prior to the show, he explains to her the curse and that she is the only one who can break it. She dosent believe him for most of the season, even though strange happen due to her arrival, such as the town clock started working again. Through out the season, we meet different different characters in the show, such as the town mayor who is also known as the evil queen, she is the one who casted the curse due to reasons that are explained later on. Also we meet, Prince Charming, the 7 Dwarves, Snow White, Pinnochio, Rumplstilkinson, who knows about the curse and many more characters.

Honestly, Once Upon a Time is the last show I imagined myself watching. I thought it was a really pointless and stupid show, but when they say dont judge a book by its cover, really, dont. I started watching the show about a week ago and  so far i finsihed the entire first season and half of the second season. I never expected the show to have so many plot twists and the way they changed up the story of the characters makes the show so much more watchable. I also noticed how the show gives you closure when it comes to the background of some characters. Such as, getting to find out why the evil queen is so evil, and many other characters as well.

The show has recently started it's fourth season. If you want to start watching the show, which I highly recommend. You can watch it on: Www.couchtuner.com 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)