When Will the New Gossip Girl Premiere on HBO Max?
Where to Stream: Gossip Girl (2021) Powered by Reelgood  New faces, the same old drama. This week marks the premiere of HBO Maxs Gossip Girl reboot. And if you love sex, scandals, money, and lies, you have a new TV addiction on your radar. Set after the events of the original Gossip Girl, this installment is less of a reboot and more of a continuation. Years after Dan Humphrey (Yeah, we said it) retired his scathing blog, another writer comes around to take up the Gossip Girl mantle. And you better believe heads are going to roll. Heres everything you need to know about how to watch the new Gossip Girl. The 2021 Gossip Girl premieres this Thursday, July 8. This first installment will be called Just Another Girl on the MTA. Careful, friends. Looks like we may have another Lonely Boy saga on our hands. New episodes of the teen drama will premiere on HBO Max on Thursdays, one episode a week. The second you make it to Thursday, youre in the clear. The first episode of the new Gossip Girl premieres July 8 at 3:01/2:01c a.m. If you dont see the first episode appear right away, dont fret. Simply refresh HBO Max until the episode appears. Then you can dive into the drama of Manhattans most elite. How to Watch the New Gossip Girl on HBO Max  Theres only one way to watch this reboot. Youre going to need access to HBO Max. Fortunately theres a very good chance you already have it. If you have access to any sort of HBO account, you have HBO Max. Perfect. Simply enter your cable username and password into HBO Maxs site or app and get to watching. NOW is now Max, so as long as you use your login information youre golden. Its a problem thats easy to remedy. HBO Max currently has two plans available. For $9.99 a month you can watch the streaming service with ads, but $14.99 a month gets you HBO without ads. The plan with ads costs $99.99 a year, and the one without is $149.99. Unfortunately the streaming giant no longer offers a free trial for new users. But since there are so many great shows and movies on this one, subscribing to HBO Max is really more of an investment. How to Watch the New Gossip Girl Online for Free  Yes, it will. On Friday, July 9  a day after its premiere on HBO Max  the first episode of the new Gossip Girl will premiere on The CW. That broadcast will start at 8/7c p.m. so as long as you have a cable subscription, live TV skinny bundle, or access to The CW, youre set to watch the first episode live on the network. But wait, theres more. Following The CWs broadcast of the premiere, the episode will be able to stream for free on The CWs digital platforms, the CW app and CWTV.com. So yes, you can watch the new Gossip Girl for free. At the moment this partnership only applies to Episode 1. Heres hoping the full season will get the CW treatment. Gossip Girl is on Rotten Tomatoes, and this fruit site doesnt have much love for the Upper East Side. At the moment the reboot currently has a 31 percent on the critical scoring site. We think this one has potential to be as addicting as the original, but its just not there yet. Altogether there will be 12 episodes in the Gossip Girl reboot. But you wont be seeing them all at once. The first six episodes are set to premiere this summer. Heres the schedule for that first batch:  Episode 1, Just Another Girl on the MTA: Thursday, July 8  Thursday, July 8 Episode 2, Shes Having a Maybe: Thursday, July 15  Thursday, July 15 Episode 3, Lies Wide Shut: Thursday, July 22  Thursday, July 22 Episode 4, Fire Walks with Z: Thursday, July 29  Thursday, July 29 Episode 5, Hope Sinks: Thursday, August 5  Thursday, August 5 Episode 6, Parentsite: Thursday, August 12  The second batch of six episodes will premiere in the fall. So dont worry; you have more Gossip Girl in your future. Though this new series is being called a reboot, really its more of a continuation. Set years after the events of the 2007 CW series, this new series will follow a brand new cast of Constance teenagers. We may learn more about Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate, and Dan, but they wont be our focus. Get ready to meet your new slate of obscenely wealthy teens. Jordan Alexander stars as Julien Calloway, our new it girl. Her every move will be followed by her elevated minions, PR expert Monet de Haan (Savannah Smith) and style consultant Luna La (Zin Moreno). That king is the prince of New York, Jordans boyfriend Otto Obie Bergmann IV (Eli Brown). Next up is the rest of the Upper East Side crew. Jordans closest friend and our Blair Waldorf replacement will be Audrey Hope (Emily Alyn Lind), whos been in a longterm relationship with Akeno Aki Menzies (Evan Mock). Thats sort of whats going on here. Say hello to Max Wolfe (Thomas Doherty), the wedge between these two lovebirds. Finally there are our outsiders. Zoya Lott (Whitney Peak) is the new girl at Constance who just so happens to be Jordans half-sister. Say hello to family drama. That leaves Tavi Gevinsons mysterious Kate Keller. If there was ever a wildcard in this wild series, shes it. Watch Gossip Girl (2021) on HBO Max