'Gossip Girl' Spinoff Buzz Strong at The CW

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The network is in talks with the executive producers to see what story would work

"Gossip Girl": You know you love her, and so does The CW -- enough to want more of her around.

The CW is seeking to develop a spinoff of "Gossip Girl" for next season, report the trades.

At the WWD Style + Media conference in Manhattan Thursday, CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff revealed that the network was working with "GG" executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to see what's possible.

"Nothing really tangible yet, but we're talking about it," says Ostroff. "If it's the right idea, we'd all embrace it and be enthusiastic, but nobody more than Josh and Stephanie want to make sure there's the right idea that they can wrap their arms around and really be excited about."

"GG" fans may recall that in June, there was talk of a spinoff based on the book series "The It Girl," which was spun off of the original book series by Cicely von Ziegesar. That series centered on the character Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) going off to a girls' boarding school after getting into trouble. It doesn't look like the spinoff will go this route however, so the producers are back in talks.

It's possible that during the second half of this "GG" season could serve as a backdoor pilot to test how fans react to one of the main characters pulling his/her own weight in a different setting.

Meanwhile, Ostroff still couldn't say what will happen to its Sunday nights in terms of original programming. This past Sunday, Nov. 30, the network pulled its block of programming by MRC and instead aired reruns of sitcoms, "Jericho" and a movie. Sundays will remain that way until further notice.

What do you think? Which character would you like to be spun off?

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