CW's drama pilot "Gossip Girl" has moved closer to a series pickup as it begins staffing, while another female-oriented show at the network--"Veronica Mars"--is close to renewal, according to
insiders. "Gossip Girl" is about rich New York teenagers, and puts executive producer Josh Schwartz in the position of having two pilots--the other is "Chuck" at NBC--ready to start up before the
networks make their series pickups. CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff was impressed by a trailer "Mars" creator Rob Thomas did for an alternate fourth season of the show, which pushed ahead a
few years and has the title character at the FBI Academy. A cult favorite, it had teetered on the edge of oblivion--but has pulled back from the brink, helped as well by the announcement that "Gilmore
Girls" is toast.
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