Pilot (Gossip Girl)

"**Pilot**"
"Pilot"
Gossip Girl episode
	Serena returns to New York City from boarding school.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Mark Piznarski
Teleplay by	Josh Schwartz; Stephanie Savage;
Cinematography by	Ron Fortunato
Editing by	Timothy A. Good
Production code	276026
Original air date	September 19, 2007
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearances
	Sam Robards as Howard Archibald; Florencia Lozano as Eleanor Waldorf; Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen; Nicole Fiscella as Isabel Coates; Nan Zhang as Katia "Kati" Farkas; Kimberly Hébert Gregory as nurse; Andrew Stewart-Jones as concierge; Lindsey Broad as girl who takes photo; Robert Stoeckle as high society man;
Episode chronology
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	Gossip Girl season 1
	List of episodes

"Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American teen drama television series Gossip Girl.^[1] The episode was written by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and directed by Mark Piznarski. It premiered on September 19, 2007, on The CW in the United States.