Opening:
- Still new and notable on Itunes! Thank you and keep the reviews coming!
-Visit the site at nycprep.talking-gossip.com, call the voicemail 206-350-5159, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/talkingnycprep, e-mail us at nycprep@talking-gossip.info , use the forums to discuss the show
-This week we are discussing episode # 5 The Overachievers

Listener Comments:

Poll and Question of the Week:

Last week’s polls:
Was Taylor expecting too much when she asked Sebastian if they could still be friends?
Do you think Camille has a wild side?

Next Week’s Poll:
Does Kelli have what it takes to make it big as a singer?
Would you hire Jessie to work for your company?

Last Week’s Question of the week
Do You think PC was justified in his dinner party behavior?

This Week’s Question:
Do you think Taylor is stretching herself too much at such a young age, or can she really handle all those commitments?

Commentary:

General
- The Morning After Poll:
- Still seems like the PC and Jessie show doesn’t it?
- Fashion comments

Kelli’s Search
Kelli searches for a voice coach and might have to change her image.

Sebastian Steps Out
Sebastian uses up his bag of tricks and can’t land the senior girl.

Camille and Operation Smile
Will Camille and Jessie ever get along? Will Camille finally get her chance with Operation Smile?

PC Grows Up
The question still continues about PC as we see him at his apprenticeship to becoming a photographer.

Jessie vs. the world
Jessie can’t believe sometimes that she’s 17 and we have to agree. Does the show have any impact on what she wants to do?

The Adult Moment of the Week

From the Blogs at Bravotv.com:

News:

Closing:
- Don’t forget to visit the site ncyprep.talking-gossip.com, call the voicemail about the show 206-350-5159, visit us on twitter talkingnycprep, hit up our forums and if you like NYC Prep then you probably love Gossip Girl so visit our other site talking-gossip.com.
- Next week we discuss the next episode which shows PC’s fashion show antics.

Thanks for listening.

Opening:
- IF you like NYC Prep you have to love Gossip Girl. Listen to our Gossip Girl podcast, Talking Gossip After Dark!
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-Visit the site at nycprep.talking-gossip.com, call the voicemail 206-350-5159, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/talkingnycprep, e-mail us at nycprep@talking-gossip.info , use the forums to discuss the show
-This week we are discussing the first official episode of the show “Top Half of 1%”

Poll and Question of the Week:
Last Week’s Poll: Do you plan on watching NYC Prep?
This Week’s Poll: Do you think PC and Jessie would work as a couple?
Yes they have all that history plus some sexual tension going on.
No they fight too much

Question of the week?
What is your biggest issue with the show? Will it fill your Gossip Girl void?

Commentary:

General:
- Morning after poll. Was there too much preview special stuff in the episode? And were you impressed with any of the fashion?

The King and Queen of the Prep School Scene:
- Operation Smile got a big publicity plug, but was PC right about the charity? Should Jessi and PC be together as a couple? And what exactly is the PC way to talk about PC!

The Harvard Wannabe:
- Camillie is Kelli’s wingwoman and she’s super excited about going to college, but she needs to make connections.

Adult at 17:
- Does Kelli really live with her brother on the UES? Why did she go on a date with PC if she was digging Sebastian? Will there be a fight between Kelli and Taylor for Sebastian?

The Public School Girl:
- Taylor throws a party to improve her social status, but is she really friends with Kelli and Camille? And what’s up with her overprotective mother?

The Playboy:
- Sebastian is the playboy of the group. How many girls does he hook up with in a month? Is he all talk and no game?

The Adult Moment of the Week:
Obviously these kids are think they grow up a little faster because they live in NYC. So let’s pick the most adult moment out of the whole episode.

From the Blogs at Bravotv.com:
We get the inside information from the weekly cast blogs.

News:
- It’s no ‘Gossip Girl’
- What’s going on next week: Kelli and Taylor fight over Sebastian?

Closing:
- Don’t forget to visit the site ncyprep.talking-gossip.com, call the voicemail about the show 206-350-5159, visit us on twitter talkingnycprep, hit up our forums and if you like NYC Prep then you probably love Gossip Girl so visit our other site talking-gossip.com.
- Next week we discuss the second episode.

The show previewed last week to the press and they have been speaking up about the show. They are all giving us the same basic information about the people, but now people are starting to comment about the actual show. Case in point: New York Times recently released a blog post called “Born Rich: A Preview of ‘NYC Prep’”. This is by far the best anything written on the show so far, but the points they use to down the show are the reasons why I want to watch.

In a nutshell, these kids lead reckless, privileged, precocious lives, whipping small hiccups into stiff peaks and saying rash and ill-advised things like “I have my own credit card. I don’t know how much I use it” and “we’re the elite of the elite.” It’s hard not to laugh at their myopia, ridicule their inconsequential chamber dramas and scoff at their teenage histrionics. And that’s exactly what the audience did, over and over again through the hourlong show. The cast slumped further down in their seats.

People like these Laguna Beach/The Hills/The City type shows because they show a life that as normal people we don’t live and we are a little intrigued. Yes, it’s mostly contrived drama, but it showing us something we don’t have in normal life. Or if we do, we’re watching other people live through it too. Isn’t that the whole reason why we watch television in the first place?

But watching these teens think they are “adults” is something I’m really ready to see. I think we’ve all been in that mind set where we thought we knew everything but were completely wrong. Being a teen, I know I thought I was invincible with my credit card that had no limit. But I never worried about paying that bill or any bills as a matter of fact. But it’s interesting to see them put on their adult faces in the Bravo preview special with the dinner parties and PC being upset because Taylor was talking about nothing during a fashion show.

But is that a reason for the adults in the room to laugh at them? Maybe, probably, and yes. This teenagers will learn soon in life they don’t have everything figured out and where money can probably get you a lot of places in this world, it won’t get you everywhere. I bet those kids did feel a little uncomfortable sitting in the press preview, but they are teens.

The fun part of being a teenager was having these mini-dramas that we thought were the end of world until we had to face real problems later in life. I understand these types of shows are not for everyone, but we must take them at what they are: entertainment and the expense of other people’s lives. But they chose to get filmed by the cameras, so we should at least watch what happens!

Source: New York Times Blog: The Moment