'Hart of Dixie' Creator Talks Show's Love Triangles Training Learned From 'Gossip Girl,' 'The O.C.' (Q&A)

Michael Yarish /The CW"Hart of Dixie" Using the debuts of Ringer and also the Secret Circle in it, the CW looks onto its second scripted series from Gossip Girl team Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage: medical drama, Hart of Dixie, which marks Rachel Bilson's go back to a normal series gig. PHOTOS: The CW's New Fall Television Shows Starting behind Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie involves a large city physician Zoe Hart (Bilson) who's instructed to proceed to a little Southern town in Alabama. In typical "seafood from water" fashion, Zoe finds herself butting heads and catching the attention of countless townspeople, including George, a great-natured lawyer (Scott Porter) his Southern belle girlfriend, Lemon (Jaime King) and town mayor, Lavon (Cress Williams). PHOTOS: The CW's Fall Premiere Party Creator and executive producer Leila Gerstein isn't any stranger towards the throngs of teenybopperOryouthful adult angst she goes a lengthy way with Schwartz and company, becoming a author around the O.C. for 2 years (Bilson performed Summer time Roberts) before joining Gossip Girl. Gerstein talked using the Hollywood Reporter about why she went from Orange County and also the Upper East Side to some sleepy town within the Deep South. VIDEO: 'Hart of Dixie': 5 Items to Consider on Rachel Bilson's New CW Drama The Hollywood Reporter: That which was the concept behind Hart of Dixie and that which was the procedure like setting it up off the floor? Leila Gerstein: The show began with Bluebell because which was the area I took it. I believe, following the daily grind, I needed to produce a world which was reduced and relaxing. I loved the idae of the city girl moving to the suburbs also it felt such as the south. The British petroleum [oil] spill was still being happening after i was beginning to build up it and there have been each one of these tales of small cities within the south also it felt like this was still being a location you can use the U . s . States but still have that small town feel with neighbors helping neighbors. THR: You've also labored with Josh Schwartz before. What have you study from individuals encounters around the O.C. and Gossip Girl? Gerstein: Individuals shows were a lot about associations. [I learned] crafting compelling love tales and just how to ensure that they're choosing lengthy stretches of your time. My show moves much reduced compared to O.C. and Gossip Girl, because by character of the items the show could it be's a lot more romantic comedy than the usual cleaning soap, which individuals shows were. However I seem like getting that cleaning soap background has assisted this show with great act-out moments which feeling of longing, that we think people -- I certainly did like a viewer -- watch Gossip Girl and also the O.C. for. THR: You now're following Gossip Girl. Is the fact that a great fit? Gerstein: Both shows are escape fantasy for ladies, therefore we have that in keeping. They're clearly different mobile phone industry's, different tones. I believe ladies who love Gossip Girl also love Rachel Bilson, I believe there's lots of crossover. We have great music, great fashion, and so i think look-smart, it'll appeal, I really hope, to similar audiences. THR: What should audiences expect? Gerstein: This is something we share with Gossip Girl: You will find there's large amount of occasions. They've the Met ball and also the Guggenheim, and that we possess the turtle derby and also the gumbo contest. You will find there's warmth wave that can serve as the big event for just one episode, where everybody goes just a little crazy. There's a pancake breakfast gumbo contest. Only then do we have our three love triangles. THR: You will find three? Are you able to lay them out? Gerstein: There's three however they're all overlapping, therefore it's one large prism of affection triangles. There's George, [Zoe's bad boy neighbor] Wade (Wilson Bethel), Zoe. George, Lemon, Lavon. And Lemon, George, Lavon. THR: Why do you consider that's important, to possess multiple romantic options? Gerstein: I love to have my thoughts transformed. I love to think, "Oh, Zoe and George should certainly be together," now and then week, "Wait one minute, Wade is actually special, maybe she ought to be with Wade. He may help her really release up." I love to change anticipation, I believe that's fun to have an audience. I, like a viewer, like to take that ride. I love when individuals feel like "no, no, no" and quarrelling with one another. Gossip Girl and also the O.C. did a fantastic job [with this]. Gossip Girl, should Blair be around Nate? Should Blair be around Chuck? THR: Do you feel any nerves? Gerstein: I'm just a little nervous, but It'll assist me to ultimately. Who wouldn't be nervous? It's my first show. I'm everything simultaneously. THR: What's the greatest challenge you're facing right now? Gerstein: There's lots of learning when i go. I'm really strangely sleeping perfectly. I don't determine if I'm just checked into some zone. I don't know, sometimes there's a lot to bother with it's simpler never fear. THR: Once the show will get off the floor, will more figures be introduced? Gerstein: Beginning in episode two, we're growing our town a great deal. You will find there's slew of recurring figures, people who we have to spend time in teh local bar/clamhouse/roadhouse, that is known as the Rammer Jammer. There's a waitress named Shelly and that we meet a few belles in Lemon's world. The planet has been disguarded. THR: It is possible to chance of anybody in the O.C. shedding by? Gerstein: [Laughs] No, I don't anticipate that. Hart of Dixie premieres Monday at 9 p.m. around the CW. Josh Schwartz The CW Gossip Girl Hart of Dixie