In January, Expect The 'UneXpected!"

The CW is eXpecting...

Gossip Girl will soon be taking a short winter hiatus, but will come back with 12 first-run episodes that will air without interruption through the end of the season in late May.

While Gossip Girl is on short rest, The CW will debut Life UneXpected, an hour-long comedy drama that's been described as a cross between Gilmore Girls and Juno.

In Life UneXpected, 15-year-old foster child Lux wants to become an emancipated minor and seeks out her biological dad, thirty-something "Baze," who lives like an aging frat boy and is shocked to learn that he has a daughter. Lux is equally surprised to find out that her mother is Cate Cassidy, a local radio star. When a judge grants custody of Lux to Baze and Cate, they decide to make a belated attempt at becoming a family.

Life UneXpected premieres Mondays at 9pm beginning January 18th. Here's a preview:

Life UneXpected stars Shiri Appleby who you may remember from The WB's Roswell. It also features Kristoffer Polaha (Mad Men, North Shore, Miss Guided) and Brittany Robertson (Swingtown).