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The Gilmore Girls Television Series Seasons 1-7 Gilmore Girls is an Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated; American
comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham
and Alexis Bledel. The series made its debut on The WB on October 5, 2000, and
it ended on May 15, 2007 in its seventh season, which aired on The CW. Time
Magazine named it one of the top 100 television shows of all time.
The show follows single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore (Graham) and her
daughter Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore (Bledel) in the fictional town of Stars
Hollow, Connecticut, a close-knit small town with many quirky characters,
located roughly thirty minutes from Hartford. The series explores family,
friendship, generational divides, and social class.
Gilmore Girls features intricate, extremely fast-paced dialogue, with
frequent popular-culture references and allusions to politics. It also features
social commentary, which is manifest most clearly in Lorelai's difficult
relationship with her wealthy upper class parents.
History
The pilot episode of Gilmore Girls received financial support from the script
development fund of the Family Friendly Programming Forum. It was the first
network show to reach the air with help from funding provided by that
organization, which includes some of the nation's leading advertisers.
The show was not a ratings success initially, airing in the tough Thursday
8pm/7pm Central time slot dominated by Survivor and Friends in its first season.
It grew a following that saw it outdraw its time-slot competitor, popular series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the ratings when it moved to Tuesday.
In its fifth season, Gilmore Girls blossomed into The WB's second most
watched primetime show, with a fan base which grew by double digits in all major
demographics. In its syndicated release in the United States, the show airs
exclusively on the ABC Family Channel.
The WB planned to air a spin-off featuring Jess as the main character, called
Windward Circle, in which he gets to know his estranged father better and
befriends a bunch of California skateboarders. However, the network canceled the
show before it aired, citing high production costs to shoot on location in
Venice Beach as the reason.
On May 3, 2007, The CW announced that the series would not be renewed.
According to Variety, "Money was a key factor in the decision, with the parties
involved not able to reach a deal on salaries for the main cast members. Other
issues, such as number of episodes and production dates, may have also played a
role". Furthermore, the entirety of the 7th season was not written or produced
by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Since the finale, fans have petitioned for an 8th
season. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has expressed an interest in pursuing a
Gilmore Girls movie, an idea in which many cast members have shown interest.
Awards
Gilmore Girls received an American Film Institute Award and two Viewers For
Quality Television Awards, and was named New Program of the Year by the
Television Critics Association. The show won an Emmy for its only nomination:
2004's Outstanding Makeup for a Series for the episode "The Festival of Living
Art".
The show's actors have received many awards for their work on the series.
Graham won two Family Television Awards along with a Teen Choice Award for Best
TV Mom. Alexis Bledel has won a Young Artist Award and a Family Television
Award. The series also won a Family Television Award for New Series, and was
named Best Family TV Drama Series by the Young Artist Awards.Go
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