Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

Creator:

Amy Sherman

Stars:

Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Keiko Agena

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lauren Graham	...	Lorelai Gilmore (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Alexis Bledel	...	Rory Gilmore (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Keiko Agena	...	Lane Kim (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Scott Patterson	...	Luke Danes (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Yanic Truesdale	...	Michel Gerard (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Kelly Bishop	...	Emily Gilmore (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Edward Herrmann	...	Richard Gilmore (154 episodes, 2000-2007)
Melissa McCarthy	...	Sookie St. James (153 episodes, 2000-2007)
Sean Gunn	...	Kirk Gleason (137 episodes, 2000-2007)
Liza Weil	...	Paris Geller (127 episodes, 2000-2007)
Liz Torres	...	Miss Patty (79 episodes, 2000-2007)

Storyline

Lorelai Gilmore, 32, has such a close relationship with her daughter Rory that they are often mistaken for sisters. Between Lorelai's relationship with her parents, Rory's new prep school, and both of their romantic entanglements, there's plenty of drama to go around.

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Plot Keywords:

single mother | connecticut | teen | preparatory school | female chef | 

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Taglines:

Life's short. Talk Fast

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site The CW [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gilmore Girls: Beginnings

Filming Locations:

French Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, Hofflund/Polone, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Liza Weil originally tested for the role of Rory and did not get the part, but the producers liked her so much that they wrote her the role of Paris Gellar.

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Goofs

The gender of Babette's cat "Cinnamon" changes. In the first season "he" gets stuck under Babette's porch and she borrows cooking oil from the Gilmores. Later on, the cat dies and "she" is mourned by many of the townsfolk.

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Quotes

Rory: Janet's out jogging so I don't know what she thinks, but I have to hope she's pleased 'cause that girl's in shape and can kick my butt.
Lorelai: Well, just make sure there's something she likes on the TV when she gets home. Something soothing to runners - maybe something that goes in a circle over and over.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: The Perfect Castaway (2005)

User Reviews

Welcome to their little corner of the world.

"Gilmore Girls" (like Leonard Maltin, I usually like to use the title as it appears on screen, but we'll forego the nomenclature "Gilmore girls") is one of those shows that positive word of mouth and the "You know, this does seem like a good show" vibe from hearing about it made me want to get a look at; the series has finally started UK airings on Nickelodeon, a strange choice for the channel - it's certainly comedic, but it's more of a comedy-drama than the usual stuff that's on Nick. (Plus, unlike all its regular shows it's an hour series.)

My rule of thumb is that if a series doesn't encourage me to keep watching by its third episode, it won't do so after its thirtieth; Amy Sherman-Palladino's series passed by the end of the first one. A number of viewers have commented that the dialogue isn't too realistic, and Lorelei Gilmore is certainly so quick with the witty repartee you wonder why she's not a stand-up comic instead of managing an inn (possibly a clue as to why one of the companies involved is called Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions?), but it does have the saving grace of actually being funny... something that can't be said for a lot of official comedies.

What helps the series work so far, apart from the dialogue, is the characters - just as "M*A*S*H"'s laugh track was kept out of the operating room even in the American broadcasts (it was initially broadcast in the UK sans track), the relationships between Lorelei and Lorelei (that's Rory - in the pilot we learned that she was named after her mother) aren't actually played for gags endlessly, and her mother's certainly strong but not a bitch, the way the makers could have easily done. No one in the show so far is truly bad or good, which bodes well, and the bond between mother and daughter is a rare thing for TV - they're both relatives and true friends without making you want to vomit, not a common thing in family dramas.

We're about three years behind the WB, and I'm looking forward to catching up with the Gilmores and their friends (it's impossible not to symapthise with Rory's best friend in particular, what with her health-food-obsessed/antique-selling mother). And on a purely shallow note, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel must be the most attractive mother-daughter pairing in recent television history. Beautiful and funny? Who needs Madonna kissing Britney?