Gilmore Girls Season 8 “Standstill”
Ausiello has another update for us about Gilmore Girls Season 8… and it’s not good :(
Although all indications were that Warner Bros. and the CW were nearing a deal to bring Gilmore Girls back for a shortened eighth season, sources close to the negotiations now tell me that talks are at a complete [Gulp] standstill.
"It’s anybody’s guess what’s going to happen," reports my Gilmore mole. "There’s no deal in place at this point, and there may never be. This is probably going to come down to the wire."
The holdup can be summed up in five words: Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. According to the insider, "very good" offers were made to both actresses, but it apparently wasn’t enough to coax signatures out of them. "Now it’s a game of chess," whispers the spy. "It could go either way."
Further complicating matters is the fact that the CW’s upfront presentation — the unoffical deadline for a deal to be brokered — is scheduled for May 17. What’s so complicated about that, you ask? Well, that’s two days after the show’s potential swan song airs. In other words, if negotiations literally go down to the wire, we won’t know if we’re watching the season or series finale.
Grrr. Don’t they realize we fans need an answer?
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38 opinions for Gilmore Girls Season 8 “Standstill”
John
May 2, 2007 at 3:00 pm
My uninformed interpretation is that the actress aren’t coming back, but The CW refuses to believe it because they are desperate for GG to return.
imdbexpert
May 2, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Three words: SO NOT COOL.
This is just absurd!
DR.K
May 2, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Yep it sounds like we are being led on by the CW. How sad, but they better get the series finale together in a way that will benefit us all!! I can’t take being led on into a dead end!
Jessica
May 2, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Oh no,not again.But I hope will go to be 8,if not then I will sad GG will finish this year.
em
May 2, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Come on! This is soooo annoying, this will they won’t they. Come on!
Reinier
May 2, 2007 at 8:36 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOO Lauren and Alexis
BOOOOOOOOO the CW
BOOOOOOOOO Ausellio for teasing us along
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo :::throws popcorn:::
mariyah
May 2, 2007 at 9:33 pm
DEAR PEOPLE,
GILMORE GIRLS HAS GONE NOT AS WE PALANED
ADMITT IT THEY MESSED IT UP BUT I STILL LOVE IT
.. I DONT WANT GILMORE GIRLS TO END BEACUSE WHEN I WAS 7 I STARTED TO WATCH THE SHOW WELL ACULLY IT BEGAN SO NOW IM 12 . AND ALL THESE YEARS WHEN I WAS SAD OR GOING THORW A HARD TIME I COULD RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE SEE HERE I AM AN ONLY CHILD WITH ONE PARENT….. SO WHEN MY WORLD COME CRASHING DOWN TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE COMPLETLY EMPTY . NOW WE DONT WANT TO STOP SEEING GORGOUS LAURAN GRAHM AND ALEXIX BLEDEL SO HERE MY PROP.,,,,, WELL RORY WAKES UP FROM THIS DREAM WERE SHE IS LIVIN THE LIFE WE SEE ON TV NOW BUT WHEN SHE WAKE UP SHE TELLS HER MOM LORALIE AND LORILAI SAYS “HONEY THATS BECAUSE YOUR GETTING MARRIED TO JESSSSSSSSS” RORY TELLS MOM THAT SHE DREAMED OF GETTING M,ARRIED TO LOGAN AND SHE HAD NO IDIA WHO HE WAS BECAUSE SHE NEVER ME T HIM…………… DONT U LOVE THAT ENEDING WELL IT WOULD ALEAT LEAVE THE SHOW WITH AN ENDING THAT WE ALL WANTED . DONT U AGREE RORY GREW UP AND BECAME WHAT HER MOM KEPT HER AWAY FROM SPOILED RICH…. IF SOMEONE IS IN COMTACT WITH DIRCTORS PLLZZZZZZ GIVE THEM THIS PLZZZZ I THINK IT WOULD SAVE THE SHOW ,BYE THE WAY IM A GIRL
Reinier
May 2, 2007 at 9:50 pm
No one will read an all caps paragraph!!!
Kay
May 3, 2007 at 10:41 am
I read it got cancelled. :(
Joey
May 3, 2007 at 10:55 am
Joint statement from The CW and Warner Bros. Television regarding “Gilmore Girls.”
“Announcing the final season of ‘Gilmore Girls’ is truly a sad moment for everyone at The CW and Warner Bros. Television. This series helped define a network and created a fantastic, storybook world featuring some of television’s most memorable, lovable characters. We thank Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dan Palladino, Dave Rosenthal, the amazing cast led by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as well as the producers, writers and crew for giving us this delightful gem for the past seven years. We would also like to thank the critics and ‘Gilmore’ fans for their passionate support and promise to give this series the send off it deserves.”
GILMORE GIRLS finale airs Tuesday May 15 on The CW at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
It’s the Series Finale!
Hadar
May 3, 2007 at 11:18 am
So unfair :I
Jess Anonymous
May 3, 2007 at 11:36 am
NOOOO!!!!! =[ =[ =[
Jess Anonymous
May 3, 2007 at 11:37 am
I dont want that ending… and neither do alot of people.
I love Logan. And so do alot of people.
And Jess is gone. Adios.
So no.
Pamela
May 3, 2007 at 11:56 am
Read the statement on the CWTV website. It’s a done deal.
Come on GG fans, it has been a really good run, so enjoy what is left. I think I’ll have a Gilmore Girls/Stars Hollow cocktail party on that night to toast the end.
DR.K
May 3, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Tears!
Priscilla
May 3, 2007 at 12:08 pm
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Sad-Day-Gilmore/800014182
THATS IT!!!!!!!!! OUR BELOVED SHOW IS OVER!!!!!!!!!! THEY WONT DO ANOTHER SEASON!!!!!!!! (CRYING)
nea
May 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm
oh well, now i’m depressed.
Hallie
May 3, 2007 at 12:13 pm
http://cwtv.com/thecw/gilmore-girls-050307
SUCH SAD NEWS!! I don’t understand why Alexis and Lauren won’t do thirteen stinkin episodes of season 8!! I will miss the show sooo much!!
lovegilmoresss
May 3, 2007 at 12:54 pm
05/03 - After weeks of talks aimed at bringing the show back for a limited run next season, the CW and Warner Bros. TV have decided to wrap production on the quirky dramedy that focused on fast-talking femmes. [The series], now in its seventh season, will air its final episode May 15. […] CW and WBTV released a joint statement noting the passing Thursday morning. “Announcing the final season of Gilmore Girls is truly a sad moment for everyone at The CW and Warner Bros. Television,” statement read. “This series helped define a network and created a fantastic, storybook world featuring some of television’s most memorable, lovable characters.”
Jennifer
May 3, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I officially have tears in my eyes. I can’t believe it’s the end. This is one of the best shows on tv. Just one more season, even a shortened season to wrap things up. I’m so upset, what about Loreleai and Luke, what about Rory and Logan??? Where’s my puffs?
milolover
May 3, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I Can´t believe this
We got our gilrs back for 2 episodes and now there´s only going to be 3 more left
NO Way!!! you can´t do this to us after such a ride in 7. season
that hasn´t been our gilrs for such a long time so we need at least those 13 episodes that the new writes stole us
Damn it I want more!!!!! and another ending
Sad Fan
May 3, 2007 at 1:19 pm
This is soooooooooooooooooo sad!!!!!! I can’t believe it’s over :-( :-(
LOS ANGELES - Goodbye “Gilmore Girls.” The sharp-witted saga of an independent mother and daughter that added to the luster of the young WB network, will end its run after seven seasons.
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The show, which last year moved to the CW network created by the merger of WB and UPN, will air its final episode May 15 at 8 p.m. EDT, CW and producer Warner Bros. Television announced Thursday.
“Gilmore Girls,” starring
Lauren Graham and
Alexis Bledel and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, “helped define a network and created a fantastic storybook world featuring some of television’s most memorable, lovable characters,” CW and the studio said in a joint statement.
They thanked fans for their “passionate support” promised to give the show “the send-off it deserves.”
Ratings had dipped this season for the series, which lost Sherman-Palladino as its guiding hand because of a contract dispute.
The drama with comic overtones followed the lives of single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Graham) and her equally bright and beautiful daughter as they grew up together, struggled through romances and tried to find their place in the world.
Rapid-fire patter, the series’ hallmark, delighted fans but took a toll on its cast.
“Getting the language perfect requires a number of takes that you might not have on another show,” Graham told The Associated Press in January 2006.
“It’s just a lot of work — 13, 14 hours door to door. I’ve missed weddings, I’ve missed babies being born. I’m not complaining, because of what it has brought me, but I would be ready for a different balance.”
Sherman-Palladino and her husband and fellow executive producer, Daniel Palladino, left after failing to come to terms with the studio on a new deal, and the series struggled creatively and in the ratings this season.
The April 24 episode drew fewer than 4 million viewers, down about 25 percent compared to the same time last year.
As production on the show got under way last fall, its future then uncertain, Graham speculated about the final chapter.
“I care very much how the story ends,” Graham said told the AP. “… It would be my worst nightmare if we end the show with a wedding. To me, the premise of the show was, `What if your parent was your best friend?’”
“That’s the thing you leave people with, the strength of this family and this relationship,” she said.
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Rhea
May 3, 2007 at 1:35 pm
GILMORE GIRLS NEWS
MORE GILMORE GIRLS
Joint statement from The CW and Warner Bros. Television regarding “Gilmore Girls.”
“Announcing the final season of ‘Gilmore Girls’ is truly a sad moment for everyone at The CW and Warner Bros. Television. This series helped define a network and created a fantastic, storybook world featuring some of television’s most memorable, lovable characters. We thank Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dan Palladino, Dave Rosenthal, the amazing cast led by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as well as the producers, writers and crew for giving us this delightful gem for the past seven years. We would also like to thank the critics and ‘Gilmore’ fans for their passionate support and promise to give this series the send off it deserves.”
GILMORE GIRLS finale airs Tuesday May 15 on The CW at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Aloha
May 3, 2007 at 1:41 pm
I am just beyond disappointed! So, so sad!! :( I mean alright, I can understand maybe some of the actors wanting to end thier stint with the show entirely, but how about the fans that have been loyal and so supportive over the years… C’mon… at least give us a good send off to give us closure to this beloved show! It seems like 2-3 episodes seems TOO rushed to end long running series?? I think rushing to end this series would be like leaving a bad taste in many peoples mouthes!! Anyone else think that?
I mean honestly, for those that have been watching since the very first episode, even when the storyline became wanning, most if not all stick stuck through to watch the show and see what would happen. And now.. it seems like things are being rushed and sweep under the carpet. :( Really is sad, and disappointing.
Alright, off my soapbox! lol
katie
May 3, 2007 at 3:11 pm
ahhhhhhhhhhhh. i am so upset. i love gilmore girls and now it is over. but all good shows have to come to an end. wait no they dont this is just to short of time to put marrying logan and luke and loralai and i like dean and he should be with rory but logan is cool to. and the chick who did the all caps… that was annoying.
Fhaun
May 4, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I’m still in shock! I can’t believe it’s over! I love the show so much. I don’t think I can bring myself to watch any other shows on the network now…..
Val
May 4, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Ok in tears now!!!
I am so mad that they are ending it this show is my life. I agree i think that they should just do a shortened 8th season to tie up loose ends why rush the 7th season so fast it seemed as though they are just trying to end it too fast.
I’m devistated
newly
May 5, 2007 at 5:09 am
this is not fair we need a proper end!! people want just that nothing more! This is not a show that needs to be cancel because it sucks…it just needs a last season to fix things up and so that it ends properly! I love Alexis and Lauren but now I’m hating them I mean it’s just one last season that’s it!
kellie
May 5, 2007 at 4:39 pm
ok…ya…uh…no…the end of the season should not go that way…if it did then that would pretty much have to be the end of the season and there would have to be an eighth season…which i really hope there will be…the day gilmore girls goes off the air for good is the dad i will cry for the show to come back on…i love the show…i have season 1-6 on dvd…and rory isnt going to marry jess…jess is gone but they are still friends..rory is going to marry logan…i knew that from the episode where they first started being boyfriend and girlfriend..anyway…back to my point here…jess is gone..lorelai would never let rory marry jess but she will let logan marry her because logan loves rory and she means everything to him…so ya..rory is not going to marry jess even though jess is pretty hott!!!
kellie
May 5, 2007 at 4:40 pm
i love the show too…and i am watching the season finale…i will cry on the last nite…i will be in mourning
gg fan
May 6, 2007 at 7:52 am
i want my gilmore girls!!!!!!!!
NOW!!! don’t leave me!!!!
P.Roxy
May 11, 2007 at 2:59 am
OMG!!!!! i cant believe this i love that show so much this cant be happening, i love lougan he is so cute and i love him with rory , please u guyz dont let this be the season finale coz i cnt live without it ,i am addicted to it guyz please help me out im gnna be in tears if its over !!!!!!!! that is so unfair!!!!:(
Pam
May 14, 2007 at 11:40 pm
The show was very fun to watch over the years but i really didn’t like season 7.
Oh and i hate Bledel and Graham now. Thanks for ruining this for us by leaving
go to hell
maria
May 16, 2007 at 12:53 pm
this is a sad moment, gg was one of the best shows on cw, and by taking it away i know they will lose many viewers like me. and pam, shame on you for telling them to go to hell..
Darcy
May 17, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I hope they reconsider and bring the show back. They did for “Seventh Heaven”. I hope another network buys the show or they at least make some “GG” movies. There is still a lot of storyline to pursue and Stars Hallow is full of great characters. I have not given up hope.
Sophie
Feb 10, 2008 at 6:36 pm
This is stupid. Why cant they just bring gg back just for one more season. Thats all we want. We want a good ending. You gotta bring it back.
GILMORE GIRLS ROCK!!!!!!
JOJO
May 11, 2008 at 9:21 am
I NEED AN 8th SEASON!!
I will die without it.
Season 7 ended badly, I NEED RORY AND LOGAN TOGETHER. THEY ARE WHAT I LIVE FOR. PLEASE. I NEED IT BACK
GIRLMORE GIRLS—
Becky
Jun 18, 2008 at 7:07 am
I would like to see a eighth sesaon of Gimore girls for one its my favorite show . I miss that it is not on anymore. I have all 7 seaons so yes I really like Gilmore girls so please continuie. It is better then some shows on t.v
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