90210 Success - Future for Gilmore Girls?
September 3, 2008 by Arieanna
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el Auseillo thinks that last night’s successful re-introduction of 90210 makes the possibility of Gilmore Girls coming back more likely!
In the latest Ask Ausiello post, a reader asked about the possibility of a Gilmore Girls movie, and what the news was. His response:
Ausiello: If I had a serious gambling problem, which I don’t (wink, wink), I’d wager my entire Smurf collection that the likelihood of a Gilmore movie hinges on how well 90210 performed last night in the ratings. See where I’m going with this?
Where’s he’s going is this - 90210 kicked butt in ratings! The CW was the #1 network last night, in terms of ratings for the 18-49 demographic, and 90210 scored the highest ever telecast of a scripted series for the network. It had about 4.9 million viewers across the 2-hour premiere
So, if this isn’t a HUGE message to the CW that Gilmore Girls has the potential in the future for a movie or a return of some sort, I don’t know what is! I think that, unlike 90210, Gilmore Girls does rely on its original cast and storyline. But every little positive factor will go a long way for us!
To read a full recap of 90210, check here, or tune in September 4th at 8pm on the CW for a repeat of the premiere!
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Important question is whether there is any follow through after the first week of curiosity driven viewers. To me a pale and boring imitation of the original, only Shenae, Lori, and Jessica S remotely interesting. And Robe Estes as a negligent father again, GMAB!!
i think the decision should be determined after next weeks veiwing.. i heard from soo many people that 90210 sucked! and that it was stupid.
so if 90210 does good.. then theres a bad chance of a GG movie? or the other way around?
I don’t know what you guys are making such a huge deal about! I’m just happy that after 1 year, 2 months, and 20 days, there might finally be a chance for a Gilmore girls movie! But, that is only if everyone from the cast and crew want to make a Gilmore girls movie! It is totally up to them.
im saying 90210 isn’t that great! according to many people i know that watched it.. and i wanna know if 90210 what we need from 90210 to get a movie. like do we need 90210 to do well.. or bad?
man this is the most amazing storey that ive heard lately!!!! I REALLY REALLY hope that we get a chance of coming back!!!
Finally some good news! I can’t wait! Give me more!
X liz
Even if it were just a straight to dvd movie release I think it’d still do good. Any fan of the show who owns the series on dvd would buy it to see a proper conclusion and get their closure and also to complete the collection.
I don’t see what it has to do with the ratings for the new 90210. I used to love the original show, but for the little bit I saw of the premier, I’m just not that interested.
If they do decide to go ahead with a movie, I would hope that Amy Sherman-Palladino writes the script and directs/produces it. I’d really like to see it wrap up the way she imagined it would when she created the show.
I think what the 90210 rating have to do with Gilmore Girls is that since 90210 was a very liked show back with the orignal and it being brought back gained it alot of attention so a Gilmore Girls Movie could do the same?
For whatever reason it’s great news to hear that a Gilmore Girls Movie is seeming rather bright in it’s chances of happening. I really hope it does!
whey i might need to watch 90210 if it gives the opportunity for gilmore girls to come back
Why do they have to base the possibility of a Gilmore Girls movie on the rating of a completly different show form a totally different generation. Sounds pretty stupid. But still, if it is helping the chances of a GG movie then go 90210!
I agree, I think a ton of people would either go to see the GG movie, or buy it if it was only released as a DVD right away. We all became so invested in the plot and the characters and we deserve to see the show end the way it should. It seems like most if not all of the actors feel that way too, they deserve another shot at a better more resolved ending.
I hope so. Change that—It better be a great sign. I want this to happen. I have been watching for some kind of come back for the Gilmore Girls. The series finale did not suffice for me. I miss Scott Patterson, Lauren Graham, the beloved Alexis Bledel, and a hopeful (even a good 3-second) return of Milo Ventimiglia.
hey–just wanted to let u guys know what i have heard about the movie. i have a friend who also happens to be the love of my life, and she is really knowledgable on the gg info. apparently, the main motivation for the movie is that amy sherman pallemino didnt like how the series ended, and she wants to make the movie so she can leave her last 4 words. i am pretty sure that lauren and alexis are close to being on board, especially because they want to know how amy plans to end the story.
also, i agree, return of milo would be AMAZING.
Please do the Gilmore Girls movie. We only want Luke and Lorelais wedding!!!!!! Please only two hours to give us the perfect ending!!!
omg…. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. we so need a proper ending. a two hour movie or a few more seasons it doesn’t matter as long as we finally see Lorelai walk down the isle to Luke and see Rory succeed in journalism and of course either pick from her very hunky exs Dean, JESS, or LOGAN!!!!
oops didn’t finish that last one……. !!!! or meet a very gorgeous of course new guy
Since I’ll have the seven seasons soon, I hope I’ll have the 8, or the movie too. Imagine! You go to Amazon, and clic the movie, or the height! Or, you go to your email, and see a message: dvd on released, you go; an; their is the 8 or the movie! That may happen… That may happen…
Hmm I hope he’s right, maybe he has heard something? I’ve only just got to the end of the series (UK viewer, ordered the series on DVD a few months ago) and the ending seemed a bit forced (to put it mildly)
There is my conclusion after having think a lot, read many posts, and made some researches.
However, I received the whole set, and enjoy it the way it is, until the five, at least. It’s the same with Veronika Mars, that was not achieved.
Nothing comes out from nothing or nowhere. The forces that made the show possible were coming from many sources, and were converging to some spots we could call energy spots. And there, there were some collectors, (we can call them writers, actors, producers, bankers…), that gave some forms to those forces and energy. Veronica Mars and GG came out of them. Then life went on with the merging of UPN and CW. That meant that many people and thinking were concerned and taken in the tornado, and nothing was like it was before. Those forces that were coming to UPN and CW are not the same that come to WB. The former forces and energies are now dispersed, some great supporters of the show are now involved in other projects, often elsewhere.
When someone wants something, he always has to address the right person, not a surrogate. There is no any right person anymore to address in order to ask him or her to get back the show again. That person or spirit vanished when the fusion between the two companies occurred. Of course, we may argue about what happened next about the hesitancy about the signing process, and so one, but if the right atmosphere was gone, things couldn’t go on, that’s a law.
The process of the fusion occurred while the sixth season was airing, and already we could feel the difference. It didn’t survive the seventh. The forces that made GG to happen were dispersed, and nobody was there to address, or to defend or to take it.
Now, it’s only a matter of civil matter, law matters, rights to broadcast matter, and so one. No real person to address, only legal texts that assume the process, only legal texts that receive the petitions coming from all the fans around the world, no one to listen to. It’s a kind of department of the public reaction, and those that are employed, or at work here are there to assume a function about the rating, the reaction of the public and the right way to response to them. Not a heart, not an ear, only texts, and functions: Public relation is made of that stuff. There is no message in it. There is nothing. Only some staffs assuming the role of saying NO, “we are not concerned”, in a polite way that may look like a yes, or a perhaps, but that IS a definitive way of saying NO. “NO WAY!”
But, if GG was carrying a message, it has already delivered it, so all the fans that perceived it, may have it in their own heart. As for the process that allows some special things to happen, it is still at work, and something may come out again someday, for the nature has always the capacity of renewing itself. And that process may be found in our own life, in our daily life. That’s really positive, and nobody can take it form you, from us.
Hmm, I see where you’re coming from, that is very true the series was losing a lot of staff (who are the ones who give it the form its taking). I think there is just a part of me which would like a confirmation of what was intended by the characters. The ending, in fact a lot of the last season, seemed very… odd and out of character. I mean Lor marrying Chris, Logan and Rory breaking in less than 2 minutes (after so much time had been invested in Logan’s character development compared to others). It all just seemed rushed, particuarly when we know more episodes had been planned.
The ending is in many ways the hardest part of a TV show, since if you don’t end it, it can get like some where the orginal cast has left etc and the show seems to be a pale imitation of what it was before. But, on the other hand, if you end it like Gilmore was ended, leaving so many sub plots not covered, and closing many in arbitrary ways, it simply leaves the show seeming all the poorer for it since ultimently the ending is what we remember.
I mean, you can watch the earlier seasons and enjoy them but you know what will happen, you know where they’ll end, which obviously effects how you view the rest of the show, in the sense that you will notice how well the show itself led to its ending. I don’t think GG has delivered it’s final message, since I think that would need some more detail, even if its just in the form of ASP telling us what she planned.
Sorry that probably didn’t make much sense! I’m very new to all this being annoyed at the ending since I only just watched the end, I usually don’t mind endings so long as they do give some closure (and are in touch with the characters!)
Yes, I understand you felling. You know, for me it’s like a trap in what we ended. It’s not that the show in its original form was a trap, but the way things evolved was a trap from where many persons had to escape.
For the sixth, and the seventh, the explanation is easy to understand. The new directors of the new big structure didn’t know what the show was made off. For them, it was only an entertainment like many other ones. And they pushed their reasoning in the way that they tried to fit the show in the mould of others shows, and of course, it didn’t survived. The actors tried to express that in words, but they were taken in the turmoil. As for ASP, they had to left, as for Alexis Bledel, and Lauren Graham, they couldn’t recognize their character anymore. And that was a big pressure for them, considering for instance the age of the younger. They were trapped in the new structure that didn’t understand what the show was, and even worse, who they were. A big structure that’s getting older now and still doesn’t understand anything. And, in a way, they do not have to understand it, since, it is not their cup of tea.
I hesitated before ordering the whole set. But it helped me already so much to improve my English, that, at least, I can use it as pedagogic material. Till the fifth, it really worth it, and doing English in so charming company is good.