(July 2006) Gilmore Girls' going through multiple off-screen changes
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Gilmore Girls' going through multiple off-screen changes
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Beth Harris - Associated Press
Los Angeles -- All the drama won't be confined to the fictional town of Stars Hollow this fall on "Gilmore Girls." A new network, new executive producer and some new writers have shaken things up behind the scenes.
Add to that the fact that Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, who play the close-knit single mother and her daughter, are entering the final year of their contracts. Neither did much Monday to put to rest rumors about the show's fate after its seventh season, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 26.
"Your legal contracts are up, and you begin to imagine what if," Graham told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting. "I don't want to be in a situation where I feel sorry for me. I've seen that happen to actors and shows where the thing is done, let it be over. I don't know that we're in that situation."
Bledel added, "I really don't know what this year is going to be like. I'm going to see what it's like, then decide how I feel. We'll see."
Graham wasn't thrilled with last season's story line that had her Lorelai character giving fiance Luke a now-or-never ultimatum after he asked for patience in dealing with his newly discovered 12-year-old daughter. Luke let Lorelai walk out of his life.
"It wasn't my favorite stuff to play, to be dictated to by Luke, but again, it was a believable conflict and a believable obstacle between them, and that's why the end made perfect sense," Graham said. "If everything had gone the way the fans had wanted it to go, the show would have been over."
And Graham "wasn't a fan" of the painful separation between Lorelai and her screen daughter, Rory.
Those scripts were written by show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband and co-executive producer, Daniel Palladino, who both left the comedy-drama last season after failing to reach agreement on a new contract with Warner Bros. Television.
Graham made it clear, however, that she is "a huge fan of Amy and Dan's."
"I loved that writing, but I also think there's room for it to grow," she said.
The Palladinos, who handled the majority of the scripts, said they wanted to add more writers to ease their burden.
Dave Rosenthal, a writer and producer on the show, is in charge now, and he oversees an eight-person writing staff. He said he's not treating this season like it will be the show's last.
"The goal is to do 22 good episodes of Gilmore Girls' and let the rest take its course," he said.
Sherman-Palladino has said she knows how the show should end. When the time comes, Rosenthal said he'll call her.
"I would definitely like to talk to Amy about that," he said.
- Submitted by Mookie
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Beth Harris - Associated Press
Los Angeles -- All the drama won't be confined to the fictional town of Stars Hollow this fall on "Gilmore Girls." A new network, new executive producer and some new writers have shaken things up behind the scenes.
Add to that the fact that Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, who play the close-knit single mother and her daughter, are entering the final year of their contracts. Neither did much Monday to put to rest rumors about the show's fate after its seventh season, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 26.
"Your legal contracts are up, and you begin to imagine what if," Graham told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting. "I don't want to be in a situation where I feel sorry for me. I've seen that happen to actors and shows where the thing is done, let it be over. I don't know that we're in that situation."
Bledel added, "I really don't know what this year is going to be like. I'm going to see what it's like, then decide how I feel. We'll see."
Graham wasn't thrilled with last season's story line that had her Lorelai character giving fiance Luke a now-or-never ultimatum after he asked for patience in dealing with his newly discovered 12-year-old daughter. Luke let Lorelai walk out of his life.
"It wasn't my favorite stuff to play, to be dictated to by Luke, but again, it was a believable conflict and a believable obstacle between them, and that's why the end made perfect sense," Graham said. "If everything had gone the way the fans had wanted it to go, the show would have been over."
And Graham "wasn't a fan" of the painful separation between Lorelai and her screen daughter, Rory.
Those scripts were written by show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband and co-executive producer, Daniel Palladino, who both left the comedy-drama last season after failing to reach agreement on a new contract with Warner Bros. Television.
Graham made it clear, however, that she is "a huge fan of Amy and Dan's."
"I loved that writing, but I also think there's room for it to grow," she said.
The Palladinos, who handled the majority of the scripts, said they wanted to add more writers to ease their burden.
Dave Rosenthal, a writer and producer on the show, is in charge now, and he oversees an eight-person writing staff. He said he's not treating this season like it will be the show's last.
"The goal is to do 22 good episodes of Gilmore Girls' and let the rest take its course," he said.
Sherman-Palladino has said she knows how the show should end. When the time comes, Rosenthal said he'll call her.
"I would definitely like to talk to Amy about that," he said.
- Submitted by Mookie
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