season 8 goss, will it happen?

[Dominique]

Ok I know some people have been wondering if there will be a season 8 or if they've already decided against it etc and when I came across some info about it accidentally earlier while looking for an episode transcript I decided to do some digging. Here are the fruits of my labour for anyone who's interested

www.gilmoregirlsnews.com/2007/03/10/getting-close-season-8-looking-warmer/
which basically claims Scott Patterson has signed on to play Luke in Season 8 should it go ahead, and that Lauren Graham will do it if Alexis Bledel does, and Bledel is still sitting on the fence.

Quote from Lauren Graham on season 8 at a convention, link is here:
www.tv.com/story/5393.html?q=gilmore&tag=search_results;title;2

Both actresses have budding film careers, Graham in the upcoming Evan Almighty and Bledel in Sin City and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Graham spoke of the rumor that she and costar Bledel were not keen on doing another season of the show after the upcoming seventh.

"I read the first script. I love it. So a lot of things could happen," the actress said. "The fact is, our legal contracts our up, so you begin to imagine, 'Well, what if?' in a different way than before."

Also a CW rep has rejected the claims that Bledel doesn't want to continue, saying they're just rumours here:

www.gilmoregirlsnews.com/2007/01/26/lauren-graham-sticks-by-alexis-bledel/

Matt Czuchry on the possibility of season 8:

They’re talking with Alexis and Lauren. The situation is that Lauren and Alexis, it’s the 7th year of the show, contractually they are not obligated to do another season. You always have that transition period when it's at that point, so they’re in talks right now to see if there will be an 8th season and that’s kind of where it stands. It's not one way or the other. It's not this is definitely the end or it will go on. My hope is that that either way that it goes the audience will have closure, the fans of the show will have closure on this series that they’ve followed for such a long time so passionately. And they want to do that as well. They’re kind of in the process of doing that now and I would say, think that in the next month or two that its gonna become pretty clear one way or the other.

www.buddytv.com/articles/gilmore-girls/exclusive-interview-matt-czuch-3955.aspx

This link:
www.gilmoregirls.org/forum/index.php?topic=6630.0
Is to the great great8mandate which basically gives you a list of gilmore girls contacts and their addresses to petition people who matter to make season 8 happen.

Anyway according to the person who runs that site a decision about whether season 8 will go ahead or not will be made public no later than May 17th (as that's when the network announces its fall schedule at the upfront in New York).

She was written to by a CW executive about it after the Great8Mandate had so many people sending the CW and GG cast members petitions.

Anyway a lot of these links are written by fans, so it's hard to tell just how accurate they are really.

Anyways just thought some of you might be interested

[Dominique]

Why gg might stay, why it might go, by TV Critic David Kronk:

Never let it be said that Your Mayor does not respond to mail from his constituency. Recently, I received e-mails from "Gilmore Girls" fans anxious to see their favorite show go on to an eighth season and perhaps beyond.

One, a fan in Australia, wrote, "I believe we need more time. More time to see Luke and Lorelai back together, but not in a rushed blur ...."

Later, she tried to butter me up: "A quality article (about renewing the show), from you, a respected industry journalist, would indeed speak volumes."

Another correspondent was even more deft at buttering me up, addressing me as "The Distinguished Mayor of Television," echoing a similar concern.

Both directed me to a fan site determined to help the show continue behind an initiative called the Great8Mandate. It includes the names and addresses of CW executives and Warner Bros. TV production executives, cast members, even some journalists.

Here are some reasons for "GG" fans to take heart and/or prepare for the worst:

WHY "GG" MIGHT GO

There's been a distinct sense - even among hard-core "GG" fans - that the show has lost the spin off its fast ball since series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino departed after a
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contract dispute last season, and ratings have declined fairly steeply from its halcyon days. An eighth season wouldn't likely get much better, and shows of that age rarely increase their viewership. A season eight could limp to an ignominious conclusion that might leave a bad taste in fans' mouths.

There's not a lot of financial incentive to continue. Luring cast members back could prove costly - too costly for a mini-network like the CW to afford. And the show has more than enough episodes to play

in syndication forever. All involved have plenty of royal

ties coming their way, so there's not a lot of incentive for anyone to continue.

It seems highly unlikely that Alexis Bledell would be interested in continuing in the show. At her appearance at the TV Press Tour last July, she seemed to be extremely disinterested; she was a no-show at a magazine photo shoot and, in general, just seems to want to get on with her career.

WHY "GG" MIGHT STAY

Lauren Graham was recently given a producer's credit, which clearly is a step toward luring her back for another year.

The CW needs it more than it needs the CW. Even with its lower ratings, only a handful of other shows on the network have a higher viewership. "Reba's" gone, "Veronica Mars," "Seventh Heaven" and "One Tree Hill" are on life support, and its Monday sitcom lineup is hurting. That's a lot of prime-time real estate for a network with a modest development budget to renovate; so the CW might be willing to pony up to keep a solid audience and critical favorite on the schedule.

My correspondents are correct - rushing Luke and Lorelai's rekindling of their romance would kind of stink.

So what do you think? Would you like to hear Lorelai's motormouth banter for one more season, or would you tell her, "Here's your hat; what's your hurry?"

David Kronke, [phone]

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[Lu]

wow, thank you for posting so many links!
I don't know what thinking on the possibility of a 8th season because the 7th hasn't come out here yet...and I still don't know when it is going to come, hope soon

[gilmoreren]

Have done my bit for the Great8Mandate

[sagedautumn]

Yea thanx.. I hope it comes on. It's just reassuring to know that it's still on even though i tune in only sporadically

[Dominique]

lu said:

wow, thank you for posting so many links!
I don't know what thinking on the possibility of a 8th season because the 7th hasn't come out here yet...and I still don't know when it is going to come, hope soon

It's not out here yet either, but I have been downloading season 7 so I can watch it. I've seen up to episode 11 so far

[Lu]

poisonpen said:

lu said:

wow, thank you for posting so many links!
I don't know what thinking on the possibility of a 8th season because the 7th hasn't come out here yet...and I still don't know when it is going to come, hope soon

It's not out here yet either, but I have been downloading season 7 so I can watch it. I've seen up to episode 11 so far

I think I will do that now, my old PC was too low to download a video and it had memory completely full! But everything is different now!
Do anyone know where I can find transcriptions of episodes of the 7th season? Because they (mostly the gilmores) use to speak very fast and sometimes I can't understand what they're saying..

[Dominique]

The latest info is that there is a possibility that season 8 will go ahead, but that it will have fewer episodes than previous seasons.

Question: I'm excited to hear about the possible shortened eighth season of Gilmore Girls. Got anything new to report on that front?— Heather
Ausiello: At the show's wrap party Sunday night, everyone and their sister was talking about the short order as if it was a done deal. The only sticking point appears to be the number of episodes. I'm hearing 13, but I imagine the CW is trying to stretch that to at least 16. An official announcement is imminent.

That's from tv guide's Michael Ausiello and can be found here:
www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx

[pattinka]

I just wish there was another 8th season...now I'm downloading 7th every week episode:)so I don't miss anything...hope that soon we will know what's gonna happen