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go_clo · 03-16-2007, 12:41 PM

Sorry for the double post but I got some more news.

I found a new article (thanks to Heidi at the Great8Mandate) by David Kronk (Mayor of Television) talking about the possibility of another season. This is the second article he has done for us on this matter and both articles are pretty good so I would read them if I were you. He is really encouraging especially after the rather discouraging news we got yesterday (MM signing for another Pilot,) I would also suggest commenting after you're done reading..... pleeease comment! The comments seem to be really helping.

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No issue seems to be of higher concern to readers of this blog than whether or not “Gilmore Girls” will return next season – which is wholly understandable, given that this isn’t Daily Kos, where readers’re absolutely rabid about the situation in Iraq and the whole Justice Department scandal, and anyway, “Gilmore Girls” is no doubt the best show whose fate hangs in the balance.

Nothing I’ve written about, here or in print, has elicited such passionate response. I wrote the entry linked above three weeks ago, and I’m still getting Email about it.

Including this one, which arrived Thursday:

“Hi Mr. Kronke, It's [NAME REDACTED ON ADVICE FROM KARL ROVE] ... one of your GilmoreGirls.org Great8Mandate fans. I hope you don't mind, but I wanted to try and get your opinion on the following. Recently, the news for a possible season 8 hasn't been very positive. This week both Kristin Veitch from E! Online and Michael Ausiello from TV Guide reported that season 8 looks unlikely because Alexis Bledel is apparently unwilling to sign on. However, just today Kristin also reported that, ‘With actual tears in my eyes, I must tell you that I’ve heard from several solid sources that the CW has decided not to bring “Veronica Mars” back for a fourth season. Though official word has not yet come down from the network, I did hear from creator Rob Thomas earlier this week, who told me things weren’t looking good...’ (An interesting side note is that Kristin's Veronica Mars news article was only online for a few hours. I'm guessing she was pressured to take it down.)”

[MAYORAL SIGNING STATEMENT: I've reconstituted the above link to take you to an update. What might’ve been originally scratched from the official website was the emphatic nature of the original headline, which the story itself didn’t justify. Though one still wonders just how often the estimable Ms. Veitch has occasion to invite fake tears in her eyes.]

Anyway, my correspondent continued:

“Here's what I'd like to ask The Mayor of Television ... assuming that Veronica Mars really is dead and gone, how can The CW afford (ratings wise/network wise) to lose both it and Gilmore Girls? Wouldn't it then be relying heavily on lesser shows that are already on their last legs and putting a lot of hope into new pilots? Couldn't that backfire terribly? Does a Veronica Mars cancellation give new promise to a Gilmore Girls renewal?

“Any TV expert insight would really be appreciated! Thank you for your time.”

Thoughtfully, and only nominally long-windedly, I responded:

“I don't think it's an either-or with GG and VM. With VM, it's the simple fact that the show just does not get very good ratings. People expected VM to do considerably better with GG as a lead-in, but it didn't really hold on to much of that audience. In fact, the Pussycat Dolls reality show, which seems far less compatible with GG, is doing much better in that timeslot. Part of the problem with VM may have been its serialized storytelling; we've seen what happened to all those new serialized shows that began the season. (When the show returns, it will be as a series of stand-alone episodes, but that may be too little, too late.)

“With GG, it's a matter of economics and casting. No one's left on contract (generally, actors sign a six-year contract with a show, re-upping a year at a time after that), and I’ve heard Bledel has already checked out psychologically [PARENTHETICALLY ADDED RUMOR REDACTED ON ADVICE FROM ALBERTO GONZALEZ, AND BECAUSE THAT’S JUST NOT THE WAY THIS BLOG ROLLS]. Lauren Graham is the lynchpin in all of this. If they can cajole her to return, they can piece together enough for a season eight.

“I would really hate to be a CW executive right now. The network's Sunday night is tanking, its Monday night is on the decline, they may not be able to bring back either of their Tuesday shows. That's half their schedule right there. Were things going better, they'd probably cancel "One Tree Hill," since it's not doing all that well, but all the holes in their schedule will probably preclude that. They'll probably bring back "Seventh Heaven" for another season, as well, if they can't hold on to GG and maybe even if they can.

“CW doesn't develop as many new shows for the upcoming season as the other networks, so they have less to choose from, and, as a columnist for the Onion noted, ‘all of the titles of the CW's pilots sound like they were taken from a “Mad TV” sketch about network executives.’ I'm thinking they're going to turn to some more really cheaply produced reality shows like Search for the New Doll, maybe cut an hour from their Monday sitcoms ("Seventh Heaven" did better on Mondays, anyway).

“Of course, I advocated shutting down UPN long ago. And The WB was doing well until they dumped Jordan Levin as its Entertainment president and brought in guys who decided to torpedo its focus on viewers 18-34 and cooked up all sorts of junk appealing to older viewers (i.e., people like THEM) and then it, too went off the rails.

“So The CW was always a marriage of convenience, and the children simply don't play together very well.

“Ultimately, I'd say that at this point, The CW will do whatever it will takes to bring back GG -- except bankrupt itself. Unfortunately, that might be precisely what it takes.”

Herewith, your challenge: Concoct the best/smartest/dumbest/cleverest reason The CW should bring “Gilmore Girls” back, along with a compelling strategy to lure Lauren Graham back for an eighth year. The winner will receive the coupon for a no-doubt-edible fast-food delectable item thrust upon me when I left Thursday night’s L.A. Kings' somewhat fruitless hockey game (see the below blog entry), as well as some entertainingly cheesy TV-related tchotchke that, in coming years, you might actually come to value (or try, immediately, to pawn off on susceptible eBay users). Enter early and often! CW Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff could probably profit off your insight now.

Source: Great8Mandate 2: Can "Gilmore Girls" be saved?

**let me sign** · 03-16-2007, 01:17 PM

want to save the show?
Go vote HERE

**Katiegg108** · 03-16-2007, 01:20 PM

Micheal Ausiello posted the following in a larger update today:

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There's also a rumor floating around that Mars' fate rests in the hands of Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Maybe, maybe not. While one insider says, "Clearly, Gilmore Girls not coming back would help Veronica Mars a lot," still another insists, "One has absolutely nothing to do with the other."

Either way, let's hope this whole mess gets resolved sooner rather than later. My faint heart can only take so much.

Of course, if we had to pick Girls or Mars, which one would we save and why? Cast your vote below! (I have it on good authority that this column is required reading for Dawn Ostroff.)

TV Guide Community: CW Pitting Mars vs Girls? Plus: Kudrow on Grey's 2.0?

Make sure to post your opinion in the blog.

go_clo · 03-16-2007, 02:22 PM

Thanks guys for bringing that over, I will put the link in the first post. OMG GG is doing great so far in the poll, I dont know how long the poll has been up but GG is leading by 83%

*squee*

**let me sign** · 03-16-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by go_clo (View Post)

Thanks guys for bringing that over, I will put the link in the first post. OMG GG is doing great so far in the poll, I dont know how long the poll has been up but GG is leading by 83%

*squee*

*cough*Ivoted127times*cough*

go_clo · 03-16-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dirty twin (View Post)

*cough*Ivoted127times*cough*

Your the best!!

**let me sign** · 03-16-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by go_clo (View Post)

Your the best!!

I'm just sooo dedicated

they owe me for like 4 years of my life and the fact I have an asthma, it's their fault as wel, I blame them... but i can give them one ore chance with next season, I can sucrify myself and let the show it to me...

go_clo · 03-16-2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dirty twin (View Post)

I'm just sooo dedicated

they owe me for like 4 years of my life and the fact I have an asthma, it's their fault as wel, I blame them... but i can give them one ore chance with next season, I can sucrify myself and let the show it to me...

Here Here

go_clo · 03-16-2007, 05:04 PM

Gah we are now at 49%!!! Vote guys vote!!!!

**let me sign** · 03-20-2007, 02:07 AM

Gilmoregirls.org
has a pretty cool campagne going on on their forum as well.. i was sooo tempted to send a letter to AB under one of the addresses they showed there

**silentღscene** · 03-20-2007, 06:10 PM

I voted!!!!!!!!!!

hellojojo123 · 03-20-2007, 10:58 PM

OMG!!! we need more votes in here for saving the GG!!! c'mon guys, vote!!!

go_clo · 03-22-2007, 07:35 PM

From the Great8Mandate at gilmoregirls.org

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Hi gang,

Kristin from E! Online has just released her annual 'Save One Show' article (where every year online voters pick to save a show in danger of being cancelled).

E! - Kristin's Blog - SAVE ONE SHOW: Scoop on Your Faves in Danger and How to Help -

Here's what she writes about Gilmore Girls:
Paging Miss Alexis Bledel. Are you or aren't you going to do another season? Because according to sources, our beloved Rory Gilmore is the biggest deciding factor in a season eight, given that she's holding out on signing a new contract and Lauren Graham won't sign without her. Meanwhile, show runner David Rosenthal has been taking meetings around town looking for a new job, which isn't the best sign. However! The fans still love this show, and Gilmore Girls is still one of the strongest on the CW. So, don't give up just yet! There could be a miraculous rescue in the 11th hour (with a little help from you).

So, get out the vote and help save season 8! Viva la Gilmore!

To vote, click here and select Gilmore Girls: E! Gossip - Kristin's Home Page

Rollerskate. Sunshine State. Celebrate. Season 8!

~Heidi

Pleeease vote guys!!! This poll is much more important then Ausiellos

lancer1993 · 03-23-2007, 01:03 AM

I thought it was about time for me to post here, thanks for the thread.

Of course I would love the show to return, there is not enough time left for the story to come to a happy ending for all and give the fans what we want and deserve.

-Kelly- · 03-23-2007, 01:24 AM

I hope Alexis doen't leave the show business, it sounds like she's burnt out

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