Bye-Bye to GG

Breaking news: "Gilmore Girls" a goner So that's it, the show has been officially canceled. It's been in limbo all season long if there was going to be an eighth season, and now, with two episodes left, they say it won't be back as contract extensions with the shows stars couldn't be hammered out. It'll be interesting to see how they do the series finale, but the writing is already on the wall of what's coming. This was actually a pretty good show for the first 5 seasons. I certainly haven't seen all the episodes by a long shot, but any I caught on TV reruns were always fun to watch. Good writing is good writing, regardless of the topic. And I always liked waiting for Luke's reaction and sarcasm to the lunacy of the title character Gilmore Girls. Of course, what the show will probably be known for is how the series creators didn't get a contract extension (they wanted multiple years), and almost tanked the series with a true "What the?" moment at the end of a pretty bad season 6 (during the season they even brought in what is always the death knell of a TV show - a kid). In fact, after getting interested in the show around season five, I missed a lot of episodes of season 6 and just kept up with it online. Then after that 'finger to the fans' season 6 ender, the creators left, writers and producers changed, and I was watching just to see if they could do a writing miracle and turn it around. It took half the season and 10 episodes before it even started to happen, but the last few have been back on track. So of course, that means it's being canceled. Either that, or the fact they lost about a million viewers each of the last two seasons. It's probably about time the show ended, as there really isn't anywhere more for it to go. As an exercise in story arc writing, it's been an interesting watch. They should have planned a little for it though, and ended it properly after what could have been a pretty good season 6. Oh well, that's one less show to remember is on. Back to TV on DVD...