‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ to Air on The CW This Thanksgiving

By Claire Spellberg @c_spellberg
Published Oct. 5, 2020, 2:30 p.m. ET

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Get ready to spend your Thanksgiving holiday in Stars Hollow. In honor of Gilmore Girls‘ 20th anniversary, The CW has announced that limited series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life will make its network television debut as a four night event beginning Monday, November 23. The Gilmore Girls revival will air on The CW and stream for free on the network’s website and via The CW app for 30 days after its premiere.

Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls aired for seven seasons on The WB and its successor, The CW, from 2000 to 2007. Throughout that time, viewers watched as mother-daughter duo Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) tackled the ups and downs of high school, dating, and life in the close-knit community of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. While Gilmore Girls never became a critical darling in the way that Sherman-Palladino’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has, it was beloved by viewers, and its popularity has only increased over the past decade as new fans have discovered the show on streaming.

In November 2016, Netflix released Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, a four-part miniseries that reunited viewers with Rory, Lorelai, Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop), and Rory’s roving band of love interests. The revival picks up almost 10 years after the original series, with Rory, now 32, at a crossroads in her personal and professional life. Over the course of 12 months, Rory attempts to straighten out her affairs (literally) and figure out how to best convey four very important words to her mother.

In addition to Graham, Bledel, and Bishop, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life reunites viewers with the comedy’s large ensemble cast, including Scott Patterson (Luke Danes), Melissa McCarthy (Sookie St. James), Yanic Truesdale (Michel), Keiko Agena (Lane Kim), Liza Weil (Paris Geller), Matt Czuchry (Logan Huntzberger), Milo Ventimiglia (Jess Mariano), and Jared Padalecki (Dean Forester). The revival also pays tribute to Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore), who passed away in 2014 at the age of 71.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life airs Monday, November 23 through Thursday, November 26 on The CW. Episodes will air every night from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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