Gilmore Girls

Created by Amy Sherman, Gilmore Girls tracks the unnaturally close friendship of a young single mum and her teenage daughter in an all too quaint back town of America. However you describe the series it sounds corny and agonisingly pointless, and yet it is in fact intelligent, creative, and sophisticated in every way. The cheesy title sequence of family hugs and friendly smiles is accompanied by the soundtrack song "Where You Lead I Will Follow", appropriately by the mother and daughter duo Carole King and Louise Goffin. From which point you are quickly propelled into the surreally quaint town of Stars Hollow where the most unlikely combination of ...

The "Gilmore Girls" never really got a chance in the UK. Originally picked up by Nickelodeon (who were apparently under the gross misapprehension that it was a kids' programme) and later shown on Hallmark in the ungodly timeslots of 7 and 8am, it's hardly been a runaway ratings success. It has, however, managed to grab the attention of a dedicated cult fanbase, with good reason - it's one of the best shows the US has had to offer in recent years, offering a stellar blend of comedy and drama. It lasted for seven seasons before its network in the USA, The CW, called time on it earlier this year (2007). "Gilmore Girls" follows the day-to-day ...

After hearing through Digitalspy the fantastic news that Gilmore Girls had been picked up by E4, I felt compelled to write a review for a show that has been tragically overlooked on this side of the pond. This is in no small part due to poor scheduling. The first three seasons were shown both by Hallmark and Nickelodeon in semi-decent time slots. The fourth and fifth were shown by Hallmark in the death slots of early weekday mornings. The sixth and seventh were never broadcasted in the U.K but the fact that I went to the great lengths that I was forced to resort to in order to see them speaks volumes about the quality of this program. Gilmore Girls follows ...