'Gilmore Girls' Cast on Returning For Reboot, Bringing Show Back

Can you believe it’s been more than 20 years since Gilmore Girls first premiered?! The show followed iconic mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, respectively, and aired for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007. Years after wrapping up the show, the cast returned for the four-part Netflix revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life in 2016. Keep reading to see if the cast would reprise their roles once again and what they’ve said on another reboot.

To celebrate the show’s 20-year anniversary, Lauren took to social media in October 2020 to thank fans for their continued support over the years. “Your kindness and devotion to this show have brought me so much joy over the years. I’m so grateful, to say the least, and I love you all,” the actress wrote on Twitter.

The heartwarming show also starred actors Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Jared Padalecki, Liza Weil, Matt Czuchry and Milo Ventimiglia, who all went on to have some pretty major acting careers after the iconic series came to an end.

—”I think [we would do more] if the time is right and everybody is in the mood — because that’s how it happened before. We all sort of saw each other at a festival and kind of went, ‘Hey! No one hates each other.’ And decided to do it,” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino told Us Weekly in January 2018. “[It] could happen again — absolutely.”

A few years later, the creator of the show provided an update on more episodes of our favorite Gilmore duo in October 2020.

“There’s no [obstacle] behind it except for lives and people doing [other] things,” she explained during a Woodstock Film Festival virtual panel discussion. “[A Year in the Life] was one of those kismet moments where we were kind of all looking at each other and going, ‘Well, let’s take a couple of months and hang out together and remind each other why we drove each other crazy.’ And it was a wonderful experience. I really do believe that if the time is right and the girls are where they need to be in their lives [it could happen].”

Scroll through the gallery below to see what the cast have said on returning to Stars Hollow for more Gilmore Girls episodes.

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Lauren Graham

“I don’t ever say never,” Lauren told Collider in April 2021 of creating more episodes for Gilmore Girls. “I still talk to Amy and Kelly [Bishop] and Alexis. There is not a plan for it. Everyone is doing their own thing. If that came up again, I love that character so much and I love Amy. I will work with her, anytime. It would just be a matter of responsibility to the fans and what we could give them that’s deserving of their devotion, or should it just live in reruns. So, I don’t know.”

Alexis Bledel

Only months after A Year in the Life premiered, both Lauren and Alexis addressed the possibility of reprising their roles again.

“I don’t know if there is a need to do more. I would never want it to feel like we overstayed our welcome,” the Parenthood alum told Deadline in April 2017. “There’s probably a way to keep these characters alive, but I don’t know if that’s the best thing for them.”

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star, for her part, said she would be “interested in telling a story that is dynamic and that I sort of relate to and can hook into.”

Scott Patterson

Luke himself, a.k.a. Scott Patterson, is all in for more Gilmore Girls — and he told Us Weekly exactly what he would like to see in future episodes.

“Well, I’ll tell you one thing, [there] better be big, fat wedding!” he exclaimed in August 2019. “I think that’s what we should give [fans]. … I think now it’s time to give them, after 20 years, what they want.”

The actor added that there is “always hope” for more episodes. “If everybody can make the right deal, then it’ll happen.”

Looks like Scott has given more insight on where he sees his character today! In an interview with Elite Daily on January 16, 2024, the actor gave an update on where Luke and Lorelai stand in 2024.

He explained, “They’ve got a couple of kids now. That’s the big surprise, even in their old age and they don’t regret it.” Scott didn’t just stop at his own character!

“Jess has come back into the fold. He’s their nanny,” the actor said. “He runs a gym. He opened up the Stars Hollow Gym. Rory’s back, and she’s running the Stars Hollow Gazette. She’s doing a lot of articles on the gym and on old people having kids.”

Milo Ventimiglia

“I don’t know about [a second] Gilmore [Girls] revival, but of course, that’s always in the cards for us to do something together,” Milo told Us Weekly in February 2022. “You know [creators Amy and Daniel] are dear friends of mine and they’ve always been really kind to me since my mid-twenties and when they call, I show up. So, I’m sure we’ll be working together for a long time to come.”

Matt Czuchry

Matt Czuchry, who played Logan Huntzberger, told Us Weekly in January 2021 that he knows *spoiler for A Year in the Life* the identity of Rory’s baby’s father.

He explained that he’s kept the secret in case Gilmore Girls does come back. “If we do come back, [the Palladinos] may change their minds,” he explained. “So it could become somebody else.”

The Gilmore Girls alum revealed that he would “be lucky to work” with the producers again, adding that Alexis, Lauren and Milo are “really important to me.” Aww!

Stars HollowEverything the Cast of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Has Said on Bringing the Show Back: Quotes, Reboot

Lauren Graham

Alexis Bledel

Scott Patterson

Milo Ventimiglia

Matt Czuchry