http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/04/tv.gilmoregirlscancel.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Goodbye "Gilmore Girls."

The sharp-witted saga of an independent mother and daughter, a show that added to the luster of the young WB network, will end its run after seven seasons.

The show, which last year moved to the CW network created by the merger of WB and UPN, will air its final episode May 15 at 8 p.m. EDT, CW and producer Warner Bros. Television announced Thursday.

"Gilmore Girls," starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, "helped define a network and created a fantastic storybook world featuring some of television's most memorable, lovable characters," CW and the studio said in a joint statement. (Watch a fast-talking clip from "Gilmore Girls" )

They thanked fans for their "passionate support" promised to give the show "the send-off it deserves."

Ratings had dipped this season for the series, which lost Sherman-Palladino as its guiding hand because of a contract dispute.

The drama with comic overtones followed the lives of single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Graham) and her equally bright and beautiful daughter as they grew up together, struggled through romances and tried to find their place in the world.

Rapid-fire patter, the series' hallmark, delighted fans but took a toll on its cast.

"Getting the language perfect requires a number of takes that you might not have on another show," Graham told The Associated Press in January 2006.

"It's just a lot of work -- 13, 14 hours door to door. I've missed weddings, I've missed babies being born. I'm not complaining, because of what it has brought me, but I would be ready for a different balance."

5/4/2007 11:46:07 AM

Good god finally those bitches can shut up.

5/4/2007 12:11:48 PM

fo real

5/4/2007 12:23:47 PM

Quote :

"Good god finally those bitches can shut up."

5/4/2007 12:24:17 PM

Lauren Graham can get the dick.

5/4/2007 12:38:12 PM

5/4/2007 12:41:53 PM

If only...

5/4/2007 1:04:44 PM

I still have that image of Alexis Bledel as a hooker in Sin City.

5/4/2007 4:21:04 PM

The third season of this show is fucking perfect.

The rest is meh at best.

5/4/2007 4:27:43 PM

Its about time this drudge was retired

5/4/2007 4:54:05 PM

Seven years is respectable. I have watched it from the first episode and even I had serious problems with this season to a point where I stopped watching until I knew Luke and Loralei were getting back together. It is sad seeing such an intelligent show end but this time had to come eventually.

5/4/2007 7:16:51 PM

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