This is the sound of a shark jumping, although I think the shark had already begun the leap in this season of the Gilmore Girls:
NEW YORK – The popular WB series “Gilmore Girls” will have to continue without the husband-and-wife team that has been its creative force since the beginning.
Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino said Thursday they will leave as executive producers following the end of this season, its sixth. The show’s production company said “Gilmore Girls” will continue next season with Dave Rosenthal, who has been a writer-producer there, running things.
The WB is closing up shop this fall, but “Gilmore Girls” is expected to move to the new CW network, which is a combination of the current WB and UPN networks.
“Despite our best efforts to return and ensure the future of `Gilmore Girls’ for years to come, we were unable to reach an agreement with the studio and are therefore leaving when our contracts expire at the end of the season,” the Palladinos said in a statement.
They wanted a two-year extension, and the CW said no.
But I have been unhappy with the show for the past month or two. Oh, well. All good things come to an end.