Oy with the spinoffs already.
While some of the most iconic shows on television—looking at you, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Simpsons—once began as spinoffs, it’s not often that the magic of the original show is able to be replicated. And that’s why Gilmore Girls stars Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson aren’t convinced that a spinoff about Stars Hollow’s iconic residents would work.
Though for Scott, it took a conversation with the then-president of the show’s network, Warner Bros., to realize why a Gilmore Girls spinoff—including one set at his character Luke Danes’ diner—would always feel like it was missing something.
“I brought this up to Peter Roth once advocating for my own spinoff,” the Sullivan’s Crossing star told E! News in an exclusive joint interview with Lauren, “and he told me something steeped in TV history wisdom. He said, ‘Scott, people would miss the other characters so much, because the show is so chock full of rich, wonderful characters.’”
“And boy was that a smart thing to say,” Scott, 66, continued, “because he nailed it.”