<p id=”par-1_59″>Network executives had “a lot” of questions for Amy Sherman-Palladino during the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/gilmore-girls-amy-sherman-palladinos-favorite-moments-from-the-pilot-are-so-random.html/”>making of <em>Gilmore Girls</em></a>. During a 2025 PaleyFest LA event, the creator of the iconic 2000s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tv/”>TV show</a> shared the “weird pushback” she got from network execs about Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) practically every week while bringing the series to the small screen. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-network-execs-called-amy-sherman-palladino-all-the-time-about-gilmore-girls”>Network execs called Amy Sherman-Palladino all the time about ‘Gilmore Girls’</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_38″>Speaking at a PaleyFest LA event to celebrate her work on March 29, 2025, Sherman-Palladino reflected on the challenges of bringing <em>Gilmore Girls</em> to life. Between casting difficulties and a shoestring budget, she fielded questions from network execs. </p>
<p id=”par-3_29″>“I got a call from the studio before the show aired, once a week,” she said at the 90-minute event dubbed The Amy Sherman-Palladino Multiverse (via <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amy-sherman-palladino-network-notes-gilmore-girls-1236175687/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em></a>). </p>
<p id=”par-4_49″>Also in attendance to celebrate Sherman-Palladino were <em>Gilmore </em>stars Graham and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/shrinking-creator-bill-lawrence-wanted-kelly-bishop-play-pauls-ex-wife-it-wasnt-just-gilmore-girls.html/”>Kelly Bishop</a> (Emily Gilmore). So were<em> </em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/”><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></a> alums Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam “Midge” Maisel), Alex Borstein (Susie Myerson), and Luke Kirby (Lenny Bruce) as well as stars from Sherman-Palladino’s new show, <em>Étoile</em> (more on that later). </p>
<p id=”par-5_34″>“They would call, and they would say, ‘Listen, [we] just want you to know, the network is very upset and disappointed with you and the work you’re doing,’” the <em>Gilmore Girls</em> creator went on. </p>
<p id=”par-6_39″>Sherman-Palladino shared that the calls continued almost all the way through pre-production until she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-garners-boyfriend-john-miller-issues-ultimatum-ben-affleck-photos-disrespectful.html/”>issued an ultimatum</a>. Either fire her or stop calling. Spoiler: They chose to stop calling and sent her flowers when the <em>Gilmore Girls</em> pilot premiered. </p>
<p id=”par-7_37″>“It was a very hard show because it was not a teen soap, which they sort of specialized in,” Sherman-Palladino said of The WB-turned-<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-cw/”>The CB</a>. “And it was not genre, so it wasn’t<em> Buffy</em> [<em>the Vampire Slayer</em>].” </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-got-questions-about-rory-s-sex-life-and-lorelai-s-parenting”>She got questions about Rory’s sex life and Lorelai’s parenting </h2>
<p id=”par-8_21″>Sherman-Palladino continued, saying the network notes she got centered around two questions: Rory’s lack of a sex life and Lorelai’s parenting. </p>
<p id=”par-9_42″>“There was a lot of notes about, ‘Why isn’t Rory having sex?’ And like, because she’s in f***ing high school and not everyone blows someone in the bathroom. Weird pushback on things like that, things about, ‘Why won’t Rory have sex more?’” </p>
<p id=”par-10_49″>Another element of the show that seemed to perplex the network was Lorelai’s parenting. “‘Why isn’t Lorelai being more of a mom?’” was a question she often got too. Her response at the time was simple. “I’m like, because that’s not what the show is,” the TV writer recalled. </p>
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<p id=”par-11_54″>Fans of <em>Gilmore Girls</em>, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em>, and <em>Bunheads</em> (RIP) get a taste of each in Sherman-Palladino’s new <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/amazon-prime-video/”>Amazon Prime Video</a> original series <em>Étoile</em>. The collaboration with her husband, Daniel Palladino, features familiar faces. They include <em>Gilmore Girls</em> alum <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/gilmore-girls-yanic-truesdales-favorite-line-of-michel-gerards-is-1-no-one-would-say-in-their-right-mind.html/”>Yanic Truesdale</a> (Michel Gerard) in addition to <em>Maisel</em> alums Kirby and Gideon Glick (Alfie). </p>
<p id=”par-12_50″>As for the <em>Bunheads</em> element, <em>Étoile </em>is a drama about two struggling ballet companies in Paris, France, and New York. To turn things around, they trade dancers for a year, sending their Paris-based dancers to New York, and vice versa. <em>Étoile</em> premieres on April 24, 2025, on Amazon Prime Video. </p>