Gilmore Girls fans are still coming to terms with the show being removed from Netflix — but where will it be available instead?
Netflix broke the news in June 2026 by taking to X with a statement that read, “It’s a show? It’s a lifestyle. It’s a religion.”
The post continued: “We are sorry to say that Gilmore Girls Seasons 1-7 will be leaving Netflix in the US on June 30. Raising a cup of coffee to every fan who visited Stars Hollow with us.”
While only Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life will remain on Netflix — for now — the original series is still available to stream on Disney+, Hulu and Prime Video.
Gilmore Girls, which aired from 2000 to 2007, followed a mother-daughter pair living in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
In addition to Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls starred an ensemble cast that included Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena, Yanic Truesdale, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann and Liza Weil. Jared Padalecki, Milo Ventimiglia, Sean Gunn, Chris Eigeman and Matt Czuchry made up the rest of the cast.
After Gilmore Girls came to an end, fans asked for a revival. They got their wish with Netflix’s Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which debuted in 2016. The four-episode show ended on a major cliffhanger but there haven’t been any news of more episodes.
“I’ve been saying for a long time [that] what I could see making sense is a Christmas movie, in the tradition of Downton Abbey or those other kinds of shows that are over, but then kind of come together especially around the holidays,” Graham told The Hollywood Reporter in 2025. “I think that would be very Gilmore-friendly.”
At the time, Patterson spoke to Us about the impact Gilmore Girls still has on fans to this day.
“This sort of medicinal, therapeutic side to the show is undeniable,” he told Us. “I hear it all the time. I hear, ‘This show saved me,’ ‘This show got me through cancer,’ ‘This show got me through Iraq.’”
Patterson recalled one 2015 occasion when he was approached by a man from the military, adding, “[He told me], ‘We watched that show when we were out in the middle of nowhere. If we survived our deployment, we’d get back to the camp, and we’d watch your show. We lost guys, and we’d come back and watch your show. Because to us, that felt like America. It gave us hope.”
The actor praised Gilmore Girls — and its lasting legacy.
“It doesn’t insult the intelligence of the audience,” he continued. “The audience has to come up to its level. It’s smart. It’s very, very funny … It operates best as a light comedy, and then at the end of an episode, you get a right hook to the head. It’s wonderfully unpredictable. It’s 50 to 60 great jokes per episode. Nobody’s doing it like that. Lorelai’s basically going through life as a stand-up comic and a really good one.”
