E.R. Murrow Award Podcast Submission - Generation Gilmore Girls Podcast

Generation Gilmore Girls
Original airdate: December 8, 2025
Excerpt from "Generation Gilmore Girls: Play it again, Amy!"

How does the TV we love shape us? That’s the question we set out to answer in “Generation Gilmore Girls.” This three-part narrative podcast explores how the 2000s TV show, “Gilmore Girls” impacted the people who worked on it, the people who watch it, and the state that inspired it.

In this episode excerpt, the second episode in the series, we explore the special "Gilmore Girls" fandom that feels a lot like the fictional community we re-watch on our screens.

Our podcast team saw the power of the fandom firsthand at several festivals across Connecticut. We heard fans describe the show as a comfort watch, “a warm blanket,” “a hot cup of coffee,” “a bowl of soup,” or “a big connector.” People told us that when they were really going through it, they turned to "Gilmore Girls.”

What is it about "Gilmore Girls" that inspires so many people to come together 25 years after its premiere? This excerpt helps answer that.