Published Jun 17, 2026, 8:34 PM EDT
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It is truly a sad time to be a Gilmore Girls fan. This Monday, it was announced that Gilmore Girls would be leaving Netflix on June 30, 2026. The iconic small-town dramedy series about the close-knit mother-daughter duo, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, has been available to stream on the platform since 2014.
"It's a show? It's a lifestyle. It's a religion," Netflix said in a tweet, with a callback to Gilmore Girls' iconic season 1 Donna Reed episode."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 Gilmore Girls will still be available to stream on Hulu for the foreseeable future (and it's not leaving international Netflix platforms), it begs the question of where Warner Bros., who owns the rights to Gilmore Girls' IP, will place the massively popular show. Intelligent speculation suggests HBO Max, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, though this has yet to be confirmed.
However, what's even worse is that Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, the 2016 revival series, will be leaving Netflix on November 25, 2026 — right in the middle of the Gilmore Girls-friendly season of fall (via What's On Netflix). Though Netflix commissioned A Year in the Life, it's still a Warner Bros. property, and part of the deal was that Netflix would get a 10-year streaming exclusivity window from when the revival premiered, which was November 25, 2016.
This is heartbreaking for Gilmore Girls fans, particularly the younger generations who grew up with the series on Netflix, and for whom Gilmore Girls and the streaming platform are synonymous. However, we fans have been through worse — like when Lorelai married Christopher — and there may not be a need to panic at all.
Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life Leaving Netflix In November Doesn't Mean It's Gone For Good
Of course, the prospect of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life leaving Netflix is worrisome. In this digital age of distribution and streaming rights complications, it's not uncommon for shows to disappear from streaming platforms altogether, never to be seen or heard from again. While this is highly unlikely to happen to a series as popular as Gilmore Girls, A Year in the Life was much less warmly received, making its future more precarious.
Realistically, though, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life probably isn't disappearing, even if it is set to leave Netflix in November. As polarizing as the revival is, it's still part of the show's immense lore, and Gilmore Girls completists who rewatch the show every year include it as part of the viewing experience. With Gilmore Girls still showing up on Netflix's most-watched TV shows lists as recently as last October, Warner Bros. scrubbing A Year in the Life from the internet simply wouldn't make sense.
It's possible that Warner Bros. will renew their deal with Netflix, meaning Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life could remain on its original platform. Another possible outcome is that, where Gilmore Girls leads, A Year in the Life will follow, which could very well mean on HBO Max. Any streaming platform would be lucky to have a perennial favorite like Gilmore Girls in its catalog, and A Year in the Life is icing on the cake. But, until there are concrete answers, do what Lorelai Gilmore would do: Talk — and stream — fast.
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