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The hit 2000s show 鈥淕ilmore Girls鈥� will officially be returning for more episodes on Netflix.听

News broke that the streaming service was involved in negotiations with 鈥淕ilmore鈥� creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and the series鈥� stars, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, several months ago.

Now Netflix has confirmed that new episodes of the show are moving forward and that several lead cast members will be returning.

鈥淕ilmore鈥� ran from 2000 to 2007 and starred Graham and Bledel as mother and daughter Lorelai and Rory. The show took place while Rory was in high school and then in college.听

The series also starred Kelly Bishop as Lorelai鈥檚 mother, Emily, and Scott Patterson as Lorelai鈥檚 love interest, Luke. , Bishop, Patterson, and actors including Keiko Agena (Lane, Rory's best friend) and Sean Gunn (Kirk) will return as well.

Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino, who was an executive producer and writer on the original program, are reportedly coming back for these new episodes.听

The revival of 鈥淕ilmore鈥� will take the structure of four hour-and-a-half episodes, according to Variety.听

Netflix first released episodes of 鈥淕ilmore鈥� on its streaming service in October 2014.

That gave Netflix a way to gauge interest in the show seven years after it went off the air. Viewership for old episodes of the show seem to have been good for the company; writes that 鈥淕ilmore鈥� 鈥渉as been a strong performer for the service.鈥澛�

Studying demand by having old episodes stream first has led networks or streaming services to go ahead with new episodes in other cases, too. The Mindy Kaling comedy 鈥淭he Mindy Project鈥� started life on Fox, and 鈥淢indy鈥� episodes were available on the streaming service Hulu after they aired on TV. When Fox canceled 鈥淢indy鈥� in 2015, Hulu announced it would pick up the show.

鈥淢indy has always been a beloved member of the Hulu family and聽we know her millions of fans will be eager to find out what Mindy still has in store for the next chapter,鈥� . 鈥淪ince its network premiere in 2012, 鈥楾he Mindy Project鈥� has been a top show on Hulu and has consistently remained popular with Hulu subscribers.鈥澛�

This strategy predates streaming, too. Fox canceled its animated sitcom 鈥淔amily Guy鈥� in 2002 but the show returned in 2005, with credit going to strong ratings for episodes of the show when they aired on Cartoon Network and great DVD sales. reported at the time that 鈥渋t marks the first time a canceled show has been resurrected based on DVD sales.鈥�

A fictional property returning based on fan demand also echoes recent projects like those funded by Kickstarter. A movie based on the mid-2000s TV show 鈥淰eronica Mars鈥� was released in theaters after those behind the show set up a Kickstarter. The fundraising tool was also a driving force in the recent revival of the TV show 鈥淢ystery Science Theater 3000.鈥�

鈥淚f we want a聽lot聽more聽鈥楳ST3K,鈥� we need to work together to prove that there's still an audience out there that聽wants聽MST3K聽鈥� and that this isn't all some pitiable delusion 鈥� so that we can find a network or online platform who will agree to pick up the show and keep it going 鈥� hopefully for聽another聽200+ episodes,鈥� show creator Joel Hodgson wrote on .听

The show has since been funded.