Gilmore Girls season 1

Gilmore Girls
Season 1
Season 1 DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkThe WB
Original releaseOctober 5, 2000 (2000-10-05) 
May 10, 2001 (2001-05-10)
Season chronology

The first season of Gilmore Girls, an American comedy drama television series, began airing on October 5, 2000, on The WB. The season concluded on May 10, 2001, after 21 episodes. The season originally aired on Thursdays at 8 pm ET.

The show was first announced for pickup by The WB for the 2000–2001 season on May 16, 2000, a month after the original filming of the pilot episode in April in the Toronto suburb of Unionville. On March 20, 2001, The WB announced the show's renewal for a second season.