Lauren Graham shares how she feels about ‘Gilmore Girls’ fame Entertainment Gilmore Girls fever. Jimmy Kimmel Live! the Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist star spoke about the sudden surge in the popularity of the mother-daughter comedy drama. Graham, who played Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, said it was all thanks to modern-day streaming platforms that the show got a boost and was introduced to the younger lot today. "It's way more popular. It wasn't that popular [when it originally aired],” she said. "We were on opposite Friends, no one really knew we were on. It was, like, a miracle every year we got picked up. The people who liked it, liked it, but it wasn't, like, a big hit. It's crazy. New generations keep watching it,” she said.