Lauren Graham Says She Gets ‘No Residuals’ From ‘Gilmore Girls’ Netflix Popularity: ‘I’ve Been Paid in Love’

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J. Kim Murphy “Gilmore Girls” has proven to be one of the prime broadcast sitcoms to have achieved extended life on streaming, even receiving a Netflix revival season “A Year in the Life” in 2016.

However, that digital popularity hasn’t necessarily seen extensive compensation for the series cast, as star Lauren Graham explained on a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” appearance Wednesday evening. “There really are no residuals on Netflix.

Sorry! But I’ve been paid in love,” Graham explained when asked about the matter by Kimmel. “We have definitely reached more people than we were reaching on The WB. … Now it’s trickled into younger people, older people, men whose kids or wives probably have forced them to watch it.

I get stopped a lot. It surprises me every time though. I don’t know why.” The topic of how a residuals-based compensation model can be translated and matched as television audiences shift to streaming has been an ongoing negotiation for the entertainment industry.