‘Gilmore Girls’ will bid adieu

“Gilmore Girls,” the saga of an independent mother and daughter that helped strengthen the fledgling WB network, is ending its television run after seven seasons.

The show, which last year moved to the CW network created by the merger of WB and UPN, will air its final episode May 15 at 8 p.m., the network announced Thursday.

The drama with comic overtones followed the lives of single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her equally bright and beautiful daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) as they grew up together, struggled through romances and tried to find their place in the world.

Ratings had dipped this season for the series, which lost creator Amy Sherman-Palladino as its guiding hand because of a contract dispute.