--- title: Melissa McCarthy on Gilmore Girls Set: 'It Feels Like Home' description: The actress will reprise her role as Sookie St. James on the reboot of the show canonical: https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T00:56:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:08.080Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Melissa McCarthy Says Return to 'Gilmore Girls' Set 'Felt Like Home' og:description: The actress will reprise her role as Sookie St. James on the reboot of the show og:url: https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14ede405bd8bc53c/698890c4cf40a83e24c42fe1/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Spy" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy Says Return to 'Gilmore Girls' Set 'Felt Like Home' twitter:description: The actress will reprise her role as Sookie St. James on the reboot of the show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14ede405bd8bc53c/698890c4cf40a83e24c42fe1/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melissa McCarthy Says Return to _Gilmore Girls_ Set 'Felt Like Home'  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 12:56 AM UTC  Melissa McCarthy attends the 'Spy' New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on June 1, 2015. Melissa McCarthy attends the 'Spy' New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on June 1, 2015.Neilson Barnard—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 12:56 AM UTC [Melissa McCarthy ](http://time.com/4299845/melissa-mccarthy-2016-time-100/)is delighted to take a break from her blockbuster film career to return to the set of [_Gilmore Girls_ ](http://time.com/4288632/gilmore-girls-revival-photos/)for the show’s reboot. “I just visited the set and everything about it felt like home. Seeing Stars Hollow, I realized I had missed it way more than I had thought,” _The Boss_ star and TIME 100 honoree said during the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/4307268/time-100-gala-red-carpet-photos-2016/), which celebrates the influencers on the magazine’s annual list. “I think it’s going to be great,” McCarthy added of the reboot as she walked into the dinner. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/"},"headline":"Melissa McCarthy Says Return to Gilmore Girls Set 'Felt Like Home'","datePublished":"2016-04-27T00:56:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:08.080Z","description":"The actress will reprise her role as Sookie St. James on the reboot of the show","url":"https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14ede405bd8bc53c/698890c4cf40a83e24c42fe1/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14ede405bd8bc53c/698890c4cf40a83e24c42fe1/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Spy\" New York Premiere","caption":"Melissa McCarthy attends the 'Spy' New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on June 1, 2015.","creditText":"Neilson Barnard—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308836/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-time-100-gala/","name":"Melissa McCarthy Says Return to Gilmore Girls Set 'Felt Like Home'"}}]}] ```