The 77th annual Emmy Awards were a night for major star-studded moments, one of which was the highly anticipated Gilmore Girls reunion with stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel , who presented the award for Best Writing for a Comedy Series.

While the reunion was a sweet nod to the show’s landmark anniversary, it also made way for the reveal of a surprising behind-the-scenes rivalry with ER . But how so? It might surprise fans.

“Twenty-five years ago, a show called Gilmore Girls premiered and apparently took the season of fall hostage,” Graham began the presentation segment.

“In spite of our autumnal dominance,” Bledel continued, adding that Gilmore Girls “was actually a very small show.” In other words, as Graham put it, “we had no money,” and Bledel further drove that point

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