Here's Carole King's Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life cameo explained. 1 / 8
The original series debuted in 2000 and followed the friendship between a mother and daughter. 2 / 8
The show charted mother Lorelai (Laurie Graham) and daughter Rory's (Alexis Bledel) various personal and professional ups and downs. 3 / 8
It came to an end in 2007 with a widely disliked seventh season. 4 / 8
Netflix revived the show for a four part miniseries in 2016. 5 / 8
Carole King reprised her role as Sophie, the owner of a local music show. 6 / 8
King recorded the show's theme "Where You Lead," and has also acted in Russkies and Hider In The House. 7 / 8
King helps organise the local musical, and plays one of her own songs - which is rejected by the committee. 8 / 8