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The residents and the rest of the staff at a certain Seattle hospital will be back for the 2023-24 television season. Grey’s Anatomy has been renewed for a 20th anniversary season on ABC, but will Ellen Pompeo be back?
A medical drama series, the Grey’s Anatomy TV show stars Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Kevin McKidd, Caterina Scorsone, Camilla Luddington, Kelly McCreary, Kim Raver, Jake Borelli, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, Midori Francis, Harry Shum Jr., and Adelaide Kane. In season 19, recurring players include Jaicy Elliot, Scott Speedman, Kate Walsh, Debbie Allen, and Pompeo. The long-running series revolves around the personal and professional lives of the surgical residents, fellows, and attendings in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle, Washington. They seek comfort from one another, and, at times, more than just friendship. Together they discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Season 19 sees new residents joining the staff as the residency program is reinstated.
Airing on Thursdays, the 19th season of Grey’s Anatomy averages a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.43 million viewers. Compared to season 18, that’s down by 27% in the demo and down by 16% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (includes DVR playback through 3:00 AM). In the live+7 day ratings, the season picks up 60% more viewers in delayed viewing.
Season 20 will have a new showrunner. Meg Marinis will be at the helm, replacing Krista Vernoff, the current showrunner of Station 19 and Grey’s. Vernoff is stepping down from both posts.
According to Deadline, there is no deal in place for Pompeo to appear onscreen in season 20, but it’s likely that viewers will see her. Pompeo is one of the show’s executive producers and will continue to provide the show’s opening and closing narration.
The contracts for McKidd, Raver, Luddington, and Scorsone are up this season so they will have to sign new contracts if they return. The actors playing the new recruits are all expected to return.
What do you think? Have you been keeping up with the Grey’s Anatomy TV series? Are you glad that the series has been renewed for a 20th anniversary season?
I actually really like the new interns and the return to new romance. Keep it going, Grey’s!
I have been a fan of Grey’s from the beginning. BUT, the show has gone downhill in the last few years. I still watch it, but don’t pay much attention. With Ellen Pompeo gone, I don’t see why it is still on the air. The writing is terrible. The new interns each year are dumber and dumber. Shonda Rhimes has lost her touch. At least with this show.
This will become this most uselessly and ridiculously long medical drama, in TV history. I don’t even want to rewatch the early seasons now. Just forget about this cash grab series, produced by people with no integrity and no respect for their own show’s logic.
Writing’s on the wall, Season 20 will be the end. And obviously Meredith will be back for the last episode, if not before. Wouldn’t be surprised if they brought back all the other missing characters… or at least the ones they didn’t kill off. (We saw most of the dead ones in the ridiculously long “coma beach” story anyway)
Greys is on tv here which is where all shows should be.. crave, disney, paramount, netflex.. just $$$ grabbers… even stilling our shows that we see @ the show!.. used to be after awhile of being in theatres, we would see come on tv… bring it back!……. feel sorry for you in the UK… i love all these shows & right now I get to watch them on cable :).. as for Greys, was a great show, & still is, minus meredith 🙁 but, it will be great again… whole new bunch of interns to proove that. Don’t like that… Read more »
I am in uk and I have been following greys anatomy since the beginning … now I cant watch it anymore… same goes for the good doctor and station 19… it’s on ABC and we can’t get that channel in the uk
At least in the US, Netflix has everything up to the current season of Greys, and the current season’s episodes show up on Hulu the day after they air. For Station 19 and the Good Doctor, Hulu has all past episodes and current ones show up the day after they air. Since you’re in the UK some of the stuff may be on Disney+ instead, but there is definitely a way to watch Greys (even the new ones) once you know what streaming service they are on.
The good doctor is on sky witness, it’s still on its mid season break and should be back soon as it’s been a while. Greys and station has moved from sky witness to Disney+ and is currently coming out every Wednesday. (911 and 911 lone star is the same they’ve also been moved to Disney+) hope this helps – fellow uk person
This show needs to be put out of its misery!!!
Make it stop – not being of old meredith, because who cares, go do whatever else you want to do and fall into the well filled hole of long term soap actors who barely ever see another job after walking on the thing that made them famous. Anyways, the new bunch, sure they are nice, but can it be any more woke – the stories are dull, all the magic fell off this years ago and it has just become a dried poop on the highway to tv show retirement for these lot. Run,before this ship does a complete costa… Read more »
Ellen Pompeo still does the monologs.