Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, six seasons have aired, with the seventh currently airing. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington, as they struggle to complete their medical training and maintain personal lives. Despite being set in Seattle, the show is primarily filmed in Los Angeles.
A spin-off show, titled Private Practice revolving around character Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) began airing on September 27, 2007, and is currently in its fourth season.For now, four soundtrack discs are released, as well as a video game based on the show. So far, all seasons to date have been released on DVD, with seasons four, five, and six available on Blu-Ray. On May 17, 2010 a Colombian version of the show, titled A Corazón Abierto began airing on RCN TV in Colombia and on Telemundo in the United States.
The show has attained commercial success and critical acclaim. Initially airing as a midseason replacement for the legal drama Boston Legal, it gained high viewership, with the first episode watched by 16.25 million viewers, and the first season finale attracting 22.22 million viewers. The second and third season received even higher ratings, with average viewership of around 19 million, The series, especially during the second and third season, has received a number of awards, among which are the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2006, two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006 and 2007, and numerous other awards and nominations for acting, writing and directing. So far, the show has received three Emmy awards.
Production
The title Grey's Anatomy was devised as a play on words: a reference to both Henry Gray's medical textbook Gray's Anatomy, and character Meredith Grey. Prior to broadcast, it was announced that the show's title would be changed to Complications, although this did not happen.
Fisher Plaza, which is the headquarters building for the media company Fisher Communications and Fisher's ABC affiliated KOMO radio and television stations for Seattle, is used for some exterior shots of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, such as air ambulances landing on the KOMO-TV newscopter's helipad. This puts Seattle Grace conveniently close to the Space Needle (which is directly across the street from Fisher Plaza), the Seattle Monorail, and other local landmarks. However, the hospital used for most other exterior and many interior shots is not in Seattle; these scenes are shot at the VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in North Hills, California.
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Cast and characters
Main article: List of Grey's Anatomy characters
The series focuses on a group of surgical interns, residents, and the various physicians who serve as their mentors in their professional and personal lives. The show's producers used a "color-blind casting" technique, resulting in a racially diverse cast. All roles for Grey's Anatomy are cast without the characters' races being pre-specified, in keeping with creator Shonda Rhimes' vision of diversity.The five characters who are first introduced as interns are Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), George O'MalleyT. R. Knight), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh). They progress to residencyMiranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), a general surgeon who becomes the hospital's Chief Resident and later becomes an attending general surgeon. The surgical program is run by Chief of Surgery Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) who has a pre-existing personal relationship with Meredith, having had an affair with her mother when Meredith was a child. In Webber's employ are attending physicians Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) and Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington), who specialize in neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery respectively. Derek is introduced as Meredith's love interest, while Preston begins a relationship with Cristina. ( after their first year in the surgical program. They are initially mentored by
Introduced in the show's second season are OB/GYN and neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh), plastic surgeon Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), orthopedic surgeon Callie Torres (Sara Ramírez). Addison is Derek's wife who arrives in Seattle seeking reconciliation with him. Mark is Derek's former best friend, who aided the breakdown of his marriage by having an affair with Addison. Callie is introduced as a love-interest for George, whom she later marries, but ultimately divorces. Addison departs the show after the third season, as Kate Walsh left to star in spin-off Private Practice, but continues to make guest appearances in Grey's Anatomy. The penultimate episode of the third season introduces Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), Meredith's sister, who unexpectedly decides to pursue her internship at Seattle Grace after her mother's sudden death. The finale of season three sees Burke's exit from the show, after leaving Cristina at the altar.
Early in the fourth season cardiothoracic surgeon Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith) becomes Callie's love interest, and a main character in the fourth season, after appearing as a recurring character in seasons two and three. During the fifth season, Hahn departs from the series. Two new characters are introduced: trauma surgeonOwen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw). Owen became a love-interest for Cristina, while Arizona became a love-interest for Callie. Season five also introduces the recurring character Dr. Sadie Harris (Melissa George), who had a friendship with Meredith years before. Sadie was expected to become a series regular but George's contract was not renewed and her character was subsequently written out of the show.
George O'Malley dies in the show's fifth season, and Izzie departs following the breakdown of her relationship with Alex. Attending Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) is introduced as a cardiothoracic surgeon from Owen's past and later becomes a main character. Several recurring characters are introduced, as Seattle Grace merges with Mercy West hospital. Residents Reed Adamson (Nora Zehetner), Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), April Kepner (Sarah Drew) and Charles Percy (Robert Baker) all transfer to Seattle Grace. Anesthesiologist Dr. Ben Warren (Jason George) is also introduced as a love-interest for Bailey. In the season six finale actors Baker and Zehetner leave the show after the deaths of their characters in the finale's hospital shooting, and only Drew and Williams were upgraded to starring status in the seventh season. When asked whether there will be new additions to the cast in the future, creator Shonda Rhimes replied that the cast is already too large and there won't be any more additions
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