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Grey’s Anatomy will return for season 19, however issues are shaking up fairly a bit at Gray Sloan. Regardless of the present being known as Gray’s Anatomy, there might be much less of Ellen Pompeo than ever earlier than. Nevertheless, new docs might be becoming a member of the present.

So, what does Ellen’s decreased function on the present imply for the present’s future? Who else is returning? HollywoodLife has rounded up all the newest updates about Gray’s Anatomy season 19.

Gray’s Anatomy Season 19 Premiere Date

Gray’s Anatomy season 19 will premiere October 6 on ABC. The collection will hold its 9 p.m. ET timeslot on Thursdays. Sister collection Station 19 will air at 8 p.m. and the Hilary Swank-led collection Alaska Each day will air at 10 p.m.

“Gray’s Anatomy is a real phenomenon, beloved by audiences around the globe. Whether or not they catch it dwell on ABC, or stream it on Hulu or globally on Disney+ or Star+, it’s clear that followers can’t get sufficient of Shonda Rhimes’ good creation,” Dana Walden, chairman of Leisure, Walt Disney Tv, mentioned in a press release when the present was renewed. “Now we have huge religion in Shonda, Krista Vernoff, Ellen Pompeo and the whole inventive staff to unlock new, untold tales that can proceed to deal with fashionable medication, sort out the problems that form the world round us, and resonate deeply with loyal followers for years to come back.”

Shonda, the creator of the collection, additionally mentioned: “I couldn’t be extra excited that we get to maintain telling the tales of Meredith, Bailey, Richard, and the entire different docs at Gray Sloan Memorial for one more season. It is a true testomony to Krista Vernoff, the forged, the crew and all of the writers who hold the viewers on the sting of their seat week after week. And it might not be attainable with out the generations of unimaginable followers who’ve supported Gray’s Anatomy for thus a few years.”

Ellen Pompeo’s Standing In Season 19

Gray’s Anatomy will characteristic much less of Meredith Gray than ever earlier than. Ellen Pompeo will reportedly seem onscreen for under 8 episodes of season 19, Deadline experiences. She is going to proceed to be an govt producer. The actress will proceed narrating, though she could not do the voiceover in each episode.

Ellen’s restricted screentime as Meredith comes because the actress prepares to sort out her first function exterior the world of Gray’s Anatomy. She is going to star in the Hulu limited series that’s primarily based on the true story of Ukrainian-born Natalia Grace and her U.S. adoptive mother and father, who claimed that she was an grownup “sociopath” pretending to be a baby. Ellen is ready to play the mom within the collection.

Gray’s Anatomy Season 19 Solid

Along with Ellen, Gray’s Anatomy veterans Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. will return as Dr. Miranda Bailey and Dr. Richard Webber. Ellen, Chandra, and James are the one remaining forged members who’ve been collection regulars since season 1.

Ellen signed a one-year deal in January 2022 to return for season 19, in accordance with Deadline. Chandra and James signed new multi-year pacts that included season 19. Fellow collection regulars Kevin McKidd, Kim Raver, Caterina Scorsone, Chris Carmack, Camilla Luddington, Kelly McCreary, Jake Borelli, Anthony Hill, and Scott Speedman are anticipated to return in season 19.

On August 3, Kevin shared a behind-the-scenes photograph of his first day again on set to movie season 19. “Day 1 again at it! So grateful and completely happy to see everybody and begin telling new tales collectively!” he wrote.

Kim additionally celebrated the beginning of season 19 manufacturing. “Off to First Day Of SEASON 19 filming @greysabc! Thanks candy good friend @joeywolffer for the attractive shirt I’m carrying at present! I like it,” she captioned her Instagram photograph.

Kate Walsh, who performs the beloved Dr. Addison Montgomery, returned for a handful of season 18 episodes. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Kate about possibly returning for season 19. “It was enjoyable to return. She would possibly make an look. We’ll see. I don’t know,” she mentioned.

New Solid Members

Season 19 will characteristic many new faces. Gray’s Anatomy has added a number of forged members who might be first-year surgical residents at Gray Sloan.

• Harry Shum Jr. will play Daniel “Blue” Kwan, in accordance with Deadline. Blue is “sharp-witted, impatient and good. He’s beneficiant by nature however aggressive to a fault, naturally gifted, and used to successful at every little thing. A household disaster interfered along with his profession plans and now he’s received lots to show.” The present will dive into Blue’s backstory and “clarify why Daniel is just a little older than your typical medical resident.” Harry wrote on Instagram that he’s “honored to be becoming a member of this iconic present.”
• Adelaide Kane will play Jules Millin, TVLine confirmed. Jules is a first-year surgical resident who was “raised by drug-addled artist/hippies and one way or the other emerged as the one actual grown-up within the household. As a result of she all the time needed to maintain herself and her mother and father, Jules generally is a little bossy — however her coronary heart is all the time in the precise place. She’s not afraid to interrupt the principles to save lots of a life, and typically it will get her in bother.” Following the casting information, the Reign alum posted the next on Instagram: “I’m not a health care provider, however I play one on TV! So hyped to be part of such a historic collection!!! Can’t wait to be coated in faux blood and bodily fluids every day. tysm!”
• Midori Francis will play Mika Yasuda. Based on Deadline, Mika is one other first-year resident who’s a “center youngster with eight siblings. She is used to being ignored and underestimated and makes use of it to her benefit. Mika is coping with overwhelming scholar loans from med faculty, however she’s scrappy and assured she will make it in this system and rise to the highest.”
• Alexis Floyd will play Simone Griffin, a brand new first-year surgical resident who’s a “humorous, whip-smart, excessive achiever with an advanced household dynamic. She grew up in Seattle, however by no means wished to work at Gray Sloan due to a painful private historical past with the hospital,” in accordance with Deadline.
• Niko Terho will play Lucas Adams. Deadline experiences that Lucas is “the charming black sheep of his household. Likable to a fault, he has a fantastic thoughts, however doesn’t have the grades to match. He’s decided to show himself as a surgeon, identical to many in his household which have come earlier than him, however he must cease counting on his individuals expertise and put within the work.”

How Did Season 18 Finish?

Owen and Teddy had been seen leaving Seattle with their youngsters after refusing to offer life-ending remedy to a person whose spouse, a former veteran, was dying. When Owen didn’t adjust to the person’s calls for, the person reported the couple to Bailey. Owen and Teddy resigned and shortly left city.

Kai and Amelia’s relationship hit a snag when Kai revealed that they didn’t need youngsters. Nevertheless, on the finish of the episode, Kai couldn’t tear themselves away from Amelia. In the meantime, Jo and Hyperlink vowed to get their friendship again on monitor.

Gray Sloan’s residency accreditation was pulled within the finale, which meant Schmidt and different residents needed to go away. Meredith had just about determined to depart Seattle for Minnesota, however Jackson begged her to tug her resignation as a result of Gray Sloan could be doomed if she didn’t. Bailey beat her to the punch.

“You broke it, you purchased it,” Bailey mentioned after revealing she was quitting to guard her well being and sanity. Meredith advised Nick that he ought to return to Minnesota. Nick lastly walked away after being pushed by Meredith. Simply after he left, Meredith knew she made a mistake. The final moments of the ultimate confirmed Meredith operating after Nick.

Is Gray’s Anatomy Ending After Season 19?

Gray’s Anatomy has not been renewed for a milestone season 20 but. If the present does get a renewal, it seemingly wouldn’t be introduced till early 2023. Gray’s Anatomy, which premiered in 2005, is already the longest-running primetime medical drama of all time and not too long ago celebrated 400 episodes.

Ellen has been vocal for years about Gray’s Anatomy ending. “I imply, I’ve been making an attempt to get away for years,” she advised Entertainment Tonight in 2021. “I’ve been making an attempt. It’s not as a result of I haven’t been making an attempt. I’ve robust relationships on the community they usually have been very, excellent to me, and have incentivized me to remain.” She added, “Miraculously, we hold arising with methods to have a purpose to remain and if there’s a purpose, that warrants it.”

She admitted to Insider in 2021 that she’s “been making an attempt to deal with convincing everyone that it should end. ​I really feel like I’m the tremendous naive one who retains saying, ‘However what’s the story going to be, what story are we going to inform?’ And everybody’s like, ‘Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion {dollars}.’”

The actress has additionally been sincere that the present may proceed on with out her. “The present speaks to lots of people, and the younger individuals love the present,” Ellen advised Entertainment Tonight in 2022. “It’s impressed so many generations of healthcare staff, so, I believe for the younger individuals, it’s a very good piece of content material.”

She continued: “We’re going to attempt to hold it going for the younger individuals, not essentially with me, however hold it going past me.” When requested if the present would technically be known as Gray’s Anatomy if she was now not on the present, Ellen replied, “We’ll discover somebody, or perhaps, we received’t.”

Nevertheless, Jesse Williams, who performs Dr. Jackson Avery, isn’t so certain the present would go on with out Ellen. “I don’t know, it might be a unique present [if she left], she’s the center of that present, she’s Gray, so unlikely,” he advised Access Hollywood in June 2022.