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The Show; Grey's Anatomy
Topic Started: May 23 2007, 12:28 PM (254 Views)
oncetherewasaway	May 23 2007, 12:28 PM Post #1
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	The Show - Grey's Anatomy STUDIO BRIEFING TV: October 2, 2007 GREY'S IS GREENEST An average 30-second spot on ABC's Grey's Anatomy costs $419,000 -- making it currently the most expensive on primetime television, according to a survey by Advertising Age. The figure tops the $394,000 that spots on ABC's Desperate Housewives were being sold for last season. Because of slipping ratings, rates for Housewives dropped 31 percent to $270,000 this year, putting it at No. 4. The runner-up to Grey's during the current season is NBC's Sunday Night Football, where spots are going for $358,000. And although it, too, has been witnessing a ratings decline, The Simpsons came in at No. 3 with $315,000 per spot. Rounding out the top five, Heroes landed at No. 5 with $296,000. AdAge observed that come January, when American Idol returns, spots on the talent show are expected to dwarf all others, fetching $500,000 to $700,000 each. http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/86/23186.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV Guide - Today's News: My Take - Oct 1, 2007 Grey's Anatomy Diagnosed with Distended Ad Prices - Grey's Anatomy is this TV season's most expensive show for advertisers to buy into, commanding on average $419,000 per 30-second spot, says an Advertising Age survey. Last fall's titleholder was Desperate Housewives, which drew $394K. Rounding out this year's top five are NBC's Sunday Night Football ($358,000), The Simpsons ($315,000), Heroes ($296,000) and the ladies of Wisteria Lane ($270,000). http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TV...nosed/800023390 The greening of 'Grey's' - September 25, 2007 A behind the scenes look at 'Grey's Anatomy' shows how film sets are reducing their environment impact. Tom Verica directing what ep??? ..... Ohhhhh...... Dr. Hahn shaking hands with hot McDreamy! 2:27 Tom Verica directing ep 4.06 Title unknown http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/news/20...npower.cnnmoney Preparing for another tumultous ‘Grey’s’ season- Sept 26, 2007 George and Izzie left many viewers cold; and fans are sick of MerDer drama http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20982075/ TvbytheNumbers.com, - 09/26/07 Grey’s Anatomy fans, don’t forget to check out the rest of the site. Rating for GA....charted ;) Ratings for Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) ABC & City Eventions Outfit Medics Give Away More Grey’s Anatomy Stuff -September 17th, 2007 http://www.greysanatomynews.com/2007/09/17...-anatomy-stuff/ Grey's Anatomy: BuddyTV Fall 2007 Preview - September 10, 2007 http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anat...-fal-10236.aspx Grey's Anatomy Premiere: Thursday, September 27, 9 pm, ABC Where we left off: Addison (Kate Walsh) left Seattle Grace, Cristina (Sandra Oh) lost her eyebrows and Burke (Isaiah Washington), and McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) had a Dreamgirls moment, telling Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) he's not leaving. Meanwhile, George (T.R. Knight), who cheated on wife Callie (Sarah Ramirez) with best friend Izzie (Katherine Heigl), didn't pass his boards and has to repeat his intern year. And Alex (Justin Chambers) realized he had feelings for Ava (Elizabeth Reaser), the pregnant woman he rescued from the ferry crash. What's next: "I like the fact that the season begins with everyone being a little bit single," says Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes. Meredith and Derek's "emotional impasse" is going to resolve itself in a "very surprising way in the first episode," Rhimes promises. Though Callie will have her worst fears confirmed, Izzie won't be able to quit George. Former best buds McDreamy and McSteamy (Eric Dane) may reconcile now that Addison's left town. As for new faces, Derek shared a moment with Lexi (Chyler Leigh), who he didn't know was Meredith's little sis. If things don't work out with Mer, might he hook up with Lexi? "No way," says Rhimes. "If you know McDreamy at all you know that the moment he finds out that she is Meredith's half sister, he can't go there." But Lexi, a new intern, will definitely cause problems for poor Meredith. http://www.tvguide.com/special/fallpreview...eturning3a.aspx Secrets of TV’s Fall Favorites- Grey’s Anatomy: - Thursday September 6, 2007 -Where we left off: Sigh. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey)’s romance came to a halt. Cristina (Sandra Oh) fled her wedding, and Izzy (Katherine Heigl) declared her love for George (T.R. Knight). -After a year of melodrama, “we get back to comedy,” exec producer Krista Vernoff tells Us. For MerDer, “we have fun watching them move through their impasse.” -Will he keep flirting with her half sister and new intern, Lexie (Chyler Leigh)? “Everybody says, ‘Don’t sleep with McDreamy!” Leigh tells Us. -Plus, the staff learns about George’s affair, Cristina regroups after Burke (the fired Isaiah Washington)’s disappearance, and Ava (Elizabeth Reaser) returns to woo Alex (Justin Chambers). http://www.usmagazine.com/fall_tv_greys_anatomy Grey's Anatomy - EW.com - TV Preview - Friday, 7 September 2007 Listen up, Grey's Anatomy fans. Patrick Dempsey, like his McDreamy alter ego, feels your pain. ''The second half of the season went in a direction that was not satisfying to a lot of people.'' Indeed, he could be talking about that catastrophic ferry crash, Meredith's near-death experience, or Gizzie. But any grousing over plotlines was quickly overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke). Here, too, McDreamy is sympathetic. ''I think the whole thing is sad, a tremendous waste,'' says Dempsey. ''The character of Burke was exceptional, and it's too bad that character is no longer on TV.'' ........cont’d....... http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20054547_2...0054841,00.html US Magazine -25 August 2007 S4 Advertisement......nice! http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/g...ove/gascan1.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/g...ove/gascan2.jpg Disney Issues UPDATED Press Release With More Extras - August 17, 2007 http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7867 'Greys Anatomy' Prepares for a Reboot - August 16, 2007 Grey's Anatomy pushed the envelope in its third season, resulting in the cavalcade of kudos handed down by the lords of the Emmys. As it comes into its fourth season, Grey's Anatomy sits on the verge of what has become a fad for drama series exiting their sophomore years. It is heading for a reboot. Grey's Anatomy will now be shifting into a whole new dramatic space, a new chief, a flock of new residents, and, of course, a flock of newly upgraded physicians.........cont’d......... http://www.buddytv.com/Greys-Anatomy.aspx Steve McPherson has Kevin Reilly's back - July 25, 02:47 PM Newly minted FOX Entertainment president Kevin Reilly probably doesn't need anyone to fight his battles for him. But if he did, his counterpart at ABC sounds like he'd be willing. Steve McPherson more or less called out new NBC boss Ben Silverman on Wednesday for his courting of sacked Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington and Silverman's I'm-just-the-new-guy line when, earlier in the press tour, he was asked about replacing Reilly. "Kevin Reilly is the guy who stood up for The Office against all opposition inside [NBC] and in essence made Reveille," the production company Silverman headed before taking his current job, McPherson says. "The idea that you'd be able to stand up there and say, 'I just got here'? Be a man." McPherson also shook his head when a reporter asked if he was surprised Washington found work (on NBC's Bionic Woman) so quickly after being let go from Grey's Anatomy. You know that story by now. "I think it's kind of humorous the way Ben talked about it," McPherson says. How so? "Listen -- you guys let him off the hook. That's your prerogative to do that. I think again, it was pretty obvious what went on there. And if he was in fact talking to [Washington] before he was available, then that's inducement to breach [contract]. So I don't know -- he's either clueless or stupid." McPherson says ABC has no intention to pursue any legal action regarding Washington, but he doesn't buy that Silverman wasn't aware of the very well-publicized situation involving the actor: "He didn't know what went on? Was he living in a cave?" McPherson also chuckles at NBC's assertion that Reilly wasn't fired. It's a common thing in Hollywood to be ambiguous when someone leaves a job, but McPherson says, "I think you guys got as good a laugh as I did." http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/20...-mcpherson.html ABC Spreads Out New Series - July 25, 2007 Network plans staggered rollout for fall http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-abcpremi...7,0,20914.story ABC executive session - plus: Lost's Perrineau is back! - TCA report - Jul 25th 2007 2:20PM http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/25/abc-exec...is-back-tca-re/ ABC Exec Calls NBC "Clueless or Stupid" About Isaiah - Jul 25, 2007 ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson says his counterpart at NBC, Ben Silverman, was either "clueless or stupid" in his remarks about hiring Isaiah Washington for a role on Bionic Woman. Silverman, in one of his first acts as the new cochairman of NBC's entertainment division, swooped up Washington for a six-episode stint on his network's new series after ABC decided not to keep the actor on Grey's Anatomy. ABC's decision was largely based on Washington's on-set use of a homophobic slur towards cast member T.R. Knight last October, which he repeated in front of the press at the Golden Globe Awards. Silverman told reporters at his July 16 session with the Television Critics Association that he had begun talking with Washington "before he became available" and said he was shocked when ABC decided to let him go. "When he told me he was available I was like, 'You are? Wait, I don't understand. What do you mean? You're a huge star on a star television show.'" he said. "I don't quite understand what had gone on there." McPherson told reporters Thursday after his TCA session that "if (Silverman) was in fact talking to him before he was available, that's inducement to breach. So I don't know, he's either clueless or stupid." As to Silverman saying he didn't understand the circumstances surrounding the firing of Washington, McPherson said: "Was he living in a cave?" — Reporting by Stephen Battaglio http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TV...-Says/800019286 Wednesday, July 25, 2007 ABC Television Network PRESS RELEASE - PRESS RELEASE - ENTERTAINMENT - ABC ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES ABC ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES Fall premiere dates for the 2007-08 Season were announced today for the ABC Television Network by Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment, including a three-night "Dancing with the Stars" premiere event, with two nights of performance shows leading into a special Wednesday night results show. "We're really looking forward to the '07-'08 season with our solid returning series and a fantastic new lineup of original programming," said McPherson. "We have a strong foundation that will help us launch our new shows and continue our drive for fall, and we're totally committed to providing viewers compelling characters and unforgettable stories that are uniquely ABC." Thursday, September 27 8:00-9:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty" 9:00-10:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy" 10:00-11:00 p.m. "Big Shots" Ausiello Report - Live Press Tour Diary: ABC, Day 2 PRIVATE PRACTICE PANEL 4:02 pm: The most anticipated session of the tour begins! 4:07 pm: First Isaiah question! On Washington heading to NBC, Shonda Rhimes says, "He's a very talented actor. I hope he does very well on Bionic Woman." I waited two weeks for that?! 4:09 pm: Will the talking elevator be back on Private Practice? "I don't know. It's something we're still playing with." Translation: It's been muzzled! 4:10 pm: On the backlash to last season's final batch of Grey's eps, "I take really seriously what the fans say. I love that the fans feel this strongly about the show... Do I feel that we went wrong last season? No. It was the journey we were planning to take all along. Was it a darker journey? Yes." 4:12 pm: Rhimes "understands" the Gizzie backlash. "I'm not saying George and Izzie is the love story of the century. People make mistakes. Is this a mistake? Maybe, maybe not." 4:13 pm: No plans for a crossover between Grey's/PP. 4:18 pm: We interrupt this press tour session for BREAKING NEWS on David Greenwalt's sudden exit as show-runner of CBS' Moonlight: Sources just confirmed to me that the ex-Angel auteur bolted for medical reasons. Specifically, exhaustion. We now return you to your regularly-scheduled Private Practice session, already in progress. 4:21 pm: OMG -- someone check hell for icicles! Shonda Rhimes just gave us a spoiler! "We do see [Addison] tender her resignation to Richard in the first episode of Private Practice." 4:25 pm: A reporter just mispronounced Rhimes' first name, calling her Shondra. 4:26: Wow, Shonda has death-ray vision! Who knew? 4:32 pm: Chris Lowell signed on to PP before he knew VM's fate. "I only signed a one-year contract on Veronica Mars." 4:34 pm: Recent PP addition Kadee Strickland didn't see Wedding Bells' cancelation coming. Really? Nobody showed her the Nielsens? 4:39 pm: Rhimes acknowledges, "It was a difficult season for us behind the scenes." 4:42 pm: Rhimes' attention will be "evenly split" between Grey's and PP. 4:43 pm: Gaggle stampede -- and I'm leading the charge! http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TVGuide-...eport/700000049Ausiello Report - 07/26/07 8:10 PM Shonda Rhimes Breaks Her Silence on Isaiah! That sneaky Shonda Rhimes tried to escape! I saw it with my own eyes. Immediately following the press tour panel for Private Practice, Rhimes -- while stepping down from the dais -- attempted to duck backstage before the gaggle stampede could swallow her up. There was just one problem: There was no backstage for her to head to. The black curtain she tried to penetrate was actually covering a wall. There was no way out. As a result, she was forced to answer direct questions about a topic that she has thus far been able to avoid (save for that brief statement last winter): Isaiahgate. Gotta give her credit, though. Once she realized her back was to the wall -- quite literally -- she handled the interrogation with candor and grace. How difficult was it for you to have to let Isaiah go, on a personal level? Shonda Rhimes: It wasn't. It was a decision that was a long time in coming, and it felt like it was the right decision for all of us. Given everything that transpired during the hiatus, did you feel the need to give the cast a pep talk on the first day back? Rhimes: No. They're a group of real professionals who really rose to the occasion last season, and really delivered some amazingly powerhouse performances at a time when we were all sort of having an emotionally hard time. So, I feel like, no, we're a family. Nobody needed a pep talk. So, the decision to fire Isaiah was not something that was imposed on you? Rhimes: The great thing about [ABC Studios head] Mark Pedowitz and [ABC president] Steve McPherson is they never imposed anything on me. So you agreed with the decision? Rhimes: Of course I did. Would you have written the season finale differently if that stuff hadn't happened during the season? Rhimes: I wrote the season-ender exactly as I planned to write the season-ender. What's kind of amazing is the season-ender finished the story of Preston Burke that really paid tribute to that character and the talent of Isaiah Washington in a way that made sense. But also went exactly where our show was planning to go anyway. You were quoted as saying it was disturbing the thought that one black actor could be replaced with another. Do you have any second thoughts about saying that, particularly in light of the recent recast on Private Practice? Rhimes: No, I think there's a point there. I think that Preston Burke, the character that audiences have come to know and love for three seasons, it's very different. And at a time which there was some talk of, 'Let's cast this actor or that actor... " sort of naming a bunch of black actors... as if the only thing that was important about the character of Preston Burke was his race. That was disturbing to me. It's a very different situation from the enhanced [two-hour episode of Grey's], which was our version of a pilot. Pilots get recast all the time. Ours just happened to air. It wasn't a matter of needing to find another black actor. It was a matter of, Audra McDonald is the person we want. Do you understand that there were people that interpreted this as you turning a homophobic incident into a racial incident? Rhimes: I do now. Absolutely. But I do think that [specific] discussion was disturbing to me -- as disturbing as the entire incident that happened for T.R. and Isaiah. In retrospect, do you wish you had spoken out sooner about the whole thing? Rhimes: Here's the thing. I know for you guys it's incredibly frustrating that I didn't say something. And I'm kind of sorry, because I know you guys have stories to tell. For me, the story we have to tell is the story of the show, and my instinct when something like this happened is to sort of close the doors and hunker down with people that are my family and protect them as much as possible. The outside world became far less important to me than those people that I work with every day. And making sure that those people that I work with are OK. I wasn't worried about the outside world. The outside world's not something that I can control. But the people I work with every day were. And I really was spending my time dealing with that, not dealing with whether or not I should make a statement. When was the moment when you realized, 'You know, we're going to have to make a change here?' Rhimes: Again, I feel like this is stuff that happened in our family, and I don't want to give specifics on sort of how and what happened. But there was a moment when I was sure and felt good and comfortable about the decision and that it was the right decision to be made for everybody. How are things between you and T.R. now? Rhimes: We're good. I feel like everybody is working really well together. T.R. is doing some amazing work. We're moving forward. We're excited about the stories we're telling this season. It feels like they're fresh... and we're going with the idea that we want to have a little bit more fun this season. There seems to be a lot of in-fighting at Grey's. Do you think you can do anything differently in terms of managing that set? Rhimes: Well, I don't know. I've never run a television show before, so I only know one way to run a television show, which is: you have an enormously talented group of people; you become enormously popular way faster than you ever thought was going to happen; and then you swim. Switching gears, were you surprised by the strong reaction to George/Izzie? Rhimes: I had a strong reaction to George and Izzie. A strong negative reaction? Rhimes: I wasn't sure I was ready for it. I don't think anybody's ready for it. I don't know if George and Izzie are ready for it. He's married, and she said some really harsh things. I feel like if you follow our characters you know that they're flawed, they're human, they make mistakes. Sometimes mistakes are the absolute right decision and sometimes mistakes are the absolute wrong one. It's a really interesting relationship to explore. Now that Shonda has spilled her two cents, it's your turn. Are you satisfied with her answers? Sound off below! http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TVGuide-...eport/700000049 "Grey's Anatomy: Season 4" Production Begins - Thursday, July 12, 2007 Production on the 4th season of ABC's mega-hit "Grey's Anatomy" has begun in Los Angeles today, the network says in a press release. Forced to repeat his internship, George (T.R. Knight) joins Lexie (Chyler Leigh) and the new interns at Seattle Grace as Meredith, Cristina, Izzie and Alex become residents. The official network press release lists the following actors as season 4 series regulars: Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl , T.R. Knight, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Sara Ramirez, Eric Dane and Chyler Leigh as Meredith's half-sister Lexie Grey. PR also touts Leigh's experience with top producers as Aaron Spelling and David E. Kelley. The 4th season premiere episode "A Change is Gonna Come" is expected to air on Thursday, September 27 at 9/8c. ABC has yet to confirm that airdate. http://televisionista.blogspot.com/2007/07...y-season-4.html July 12, 2006 PRODUCTION BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES ON THE FOURTH SEASON OF ABC’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HIT SERIES “GREY’S ANATOMY” Actress Chyler Leigh Joins the Cast as Meredith’s Half-Sister, Lexie Grey Production has begun in Los Angeles on Season Four of ABC’s Golden Globe-winning series “Grey’s Anatomy.” Entering their first year as residents, Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens and Alex Karevnow have interns of their own to mentor. Among the new interns are George, forced to repeat his internship after failing his exams, and Lexie Grey, Meredith’s half-sister. Actress Chyler Leigh joins the cast as Lexie Grey. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Leigh has worked with some of the biggest talents in the business, from Aaron Spelling (“Safe Harbor,” “7th Heaven”) to David E. Kelley (“Girls Club,” “The Practice”). Her television and film credits also include “The 80s Show,” “Reunion” and “Not Another Teen Movie.” “Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, T.R. Knight as George O’Malley, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan and Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey. “Grey’s Anatomy” was created and is executive produced by Shonda Rhimes (“Introducing Dorothy Dandridge”). Betsy Beers (“Casanova”), Mark Gordon (“Saving Private Ryan”), Krista Vernoff (“Law & Order”) and Rob Corn (“Chicago Hope”) are executive producers. “Grey’s Anatomy” is an ABC Studios Production. http://www.abcmedianet.com/DNR/2007/pdf/dnr071207.pdf Focus Groups Kill Gizzie - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 There are many fans of Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight out there. But as far as their "Grey's Anatomy" characters being a couple? Not that many. For this reason, you should be happy to hear one of the most hated couplings on prime-time television may have run its course. (Cont’d) http://televisionista.blogspot.com/2007/07...ill-gizzie.html Think we are in need of our Italian translators..... Somewhere in the article it say that they will returning to set on July http://www.fanforum.com/16415468-post204.html 16...http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs1wu8.jpg http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs2is8.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs3op7.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs4al0.jpg http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs5lt8.jpg http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gaforgiotvs6ni2.jpg Caterina at Twop translated a bit “She says her wedding will be very intimate (the journalist affirms it will be very soon) and that right now Chris and her are enjoying a week in Europe, even though she has do to a lot of interviews. She says she's sorry Isaiah won't be on the set anymore, but she thinks this was probably the right decision and that growing up means being able to adapt to changes. Shooting will start on July 16 and then she starts to describe her daily routine including a 5.20 wake up call and 8 am read through with the other actors. The atmosphere on the set is now more relaxed that it used to be as a result of the success of the show.Chris often comes by to the set...she usually spends her breaks with him, napping or reading some movie scripts.” Calling All Italian translators!! :) Allycat ....aka Kathy ....... I think your up! Niente alcol per la bella Grey - 26-06-2007 http://www.skylife.it/html/skylife/tg24/sp...l?idvideo=43289 Television is giving Broadway a smaller role, Pilots drain the casting pool - Fri., Jun. 22, 2007 http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796747...egoryId=15&cs=1 Grey's Anatomy Is Seriously Extended - DVD News - 2007-06-28 It’s unlikely that you’ll see anything about the departure of Isaiah Washington in the bonus material for the third season of “Grey’s Anatomy”, or information on the alleged feud between the cast members, but ABC assures you that the release is “seriously extended.” In fact, that’s right there in the full release title: Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Third Season – Seriously Extended, which comes to DVD on September 11th. The title refers to the contents of the set, which includes 4 extended and un-cut episodes among the bonus material, exclusive to the DVD set. Other bonus material includes a chance to join “McDreamy,” Patrick Dempsey on the race track for a look at his hobby, a sharing of favorite moments by the cast and crew, audio commentaries, and “Prescription for Success” which follows the integration of a new character into a show that’s already been around for two seasons. On top of that, you get the full 25 episode-season and, unless something significant happens, your last chance to see the full, original cast in place. Take a look at the cover art below and check out Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Third Season – Seriously Extended on September 11th. http://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/Grey-s-...ended-4961.html Former 'Grey's Anatomy' Actress Stars in Drama Film - July 7, 2007 http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anat...ess-s-7972.aspx Losing Isaiah - for your consideration - 14 06 2007 Readers of the hard-copy of today's Variety were greeted by a promotional cover needily advocating the Emmy-worthiness of the entire Grey's Anatomy ensemble, including recovering castectomy patient Isaiah Washington, whose vaguely menacing photo is separated from that of nemesis T.R. Knight by a five-actor buffer. http://defamer.com/hollywood/for-your-cons...aiah-269008.php Official Grey's Anatomy Magazine #3 sneek peek - May 31, 2007 Great article and photos http://ellenpompeo.blogspot.com/2007/05/of...ne-3-sneek.html The Celebrity 100 - 06.14.07, 6:00 PM ET http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07cele...y-100_Rank.html Grey’s on cover of Variety - June 14, 2007 http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=di...4&s=&folder=VLF 10 dramatic moments from the 2006-07 TV season - Posted: Wed., Jun. 13, 2007, 3:56pm PT http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_articl...ml?nav=edrama07 Something to Squawk About - Jun 19, 2007 Who's gabbing, still, from the Grey's Anatomy gal corral and who the hell isn't? Plus, some ABC peeps are about as pleased with Katherine Heigl's overdrive puss as I am with all of you, darling readers, and your raunchy ranting! Yep, time to check out this week's mischievous mailbag! http://www.eonline.com/gossip/awful/index....4f-8834ec32b0f8 Capturing the feminine mystique- Writing is a genderless affair - Posted: Wed., Jun. 13, 2007 http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796687...patrick+dempsey Grey’s Anatomy vs. Gray’s Anatomy - June 21, 2007 http://www.greysanatomyinsider.com/2007/06...ys-anatomy.html Grey's Anatomy money wrangle - June 06, 2007 12:00am Ellen Pompeo, who plays the show's namesake character Dr Meredith Grey, has negotiated a rise that will boost her pay to $256,000 an episode. Most of her castmates will get almost $100,000 less. Pompeo's co-stars James T. Pickens Jr, Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers and T.R. Knight have also negotiated new deals of about $160,000 an episode. Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh and Heigl have yet to agree to new terms. (Cont’d) http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...29-2902,00.html The Official Grey's Anatomy Magazine Issue #3 - June1, 2007 Welcome to ABC.com's sneek peek of the all-new, official Grey's Anatomy Magazine #3. This special 100-page issue includes a great interview with Ellen Pompeo... (cont’d) http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/page?pn=magazine Who's Returning Next Season On 'Grey's'? - - June 3rd, 2007 The stars of "Grey's Anatomy" comment on whether or not they will be returning for the next season of the show. http://video.accesshollywood.com/player/?id=115709 Buena Vista giving TV-DVDs a bit of CPR - May 31, 2007 Buena Vista Home Entertainment wants to breathe some excitement into the TV-DVD business, which after several years of explosive growth is beginning to lose some of its luster. The studio is taking the unusual step of announcing all its upcoming marquee TV-DVD releases at once and packing into them a wealth of novel extras, from Spanish-language audio tracks to a virtual fashion show, extended and bonus episodes and unaired story lines. The highlight: Season 3 sets of top-rated shows "Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy." Breaking tradition, each set gets a special name, similar to special editions of movies. Lori MacPherson, GM North America at Buena Vista Home Entertainment, said the studio wants to create "the biggest TV-DVD event this fall." She and her team also are cognizant of the growing popularity of single-episode downloads and want to differentiate complete-season TV-DVD sets as much as possible. "Sure, fans want DVDs to catch up on missed episodes, but it's our goal to include so much collectible bonus materials that the DVDs themselves become something not to be missed," she said. A week later, on Sept. 11, comes "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Third Season -- Seriously Extended Edition," a seven-disc set with all 25 episodes, four of them extended exclusively for the DVD release. Other bonus features include a one-on-one with series star Ellen Pompeo, a visit to the race track with star (and race-car enthusiast) Patrick Dempsey, cast and crew members' favorite scenes and audio commentaries. (Cont’d) http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...3306e78e56b24e9 SEASON PROGRAM RANKINGS ABC capped off the final Thursday of the 2006-07 TV season and the ’07 May Sweep with a commanding victory in the key Adult 18-49 sales demographic, out delivering its nearest competition on the evening by 31% (5.9/16 vs. 4.5/12 - CBS). The Network also ranked No. 1 on Thursday among Adults 25-54 (6.6/17), Adults 18-34 (5.3/17) and among Teens 12-17 (2.6/9). The Network was up from the same night last year (5/18/06) by 9.4 mi ll ion viewers (15.2 million vs. 5.8 million and by 181% in Adults 18-49 (5.9/16 vs. 2.1/6). - Leading all 4 Thursdays of the 2007 May Swee p, ABC marked its first Adult 18-49 victory on the night during a May Sweep in over 15 years – predating the start of Nielsen’s electronic database in September 1991. The Network posted its highest Adult 18-49 average (5.8/16) on any Thursday during a May Sweep period in 13 years – since May 1994. - During the 2006-07 TV season, ABC emerged as the No. 1 network on Thursday for the first time in decades, showing substantial gains on the evening. The Net ranked No. 1 on Thursday night during the television season among Adults 18-49, leading the night for the first time in 3 decades. In fact ABC’s Thursday qualified as the third-highest-rated night of TV for any network this season in the key young adult sales demographic, behind only Fox’s “Idol”-driven Tuesday and Wednesday nights, respectively. On average, ABC exhibited tremendous growth on lucrative Thursday night, with cross-the-board gains and triple-digit increases among Adults 18-34: Total Viewers (+56%), Adults 25-54 (+71%), Adults 18-49 (+86%), Adults 18-34 (+134%), Teens 12-17 (+58%) and Kids 2-11 (+17%). “Grey’s Anatomy” (9:00-10:15 p.m.) Thursday’s No. 1 TV show for the ’06-07 season in Adults 18-49, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was also the top show on the season’s final Thursday in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. The season finale of “Grey's Anatomy” topped the No. 2 show of the evening, CBS’ season final ep of “C.S.I.” (9:00-10:01 p.m.), by 2.2 mil l ion viewers (22.6 million vs. 20.4 million) and by 47% in Adults 18-49 (9.1/23 vs. 6.2/16). - “Grey’s” attracted its largest audience since March and equaled its top Adult 18-49 rating since February – since 3/15/07 and 2/22/07, respectively. - The ABC medical drama defeated the CBS crime drama in the key Adult 18-49 sales demographic on all 19 of their original match-ups during the season. http://www.abcmedianet.com/DNR/2007/pdf/dnr053007.pdf Grey's Anatomy to get Seriously Extended Treatment - May 30, 2007 TvShowsonDVD.com is reporting that Grey's Anatomy's forthcoming DVD release has been subtitled 'Seriously Extended,' just as Amazon has placed a pre-order page up for the pending set. As far as what 'seriously extended' actually means is anybodies guess, but word is as soon as the DVD set hit pre-order status Grey's Anatomy fans started reaching for their plastic in hordes. (Cont’d) http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anat...ously-7009.aspx full sized picture of the DVD cover http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7398 Health Experts To Use Popular Medical Series To Promote Awareness - May 29, 2007 Nowadays, there are a number of television series, which are popularly known for their medical drama plot like Grey’s Anatomy, ER, General Hospital and House. These shows have showcased various medical conditions and diseases, which have positively educated viewers to the unfamiliar. And since television has become a very powerful tool in influencing and promoting awareness, real life doctors and health experts are now getting involved with TV scriptwriters to correctly add a dose of education to entertainment.(cont’d) http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anat...pular-6988.aspx `Housewives,' `Grey's' Lift ABC To A Rare Win - May 23, 2007 It was a milestone week in the ratings for ABC, which won a tight three-way race for prime-time supremacy and saw its evening newscast win by its widest margin since 2001. Season finales for "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" helped ABC to its first weekly ratings win of the season, except for when it broadcast the Academy Awards. ABC also hasn't won during the May ratings "sweeps" since 2000. (Cont’d) http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/...-headlines-life Primetime Ratings - Report May 22, 2007 For the week of May 14, 2007 ABC is TV’s Most-Watched Network During the Final Week of the Season and, Excluding the Week of the Oscars, Draws its Largest Audience Since November Net Takes a Strong Second to Fox in the May Sweep in Adults 18-49, ABC’s Best Competitive Position During the Month in 7 Years ABC Airs 8 of the Top 20 TV Shows in Adults 18-49, the Most for Any Net ABC Delivers its Longest Monday Total Viewer Winning Streak in More than 7 Years and its Best with Young Women Since at Least 1991 Thursday’s No. 1 TV Show for ‘06-07 TV Season in Adults 18-49, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” is the Top Show of the Night in Viewers and Young Adults in its Finale “Grey’s Anatomy” (9:00-10:15 p.m.) Thursday’s No. 1 TV show for the ’06-07 season in Adults 18-49, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was also the top show on the season’s final Thursday in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. The season finale of “Grey's Anatomy” topped the No. 2 show of the evening, CBS’ season final e of “C.S.I.” (9:00-10:01 p.m.), by 2.2 mil l ion viewers (22.6 million vs. 20.4 million) and by 47% in Adults 18-49 (9.1/23 vs. 6.2/16). - “Grey’s” attracted its largest audience since March and equaled its top Adult 18-49 rating since February – since 3/15/07 and 2/22/07, respectively. - The ABC medical drama defeated the CBS crime drama in the key Adult 18-49 sales demographic on all 19 of their original match-ups during the season. http://www.abcmedianet.com/DNR/2007/pdf/dnr052207.pdf Rep: Isaiah Washington's staying 'Grey' - May 18, 7:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Isaiah Washington's Dr. Preston Burke packed his bags on the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" but that doesn't mean the actor is being dumped by the show, his publicist said Friday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_...tomy_washington Red Hot Grey's McSteamy shows us how it's done! At the ABC upfronts bash, Eric Dane squires not one but two superhot babes: costar Sara Ramirez and wife Rebecca Gayheart. http://www.eonline.com/photogallery/index....d0-9883f24f98a6 http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/deta...26-c9a9bc8f00f1 ABCmedianet has a special Upfront 2007 page http://www.abcmedianet.com/specials/upfront07/index.html Stars Party As Networks Unveil Lineups - 20 May 2007 http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com...il-lineups.html Season 4: 2007-2008 The season 4 cast of Grey's AnatomyThe show was renewed for a fourth season, which will air in late 2007. For the first time, Grey's Anatomy will begin a season without a regular character. Kate Walsh's character will be transferring to the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice. Former Reunion star, Chyler Leigh has been offered a multiple episode contract for Season 4[citation needed]; Leigh guest starred in the final two episodes of season three as Lexie Grey, a new intern and Meredith Grey's younger half-sister. Tiffani Thiessen is in talks with ABC after the cancellation of What About Brian to guest star as Derek's psychiatrist sister. Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 4) The fourth season of Grey's Anatomy will begin airing in September 2007. Very little information will be revealed about the content of the episodes until late July when the series goes back into production after the summer hiatus. CRUNCH TIME: Battle expected over ratings and ad rates - Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Interesting article on how ratings are calculated..... http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellit...d=1173351208756 Grey’s Anatomy Cast @ ABC Upfronts http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/05/16/gr...#comment-222384 'Grey's' colors all Thursday moves - Mon., May 14, 2007, Weekly Popular show anchors night for ABC "Grey's Anatomy" has made ABC a major player in the Thursday ratings race, but the net could really own the night next fall if it found the right show to follow it..... (link below for complete article ) http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796477...oryId=2522&cs=1 ABC Berry Blast: Breaking Updates from Inside Lincoln Center http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/deta...37-334f8a60d782 ABC President Addresses New Shows, Lost and Grey's Anatomy http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/deta...27-d679a846c45e Upfronts - May 15, 2007 Ellen Pompeo! :x http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2499/74157834mx5bt6.jpg http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2/74157838cf4ff9.jpg http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1527/74157853ex9jl1.jpg http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8703/74159796rg3.jpg Eric Dane http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5241/74157682nw9dq0.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3963/74157685qa3wn7.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6461/74157687iu6xl5.jpg Sara Ramirez http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5584/74158276zh9ui5.jpg http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/8784/74158281gv7qi5.jpg http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/4442/74158284iu4wx6.jpg Kate Walsh http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4189/74158509up9ae8.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5969/74158511ws3vu6.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3956/74158513re7ar1.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3198/74158520dq2wd1.jpg Justin Chambers http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5585/74158538vr8xo9.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5566/74158529gg3wb6.jpg Sandra Oh http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2120/74158807jg9.jpg http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1204/74158818jw6.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6811/74158821bs6.jpg ABC announces fall schedule - May 15, 2007, 'Private Practice' to battle 'Bionic Woman' detailed article http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796493...egoryid=14&cs=1 ABC Fall 2007 Schedule - May 15, 2007 All times Eastern http://www.zap2it.com/tv/zap-abc-upfront-g...0,6152241.story ABC Announces Its Fall Schedule Scheduled to debut next season are four new comedy entries — Carpoolers, Cavemen, Miss/Guided and Sam I Am; along with seven new drama series — Big Shots, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies and Women's Murder Club. Oprah's Big Give is also slated to debut. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TV...-Fall/800015029 This just in from E! Online. "Grey's Anatomy's cast may be losing a member. As reporters met with McPherson at ABC headquarters this a.m., the most-asked question was about Grey's Anatomy's on-set scandal, and whether Isaiah Washington or TR Knight might be leaving the show. The answers ranged from, "At this point, nothing's been decided," to "The show will return in tact next season," to "Most of the cast will return." Call it a hunch, but something tells me a main cast member may indeed be leaving--or at the very least, left cliff-hanging at the end of the season The Upfronts: ABC - Posted May 15th 2007 http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/15/the-upfronts-abc/ “Grey’s Anatomy” The award-winning drama follows the interconnecting relationships of Seattle’s hottest doctors who live life to its fullest amid the daily life-and-death stakes of their jobs. It’s the drama and intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, painful lives of interns who are discovering that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey. “Grey’s Anatomy” has established a strong presence on Thursday night, winning its 9 o’clock time period and qualifying as Thursday’s No. 1 TV show across each of the adult demographics. It’s the highest-rated scripted show on all of television this season with key adults. http://www.abcmedianet.com/specials/u/docs...p07_release.pdf Edited by oncetherewasaway, Oct 20 2008, 12:22 PM.



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McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	Buffalo News July 26, 2006 A sneak peek at the operations of 'Grey's Anatomy' By Alan Pergament - NEWS TV CRITIC Sandra Oh heard a stunning rumor inside the operating room of "Grey's Anatomy" about an absent cast member and immediately had to share it with co-star Ellen Pompeo. "Is Isaiah Washington [Dr. Preston Burke] leaving?" asked Oh, who plays Burke's love interest, Cristina Yang. "Nooooo," said a perplexed Pompeo. "Where is he going?" "I don't know," said Oh. "What is Yang going to do?" asked Pompeo playfully. "Wow, you'll be more pathetic. You have to move on. ... We'll have to go to the bar and have a drink, and I'll tell you the inappropriate things that you did." Of course, the two actresses, who were sharing a good laugh, had no idea if that dead wrong rumor or any rumor concerning ABC's smash-hit hospital series has any validity, because creator Shonda Rhimes is legendary for keeping story lines to herself. That hasn't changed. The series, which moves to 9 p.m. Thursday this fall to face TV's top-rated drama, "CSI," ended its second season in chaos. Intern Isobel "Izzy" Stevens (Katherine Heigl) quit after her beloved heart patient, Denny, died. Dr. Burke's surgical career was in jeopardy after he was shot delivering Denny's heart. And the love life of Derek "Dr. McDreamy" Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) was in turmoil after he had sex with Meredith (Pompeo), the intern he fell in love before his estranged, cheating wife, Addison (Kate Walsh), showed up in season one to try and reconcile. Rhimes welcomed critics to the set at ABC's Prospect Studios by saying she wasn't going to reveal much other than Diahann Carroll will be an early guest star. "I can't tell you what she is playing, or what disease she's got or if she's got a disease at all," she said. She added the first episode basically takes place hours after the season finale ended. "So it's a not as if we're going to do a big leap forward in time and everybody is going to be fine. . . . I don't do that." With that, I scurried around the hospital trying to grab as many stars as possible to see what their hopes and dreams are for their characters. I caught up with Dr. McDreamy in the locker room. "I've never been in here," said Dempsey, who played a divorce lawyer in a movie, "Enchanted," during the show's hiatus. "It is the complete opposite of McDreamy, which is nice," Dempsey said. Does he expect all the interns to keep their jobs after breaking so many rules and laws in an attempt to save the life of the patient Izzy fell in love with? "It's a soap opera," said Dempsey. "It's complete entertainment, and it's not real. People like the fantasy in the story lines and hopefully they don't take it too far out, where it is absurd. . . . I think we'll see what happens with Izzy. There are repercussions legally of what she is going to go through. And I think that would be an interesting process." Izzy's status may be secondary among fans who are more concerned with the love triangle. "I think he's probably going to end up with Meredith, especially after [the finale]," Dempsey said. "I think he should have somebody completely new. . . . I think we have to make a decision and move forward, and I think that's what we're going to do." Why choose Meredith? "I think there is too much history under the bridge with Addison, and they need to move on," he said. "And I think it would be more interesting to explore a couple in a workplace going through a divorce than it would be to go in an opposite direction." He thinks the relationship with Meredith should be explored quickly. "I don't know if he necessarily ends up with her," Dempsey said. "I think they should explore where does this relationship go with all the mistakes they have made? What would be the next step? I think you should move on and explore what they do now as opposed to following her and looking at her longingly and going, 'What are you doing?' I think it castrates him too much, and he needs to get his masculinity back. I think it is very important that Derek does not lose his masculine energy and gets castrated by the women. He needs to stand up for himself." Heigl was standing up in the operating room, saying she was uncertain of Izzy's future. Or her own. She doesn't think Izzy should get her old job back. "I don't think this is something that she should pursue anymore," Heigl said. "If she wants to continue to be a doctor, she needs to find another form, another way of doing that. And if she does decide to come back to surgery and keep up this mad race to become a surgeon, I think she needs to find a new heart to do that. She can't be Izzy and do that." Heigl said she hasn't asked to leave the show but is taking nothing for granted and joked maybe Izzy will become a veterinarian's assistant. "All I know is I'm here now," Heigl said. "I'm making no assumptions about anything anymore. Everything is a risk. Watch 'Lost.' I don't want to assume my job is safe. I don't know." In the operating room clutching a BlackBerry, Pompeo said the public is split between having Meredith pick McDreamy or Finn (Chris O'Donnell), the vet Meredith had been dating."I think it's hard, because Finn is a very nice guy," Pompeo said. "And very cute, too." Asked if she had ever heard that Meredith is needy and whiny, Pompeo defended her character. "I think she's a girl who is madly in love with McDreamy," she said. "If she needs anything, she needs McDreamy." Pompeo spent her summer promoting the series in Europe, where it is wildly popular, and hobnobbing with Prince Albert rather than doing a film like Dempsey. "[Patrick] has more energy than me, he's a race-car driver," she said. "I opted for a free trip to Europe and hanging out with the Prince [Albert]. Call me crazy." I caught up with Walsh near a coffee machine, far from the operating room. She agreed that the love triangle had played itself out, predicted a swift resolution and was amused by Dempsey's castration remark concerning McDreamy. "Oh, boo hoo," deadpanned Walsh. "The second sexiest man [according to People magazine] in America feeling castrated." Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) September 20, 2006 FALL TV SEASON; A TRICKY OPERATION; BYLINE: Neal Justin, Staff Writer By all practical standards of TV medicine, when "Grey's Anatomy" returns for its third season Thursday night it should be dead on arrival.What premiered on ABC in March 2005 as a bittersweet romantic comedy in scrubs became more and more crowded with ridiculous story lines - There's a bomb inside a patient's chest! Izzie steals a heart for her dying lover! George goes turkey hunting! - that threatened to ruin its glowing reputation. They didn't. In fact, "Grey's" second season earned 11 Emmy nominations and a loyal audience of 20 million fans, making it one of America's most popular water-cooler programs. CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler went so far as to label her time-slot competing program, "CSI," as an underdog, even though it's the No. 1 drama on the air. The ongoing success of "Grey's" is due to creator Shonda Rhimes, whose bizarre twists and turns are not the result of desperation, but rather the byproducts of a vivid, committed imagination that people find positively mcdreamy."I'm 12 years old inside my head," Rhimes said. "As far as I'm concerned, the characters do what they're supposed to do." Cast members express universal admiration for Rhimes, but admit that even they were taken aback by some of the plots, particularly the one in the three-part season finale that forced them to dress in tuxedos and ball gowns for a hospital dance. "When we first saw the prom script, we were like, `Whoa! Aren't we jumping the shark?' " said Kate Walsh, who plays Addison Shepherd, a doctor trying to save her marriage to Patrick Dempsey's Derek Shepherd. Executive producer Peter Horton also worried that the cliffhanger might "jump the shark," a pop-culture term that has its origins in the creative downturn of "Happy Days," when Fonzie literally waterskied over a chomper.But Horton said the show continuously saves itself by mixing the silly with the solemn."We're constantly wobbling down a narrow path, keeping it dramatic, yet funny; keeping it light, yet meaningful; keeping it moving, but also ironic," he said. "The show is really a reflection of who Shonda is. She's got a real sense of sentimentality, but underneath is this spin, this darkness that keeps it grounded. What we do is try to capture it." The "prom episode" certainly had its goofy moments, but it also ended with the death of Denny, the boyfriend of Dr. Izzie Stevens, a moment that even had Rhimes in tears, even though the shocker was her devious idea."People were really invested in that relationship," said Katherine Heigl, who plays Stevens. "I got a lot of sympathy from fans. They were very heartbroken that he died." In the season finale's closing moments, Stevens handed in her resignation and stormed out of the hospital, which was fitting, because at Seattle Grace, it's the women who get the dramatic exits. It's the women who instigate the one-night stands. It's the women who both save the day and screw it up. That's smart, considering that females make up the majority of prime-time viewers. It's also a lot of fun."We're getting some great flawed women on TV," said Rhimes, also referring to "Weeds" and "The Closer." "I don't remember a lot of them before. They were portrayed more like the way men wanted them to be. In our show, the men are a little bit more of the eye candy." "Grey's" men might be the object of ogling - is there a hotter hunk on the airwaves today than Patrick Dempsey? - but that doesn't mean they're just walking around in a thong and looking pretty.One of the more fascinating characters last season was Dr. Richard Webber, who originally appeared to be just an authority figure but has developed into a three-dimension being since we've learned that he's a recovering alcoholic and that he once had an affair with an intern's mother, now suffering from Alzheimer's."It's like this wonderful onion," said James Pickens Jr., who plays the role. "You keep peeling away all these layers." So what lies beneath for season three? Everyone involved with the show is tight-lipped, but we do know this: Sara Ramirez, who plays George's love interest, is now a series regular, which means we'll soon learn why she's living in the hospital basement. Heigl remains with the show, so she'll be staying in the interns' lives in some capacity. Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) will struggle with his surgical skills after being shot in the hand. And Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), torn between two lovers, will pick ... Christina.Hey, it could happen. If there's anything we've learned about "Grey's" it's that Rhimes could take us anywhere. Plain Dealer (Cleveland) February 18, 2007 Grey's catastrophe; Is Meredith really dead or is it just a sweeps-month stunt? BYLINE: Mark Dawidziak, Plain Dealer Television Critic Cleveland native James Pickens Jr. gave "Grey's Anatomy" fans the alarming news near the end of Thursday night's episode. Playing Richard Webber, Seattle Grace Hospital's chief of surgery, he told the team trying to save the life of intern Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), "We're losing her." In the next instant, you could hear the "say-it-ain't-so" scream echoing through the many fan forums and message boards devoted to ABC's hit medical drama. Can it be true? Are the producers really going to kill off Meredith? Could these fans be losing her? The chief's heart-stopping words carried the weight of prognosis, pronouncement and prediction. The closing scene of the episode gave the words added weight by showing Meredith in a shadowy near-death world. She asked if this meant she was dead. She was told in no uncertain terms, you just went flat-line. Now hold on for a McMinute, folks. Before you assume the worst, let me remind you that February is a sweeps month, when ratings determine what local stations can charge for advertising. It's one of those periods when producers are asked to cook up the most buzzworthy twists and shocking plots.It's certainly conceivable that a writer-producer as daring as Shonda Rhimes might go so far as to bump off the Grey of "Grey's Anatomy." But the TV critic's prognosis says, "If it looks like a sweeps stunt and sounds like a sweeps stunt and smells like a sweeps stunt, it probably is a sweeps stunt." Remember just a few weeks ago there was all that speculation about (gasp!) William Petersen leaving "CSI," the CBS crime drama scheduled against "Grey's Anatomy" at 9 p.m. Thursday? "CSI" without lead investigator Gil Grissom? It seemed equally unthinkable, but the gossip spiked when Liev Schreiber was brought in during the Petersen sabbatical.Were we looking at Gil's ultimate replacement? Yeah, right. Here we are in February sweeps, and (surprise!) Gil is back on the team while Schreiber's character is, well, no longer living. Am I strongly suggesting that, despite Thursday's ending, Meredith's fate may not be sealed? I am.Thursday's episode was the middle installment of a three-part February sweeps-month story. "Grey's Anatomy" fans were drowning in doubt and worry when the episode started.That's because, in the show airing Feb. 8, Meredith and several Grace Hospital doctors raced to the scene of a ferry disaster. At the conclusion of part one, she was knocked off the pier and into the water. That sparked a week of cyberchatter as fans wondered if Rhimes had set them up for a long, sad walk off a short, dramatic pier. With Meredith in the drink, their hearts sank."You still out there?" Rhimes asked "Grey's Anatomy" viewers on her blog. "Or are you yelling and screaming at your TV sets and cursing my name for throwing Meredith into the water and then rolling the credits on you?" Rhimes gave some tantalizing clues about the significance of the ferry disaster and the lost little girl."Ferry boats are a metaphor for Meredith, you know," she told fans. "What I was interested in was Meredith and how she was doing after being hurt by her mother. And the devastation of the ferry boat was the best way to physicalize Meredith's pain." Are there any good signs for Meredith? Those looking for comfort on Rhimes' blog found only dark hints. "I want to be clear with you: I don't put people in the water for no reason," Rhimes wrote. "Meredith's got issues, she's got serious Mommy issues and she's broken and she's in the water." She was pulled out of the water during Thursday's episode by a devastated Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). She was rushed to the hospital, where Webber and his team worked furiously to save her. "Like I said, disappearances happen," Meredith told us in the opening narration. "Blood stops running, and people . . . people fade away." Yikes! Even more ominously, Rhimes dropped this line in her blog: "I'm not entirely playing by the rules of TV here." Perhaps not. Then again, maybe she is. It's an old sweeps move to put a beloved character into peril and keep the outcome in doubt. There's obviously plenty of wiggle room to save Meredith. Thursday's ending could have been a near-death experience for "our girl," and near death isn't quite death, is it? It would be a risky operation to remove the Grey from "Grey's Anatomy," and you have to think that ABC Entertainment's president, Stephen McPherson, wouldn't allow it. This is the guy, after all, who wouldn't let the creators of "Lost" bump off Jack in the pilot episode. His argument was that viewers would never forgive such a betrayal and never again trust the writers. What do you think he had to say about Meredith? The thought of her demise probably gave him a near-death experience. It's Rhimes' show, but it's his network, and McPherson is the type who would have raced down to the pier and jumped into the water if Meredith was in danger of leaving the series during a season when it's in a neck-and-neck race with "CSI." "I don't want to talk about that," Rhimes wrote in her blog entry about Thursday's final scene. "Meredith being dead at the end of this episode. I can't. Not yet." Although Rhimes has delivered Meredith to death's door, there's no saying she can't and won't pull her back. Personally, I'm betting on the prognosis offered by Izzie (Katherine Heigl): "She will come through this." Bay Area Living, January 16, 2007 HEADLINE: 'Lost' may have end in sight after all Column by Susan Young [Column is about winter TV press tour] ****Excerpt about Grey's***** 'Grey' area "Grey's Anatomy" producer Shonda Rhimes says she never thought about Burke (Isaiah Washington) and Cristina (Sandra Oh) getting together until she began observing the chemistry between the two actors on the set. "I could see there was something special between them, and it inspired me to write more," Rhimes says. What she may or may not know is that was exactly what Washington and Oh had worked so hard to accomplish."Look, we went into this series seeing Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) getting all the good screen time, and we said, 'If we don't do something soon, we're going to fade into the background," Washington says during a quick interview at the ABC party. "So we consciously began playing around on the set, pushing the chemistry and it was noticed, as we knew it would be." Also at the party was San Francisco native Eric Dane, who plays McSteamy, the former best friend of Derek and the man who broke up his marriage to Addison (San Jose's Kate Walsh).Dane is basking in the glow of being on a successful series and says he recently spent time in Lake Tahoe with his wife, Rebecca Gayheart. "I love skiing, but now I'm doing more snowboarding, which I love," Dane says. "Rebecca decided to try it out, and every time she fell I thought, 'Well, this isn't going to last long.' But she was a good sport about it. We were up by Squaw Valley and just had a great time."



oncetherewasaway	Oct 20 2008, 12:24 PM Post #3
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	Grey’s Anatomy Cast in All-Star ABC GLAAD PSA - Oct. 12th, 2008 Stars from several ABC shows teamed up for an all-star Public Service Announcement for GLAAD.org in honor of National Coming Out Day. These stars include Sara Ramirez and T.R. Knight from Grey’s Anatomy, Kate Walsh from Private Practice, Ana Ortiz, Michael Urie, Rebecca Romijn, Eric Mabius, and Becki Newton from Ugly Betty, and Rachel Griffiths from Brothers & Sisters. Their message is the following: “Words can be a powerful weapon. So please, choose them carefully because what you say matters. When you tell a homophobic joker or use an anti-gay slurs, you’re spreading prejudice. And you can be hurting someone who close to you without even realizing it. These words send a message that it’s ok to hate and to discriminate. You have a power to make a difference just by treating people with dignity and respect. Choose to be an ally and a friend.” http://www.greysanatomynews.com/2008/10/12/greys-anatomy-cast-in-all-star-abc-glaad-psa/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Book review of the Unauthorized Symbols and Metaphors Book. A View from the Other Side (Symbols and Metaphors) Shonda Rhimes likes symmetry. She has said so several times. But, looking back now after reading Grey's Anatomy: An Unauthorized View from the Other Side, that may very well be THE understatement of the millennium. In fact, I'm pretty convinced that she is obsessed with symmetry. Anne Dawes and Helen Dina, the authors of View from the Other Side, have gone through and looked at the first 66 episodes of Grey's Anatomy in a way that is completely amazing and will, I assure you, bring you an entirely new appreciation to the series. The book is a comprehensive look into the symbolism, metaphors, and symmetry in the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy, along with the first five episodes of season four (which makes sense, considering storylines "bleed" from season to season). The brilliant authors show us what births signal, how the episodes from season one dictate the storylines of each following season, and so much more. As the authors are careful to point out, their views are only one way of looking at the series, and it isn't a complete one. They don't discuss EVERY storyline (as there are way too many to cover, obviously). In fact, most of the discussion of the book deals with Meredith, and the MerDer relationship. It is a little bit difficult to get into the book at first, and at first glance it seems overwhelming and confusing. But I promise you that if you stick with it, you will become thoroughly engaged in their views and be absolutely fascinated with the book, just as I was. The only thing they did not include that wouldn't been really neat to read are their predictions for future seasons. Yes, they do include some predictions for the remainder of season four - all of which appear as though they will be coming true - but it would've been neat to read more. The book, overall, is a fascinating read and really shows another side to this groundbreaking series. We can only hope that the awesome authors will continue to provide insight into the "other side" and continue these interpretations in another book down the road. http://alltheshadesofgrey.net/exclusives/otherside.html From Kristin at the Upfronts, from her interview with Stephen MacPherson: Grey's Anatomy Is Planning Something Big: "Grey's has got a big idea for next year that Shonda's getting ready to launch on people," says McPherson, but wouldn't go into further detail (shocker). "But the other shows we feel like are firing on really good waves so there's no big kind of shift." (Read into that transition what you will.) http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/deta...7f031a-0c04-4a8 McDreamy, McSteamy, McGrey are back - May 1, 2008 http://media.www.thespartandaily.com/media...k-3360018.shtml Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season Brings The Drama to DVD and Blu-Ray on September 9th Grey's Anatomy: The Complete 4th Season - Expanded Work changes. Love changes. Life changes. Everything changes in Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season, on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 9, 2008. The doctors of Seattle Grace have made their choices and are about to learn that acting like an adult might be the hardest choice of all. The five-disc DVD and four-disc Blu-ray sets contain all 16 episodes from Season Four, plus extended episodes, deleted scenes, bloopers and more exclusive bonus features. Love, lies, and family ties are revealed on one of television's most talked about shows. Add in a generous dose of new, wide-eyed interns and it's the prescription for TV's most compelling drama. Starring Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson James Pickens Jr., Sara Ramirez, Eric Dane, Chyler Leigh and Brooke Smith, Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season - Expanded combines the drama and intensity of medical training with the private lives of the most irresistible doctors around. The show has earned two Emmy Awards and 22 additional nominations, two Golden Globes and seven additional nominations, and a Grammy nomination. "Grey's Anatomy" is produced by ABC Studios. BONUS FEATURES: GREY'S ANATOMY: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON - EXPANDED* * New Doc on the Block Get to know the newest ladies at Seattle Grace- Dr. Hahn, Dr. Lexie Grey and Nurse Rose. Hear from each actor about their role on the show and from the other cast members on working with them. * On Set with Patrick & Eric Get some one on one time with Seattle Grace's dreamy team. Behind the scenes moments with Patrick and Eric on location in Seattle and on set. Also hear from fellow cast members as they share stories about the pair. * Good Medicine: Favorite Scenes The Cast of Grey's tell of their favorite scenes from Season 4. * Extended Episode - "Forever Young" includes audio commentary by actress Lauren Stamile and executive producer and director Rob Corn. * Audio Commentary - With actress Chyler Leigh and associate producer Karin Gleason * Deleted Scenes * Bloopers (Bonus info subject to change) Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season - Expanded is priced $59.99 (U.S. SRP); $79.99 (Canada SRP) on DVD and $96.99 (U.S. SRP); $109.99 (Canada SRP) on Blu-ray Disc., from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. STREET DATE: September 9, 2008 DVD Suggested retail price: $59.99 SRP U.S., $79.99 SRP Canada Blu-ray® Disc Suggest retail price: $96.99 SRP U.S., $109.99 SRP Canada Feature run time: TBD Rated: TV-14 Technical specifications may only apply to feature DVD Specifications Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions) Sound: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Languages: English Blu-ray® Disc Specifications Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions) Sound: 5.1 Uncompressed (48kHz/16-bit) Languages: English Source: http://wtlfan.livejournal.com/218975.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Grey's Anatomy' Guest Stars Move On To Bigger and Better Things - Friday, April 04, 2008 They’ve been dated and dumped on Grey’s Anatomy and one even bled to death. Sometimes the guest stars on the hit ABC medical drama are the best part about a particular episode. Sure, it’s nice appearing on a critically acclaimed television show but these talented actors crave more than just a one or two episode stint. Three notable Grey’s Anatomy guest stars have big projects in the works. Read on to find out who’s moved on from Seattle Grace to bigger and better things!...cont’d http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anat...move-18307.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grey's Anatomy: Examining the Patient - Jan 10, 2008 http://www.film.com/dvds/story/greysanatom...982602/17981732 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times - Fashion and Style - October 28, 2007 What Did You Call It? ----- THIS is the story of how a silly-sounding word reached the ear of a powerful television producer, and in only seconds of air time, expanded the vocabularies — for better or worse — of legions of women. It began on Feb. 12, 2006, when viewers of the ABC series “Grey’s Anatomy” heard the character Miranda Bailey, a pregnant doctor who had gone into labor, admonish a male intern, “Stop looking at my vajayjay.” The line sprang from an executive producer’s need to mollify standards and practices executives who wanted the script to include fewer mentions of the word vagina. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/fashion/...ds+q3dCw3Gd2TOA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is on the upswing, seriously - PT Oct 23, 2007 What a relief to have a new batch of interns and the end of Burke and Yang http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21442519/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ten most expensive TV shows for advertisers - Posted Oct 3rd 2007 How much would you spend for a 30 second commercial on Grey's Anatomy? It's the most expensive TV show to advertise on, according to Ad Age magazine. It costs $419,000 for a half minute...................cont’d after the jump http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/03/ten-most...or-advertisers/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by oncetherewasaway*, Apr 18 2009, 10:50 AM.



oncetherewasaway	Apr 18 2009, 10:50 AM Post #4
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	Which shows make the most money from ads? - 04/10/09 Forbes breaks down the programs that get the most cash from advertisers; the number-one show is obvious. Television networks don't even try to pretend that the industry is about the art--it's all about the Benjamins. Money makes the TV business go 'round, and most of that moolah comes from advertisers, who shell out cash so viewers will buy that fast-food burger, luxury car, or Rotato. Forbes put together a list of the 15 shows that make the most money from advertisers, and there are definitely some shockers. Not shocking at all is which show sits in the top slot: Fox's American Idol. No show draws more average viewers or puts up higher ratings than Idol, and therefore no show makes more money based on ads. The list estimates American Idol pulls in $7 million per half hour, with an average 30-second spot setting advertisers back $623,000. By comparison, the second show on the list, 24, rakes in $366,000 per ad. The list also shows what we already suspected. Heroes, despite turning in its worst season viewers- and ratings-wise, still commands top dollar because of its audience, which is dominated by heavily invested young males. In other words, those likely to spend money. Other knowledge mined from the list: CBS absolutely duped advertisers with Worst Week (which placed 13th on the rundown). The network hailed it as a can't-miss comedy, but the show performed well under expectations and eventually was replaced in its timeslot by the better-performing Gary Unmarried. No matter, advertisers financially commit to series at the Upfronts (a schmooze-fest where networks wine and dine advertisers to pimp their wares) before the shows even hit the air. In other words, CBS pockets the money regardless of how the show performs. Contrast this with breakout hit The Mentalist, which was well undersold and should easily make the list next season. Estimated ad revenue for television's top shows Show--estimated ad revenue per half hour 1. American Idol--$7 million 2. 24--$3.7 million 3. Desperate Housewives--$2.9 million 4. Grey's Anatomy--$2.7 million 5. Two and a Half Men--$2.6 million 6. Dancing with the Stars results show--$2.5 million 7. Dancing with the Stars performance show--$2.4 million 8. Heroes--$2.1 million 9. Brothers & Sisters--$2.1 million 10. Survivor--$2.1 million 11. CSI--$2.1 million 12. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition--$2 million 13. Worst Week--$2 million 14. House--$1.9 million 15. Private Practice--$1.8 millio http://www.tv.com/story/13853.html?ref_story_id=13853&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story



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