The way forward for ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy has been unsure ever because it was introduced that Ellen Pompeo would cut back her duties on the sequence.
Now, Simran Sethi, ABC’s Entertainment EVP of Programming and Content, is talking out in regards to the future in a brand new interview with Deadline.
“No selections have been made right now, however we hope to be in enterprise with Shondaland for a extremely very long time,” the exec shared.
“And I think when you’re looking at this next season, I’m excited for this Thursday and for audiences to see this new class of interns, which does feel really reminiscent of nostalgic early Grey’s, but they’re absolutely their own characters.”
As beforehand reported, Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 will fill the void left by Meredith’s exit by throwing all of it the way in which again to the start of the sequence.
Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, and Midori Francis have landed sequence common roles as the brand new interns.
“This is a show that is in its 19th season. It was a long time ago that we saw that first class of interns and the world has changed, the culture has changed,” Sethi stated.
“And I think that Krista [Vernoff], Shonda [Rhimes] and the team at Grey’s Anatomy has done an incredible job at creating a new class of interns that speaks to 2022, but also have the same hallmarks of those early years, which is that camaraderie, the pace, the energy of all that stress that those interns have.”
Understandably, there is a component of thriller surrounding the way forward for the sequence as a result of including 5 new sequence regulars and shedding Meredith will shake up the present like by no means earlier than.
The community might be taking a wait-and-see strategy to contemplate whether or not the brand new characters resonate with followers in a manner that can enable the present to proceed.
Showrunner Krista Vernoff beforehand confused the significance of recent characters in an interview with EW.
“We haven’t brought in a cast of five series regular interns since the beginning, so this is a big deal and it feels really exciting and it’s breathing a lot of new life into the show,” Vernoff shared.
“It’s allowing us to get back to the early model of teaching and learning.”
“To have five series regulars with the talent and chops and resumes that this group brings allows for storytelling focused on what it is to be a brand new surgeon again and how everything feels life and death and every mistake that you make could kill someone,” the showrunner continues.
“And it just felt like the right moment.”
“Ellen [Pompeo] is having less of a role in the show this year, and this felt like the right moment to come at it fresh with a bunch [of new characters].”
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Grey’s Anatomy returns Thursday, October 6 at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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