Many of ABC’s top shows are going to be back for another season.
Variety reports that “9-1-1,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “The Rookie” along with “Will Trent” and “Shifting Gears” have been renewed for another season.
For “Grey’s Anatomy” the show is set to enter its 22nd season, having first premiered in 2005. “9-1-1” will be going into its ninth season, “The Rookie” is on Season 8, “Will Trent” will be moving on to a fourth season, and “Shifting Gears” has been renewed for a second season.
ABC had previously announced they were also renewing “High Potential” for a second season and “Abbott Elementary” for a fifth season.
“Doctor Odyssey” is the final show for the network that has not been renewed at this time. According to Variety, the show is “more costly than a typical network show” and “also has not made a major dent in the ratings.”
Here’s What You Need To Know About ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 22
ABC’s longest-running primetime scripted series is back for another year, and Deadline provided some key information about what to expect.
The new season will have 18 episodes, with Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith Gray, set to serve as executive producer and narrator once again. Pompeo is one of three original cast members remaining on the show; however, she “scaled back her on-screen presence in Season 20.”
Chandra Wilson, who plays Miranda Bailey, and James Pickens Jr, who plays Richard Webber, will reprise their roles yet again, joining Pompeo as the only original members remaining.
Kevin McKidd, who plays Owen Hunt, Kim Raver, who plays Teddy Altman, Camilla Luddington, who plays Jo Wilson, and Caterina Scorsone, who plays Amelia Shepherd, are also expected to return.
Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star is No Longer Ruling Out Possible Return to the Hit Show
Sandra Oh, who played Dr. Cristina Yang, left “Grey’s Anatomy” at the end of season 10. And for a while, she made it clear that she had no intentions to return.
However, that is no longer the case.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly that was published on March 28, Oh opened up about her decision to leave the show and if she would ever consider returning.
“I took it very, very seriously. I really had a lot of contemplative time to figure out what it was that I wanted and needed,” Oh told Entertainment Weekly when asked about her decision to depart. “I knew in my gut that I had done as much as I could. I really, really felt I did my job. I also was very, very cognizant that not many actors get to do this: create a full character and really live through their life, and then actually make the choice to come to a close.”
She added that she began feeling this way “around season 8, because there was just a natural break — a [contract] renegotiation happening.” Ultimately she made the decision when she was “at my sister’s house in Vancouver and walking deep in the woods, trying to figure out what I wanted to do. But that was the right decision for me. I felt like, ‘I think I’m ready.’”
Despite having left, Oh’s character is still referenced often and lives on in the ‘Grey’s Anatomy” universe. Her character didn’t leave on bad terms at the hospital, instead accepting a job from Preston Burke to be the head of a hospital in Switzerland.
“I am glad for the show to use the character as they see fit. Absolutely. The character should still be there to service the story— and so, yay!,” she revealed.
But, could she see herself physically returning?
“For the longest time, it has always been a hard no. And it’s just…. I don’t know. I just don’t know. When you finish something, it’s a deep process…. I just cannot tell you…. I can’t stress to you enough how consciously I tried to fully process leaving,” she added. “I don’t feel the need to revisit, but I also profoundly understand the audience’s love for this character, because I’ve seen it for the past 10 years. That’s the part that makes me just go, hmmm.”
