Sorry Ellen Pompeo, “Grey’s Anatomy” Will Most Likely Return For A 19th Season

How much more can we make Ellen Pompeo suffer?! Ellen just talked about how she’s been desperately trying to convince people to let Grey’s Anatomy die like (SPOILER ALERT!!!) Denny after his heart surgery. But woe is Ellen because Deadline says that ABC is in talks to bring the series back for its 19th season. Two things will outlive society and survive the nuclear blasts at the end of humanity, the Kardashians’ faces and Grey’s Anatomy.

Last year, Ellen Pompeo was the last main Grey‘s cast member to sign on and she only signed a one-year contract. And she’s in talks to return. Grey’s is the longest-running primetime medical drama in TV history and the show is still ABC’s highest-rated scripted series and one of the top scripted series on network television. And its spin-off which I thought nobody cared about, Station 19, has grown to be the second-highest-rated scripted series. So if they finally cancel Grey’s at least you’ll have melodramatic firefighters to watch cry. via Deadline:

Renewal talks are underway for a potential 19th season of ABC’s flagship scripted series though sources caution that conversations are in early stages. I hear series star and co-executive producer Ellen Pompeo also has been approached about continuing on the show for another season.

Pompeo, who in the past couple of years has been open about her desire to bring Grey’s Anatomy to an end, last spring agreed to a one-year deal for Season 18. She was one of three remaining original cast members whose contracts were up at the end of Season 17; the other two, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr., signed multi-year new pacts, I hear.

Craig Erwich, the President of ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals, spoke about the series back in September, saying:

“We’re thrilled to have it on the lineup. It’s a gift. As long as all of the producers and Ellen [Pompeo] feel like there are meaningful stories to tell, we’re going to continue to do the show.”

Flash forward fifty years to 2071 when torment is eternal. Coronavirus is in its hundredth mutation. Paper money no longer exists, only NFTs and crypto supplied by Paris Hilton. And Grey’s Anatomy is in its 68th season starring Ellen Pompeo’s android clone.

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