Grey's Anatomy (2005– )

A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.

Creator:

Shonda Rhimes

Stars:

Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 50 wins & 137 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ellen Pompeo	...	Dr. Meredith Grey (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
Sandra Oh	...	Dr. Cristina Yang (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
Justin Chambers	...	Dr. Alex Karev (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
Chandra Wilson	...	Dr. Miranda Bailey (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
James Pickens Jr.	...	Dr. Richard Webber (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
Patrick Dempsey	...	Dr. Derek Shepherd (196 episodes, 2005-2013)
Sara Ramirez	...	Dr. Callie Torres (168 episodes, 2006-2013)
Eric Dane	...	Dr. Mark Sloan (137 episodes, 2006-2012)
Katherine Heigl	...	Dr. Izzie Stevens (120 episodes, 2005-2010)
Kevin McKidd	...	Dr. Owen Hunt (116 episodes, 2008-2013)
Chyler Leigh	...	Dr. Lexie Grey (112 episodes, 2007-2012)
Jessica Capshaw	...	Dr. Arizona Robbins (106 episodes, 2009-2013)
T.R. Knight	...	Dr. George O'Malley (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jesse Williams	...	Dr. Jackson Avery (89 episodes, 2009-2013)
Sarah Drew	...	Dr. April Kepner (81 episodes, 2009-2013)

Storyline

Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama set at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle. The series covers the stories of the interns and residents at the hospital as they try to balance their personal lives with the demands of their medical training. The main character is Meredith Grey, who is married to a neurosurgeon at the hospital .The show follows her life as a third year resident at the hospital in the surgical department run by Dr Richard Webber. It covers not only her relationship with her husband, but also with her best friend Cristina Yang and her interactions with the other doctors and staff.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | medical | intern | neurosurgeon | medical drama | 

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Taglines:

Life changes in a heartbeat.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

ABC [United States] Channel 7 Network [Australia]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Complications

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ShondaLand, Mark Gordon Company, The, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Katherine Heigl dropped herself out of Emmy consideration in 2008, because she felt that she wasn't given the material that would warrant a nomination.

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Goofs

Dr. Ellis Grey, Meredith's mother, is played by Kate Burton in her old age and Sarah Paulson in her youth. Burton has light blue eyes, but Paulson has dark brown eyes.

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Quotes

Dr. Meredith Grey: The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is good. And twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad. And no pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain is there to tell us something. And there is only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomachache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.

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Connections

Spin-off Private Practice (2007)

User Reviews

Rather soapy but pretty good overall

So the show is about the trials and tribulations in the lives of five surgical interns (that is, first-year surgeon residents who just graduated from med school). I see "Grey's Anatomy" as actually a cross between "ER" and "Dawson Creek" or "The O.C."--a show primarily centered around the growing pains of a group of young adults, but plunked down in the middle of a Seattle hospital instead of the picturesque coast of Massachusetts or California.

Also in the same vein of "The O.C." and "Dawson's Creek," my favorite characters aren't the bland starring ones but the quirky and FAR more interesting co-stars: Sandra Oh is just plain awesome as the intense and ambitious resident Christina Yang, infusing her personality with a unique combination of ruthlessness and sensitivity that defies the generic stereotype of the overachieving Asian; George O'Malley (T.R. Wright) is absolutely adorable; and the handsome jerk of Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) looks like he may turn out to be more interesting than at first glance. But the characters of Meredith Grey and Izzy Stevens blur together as two generic pretty and smart blonde doctors.

This is definitely more of a soap opera than a medical drama: A lot of times, it seems like they just throw in a couple token surgery scenes every so often and then rush back to Meredith telling Dr. Shepherd for umpteenth time that she doesn't want to date him. And there is enough angst on the show to fuel a couple new WB dramas. But Meredith's struggle with her mother's Alzheimer's Disease is a unique and heretofore overlooked type of story, and the show does reveal the interesting facets about the dynamics of the patient-doctor relationship.

"Grey's Anatomy" doesn't have the realism of "ER," the utterly hilarious absurdity of "Scrubs," or the intrigue of "House," but it suits nicely as a soapy drama with just enough medical context to keep it from being just a guilty pleasure.