Gray’s Anatomy Followers Are Gonna See A Lot Much less Of Meredith Gray Subsequent Season!

Followers shouldn’t plan on seeing Dr. Meredith Gray scrubbing in as a lot every week anymore! Why is that? Ellen Pompeo reportedly shall be scaling again on her appearances within the upcoming season of Gray’s Anatomy – like by so much!

In response to TVLine, the 52-year-old actress will star in a “restricted capability” and seem in simply eight episodes in season 19 of the ABC medical drama. A typical season of Gray’s ranges between 20 and 24 episodes – so everybody will solely be seeing her round for roughly a 3rd of the season! Wow! Nonetheless, her presence nonetheless shall be felt within the halls of Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital, even when she shouldn’t be on the display. Because the outlet reported, Ellen will proceed to govt produce and narrate each episode of the brand new season.

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However what’s going to she be doing as a substitute of a giant portion of the brand new Gray’s Anatomy season? Decreasing her on-camera duties on the longtime sequence permits Ellen to concentrate on a brand new undertaking, starring in and dealing as an EP on the upcoming Hulu sequence, being known as the “Untitled Orphan Venture.” It’s principally in regards to the true story of the Midwestern couple who adopted what they thought was an 8-year-old woman with a uncommon type of dwarfism however quickly realizes she might not be who she says she is. So Ellen has an thrilling new undertaking forward – past Gray’s.

The information of Ellen’s restricted appearances on the present has drawn some blended reactions from viewers, a lot of whom took to Twitter to react:

“Ellen Pompeo actually renewed her contract for one more season of greys anatomy even tho she’s barely going to be in it Ellen simply finish your dumb present already smh.”

“ELLEN POMPEO FINALLY LEAVING GREYS AND ACTING ON SOMETHING ELSE TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.”

“Ellen pompeo starring in one other present for the primary time after 20 years. iconic when you ask me.”

“Effectively that doesn’t actually bode nicely for the long run. They need to have stopped way back when you ask me.”

“Whether or not you want Meredith Gray (or Ellen Pompeo for that matter) or not, 8 episodes out of twenty-two is a HUGE change for Gray’s Anatomy. Colossal.”

“i like gray’s however WTH is that this; “restricted appearances” from ellen pompeo?!?? the present known as GREY’S anatomy not everybody else anatomy. i like that present with my complete being, but when that’s how the present gonna be now, then i’m sorry but it surely has reached its finish”

Whereas this information may be a disappointment to some followers, it shouldn’t come as a shock! The Catch Me If You Can star has not been shy about vocalizing her desire for the show to be over. In December, Ellen really confessed to Insider that she’d “been making an attempt to concentrate on convincing everyone that [Grey’s] ought to finish.” She added:

“I really feel like I’m the tremendous naive one who retains saying, ‘However what’s the story going to be, what story are we going to inform?’ Everybody’s like, ‘Who cares, Ellen? It makes a gazillion {dollars}.’”

Nonetheless, she later advised Leisure Tonight in Could that she and Shonda Rhimes has been making an attempt to see how the present may final with out her:

“Shonda [Rhimes] and I, I believe — we’ll see, we’ll see. Making an attempt to reinvent the present and frequently making an attempt to reinvent the present is the problem at this level. Hear, the present speaks to lots of people, and the younger folks love the present. It’s impressed so many generations of healthcare employees, so, I believe for the younger folks, it’s a very good piece of content material and we’re going to attempt to hold it going for the younger folks, not essentially with me, however hold it going past me.”

So who is aware of! Everybody may nonetheless see much more of Gray’s Anatomy sooner or later – simply probably with out Ellen quickly! They definitely have a ton of recent blood coming to the present, together with Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, and Midori Francis, to cowl her absence and breathe some new life into it! We’ll must see!

Reactions, Perezcious readers? Are you bummed in regards to the information? Will you continue to watch the brand new season? Do you assume Gray’s ought to simply finish already? Drop all of your ideas within the feedback (under).

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