'Grey's Anatomy' Showrunner Addresses Ellen Pompeo's Reduced Role

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is welcoming back another familiar face.After Jesse Williams was confirmed to be reprising his role as Jackson Avery in season 19, ET can confirm that Greg Germann, who departed the series in season 17, will be returning as Tom Koracick.Germann will appear in the Nov. 3 episode, the same installment Williams makes his return in. Titled “When I Get to the Border,” which is also directed by Williams, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) catches up with Jackson on a trip to Boston.

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Williams is returning as director and guest star in the fifth episode of the medical drama’s upcoming 19th season, reprising his role as Dr. Jackson Avery. Airing Nov. 3 and titled “When I Get to the Border,” it will be the fourth episode of the show that Williams has directed.

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officially started a new chapter with a new class of interns and a slew of major changes at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.In Season 19's opener, aptly titled «Everything Has Changed,» the fans see the birth of the hospital's residency program and the crowning of Meredith Grey as the permanent interim chief of surgery. While Ellen Pompeo shared that she was stepping back and only appearing in only eight episodes, it's clear her presence will still be deeply felt as Grey steps into her new role, making the evolution from intern to doctor to the hospital's top dog.As viewers welcomed the new interns, they also welcomed Grey's promotion, with fans taking to Twitter to praise the character at the center of the  universe.«CHIEF MEREDITH GREY YALL #GreysAnatomy,» one fan tweeted, alongside a few screenshots from the premiere episode, with another fan writing, «Meredith as chief is too real I’m emotional #GreysAnatomy.»CHIEF MEREDITH GREY YALL #GreysAnatomypic.twitter.com/uiRITy42f2Meredith as chief is too real I’m emotional #GreysAnatomy«WHY IS MER BEING CHIEF SO HOT SO MILF IM SCREAMING #GreysAnatomy,» another fan excitedly tweeted.WHY IS MER BEING CHIEF SO HOT SO MILF IM SCREAMING #GreysAnatomySee more reactions to Grey's new role, and the incoming class of interns, who are quickly proving that while everything has changed, some things at Grey's Sloan never will, below:CHIEF GREY!!! That rolls off the tongue! #GreysAnatomyOh if only she knew she’d become Chief Grey #GreysAnatomypic.twitter.com/ksWpWm70Vpchief grey>> @GreysABC#GreysAnatomy

Watching the Season 19 premiere felt very familiar in a lot of ways. It almost is like the series is restarting from the beginning. Why did you feel the best path forward for “Grey’s” was nodding to its past?We’ve done a major shift multiple times throughout the seasons.

Kate Aurthur editor SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Everything Has Changed,” the premiere of Season 19 of “Grey’s Anatomy,” which first aired on Oct. 6 on ABC and streams on Hulu starting on Oct. 7. “Grey’s Anatomy” is diving back into its past to begin its future. The Season 19 premiere of ABC’s long-running medical drama kicked off with a slew of brand-new cast members — the class of surgical interns on their first day at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, much like the pilot episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” introduced that cast on March 27, 2005. These freshmen interns, though, are the opposite of the Meredith Greys and Cristina Yangs we met all those years ago. Because the Grey Sloan surgical residency program was shut down last season after a patient’s death, this new group was selected in desperation: They’re the rejects and malcontents who didn’t make it elsewhere. New series regulars Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Midori Francis and Niko Terho play the interns, and their backstories will unfold throughout the season.

officially started a new chapter with the season 19 premiere, introducing a new class of interns and navigating a slew of major changes at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital — from restarting the residency program to bringing Grey Sloan back to its glory days.In the lead-up to Thursday's opener, appropriately titled «Everything Has Changed,» the latest season of ABC's medical drama was being called a «rebirth» for the long-running franchise amid news that longtime leading lady (and the center of the universe) Ellen Pompeo was stepping back and only appearing in only eight episodes. A combination of the old, along with the new.

Grey’s Anatomy is one of the most popular TV shows of all time and it’s about to return for season 19 on ABC.

Grey’s Anatomy is back tonight! Season 19 premieres on Thursday, October 6 on ABC at 9 p.m. ET.

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Kate Aurthur editor When the 19th season of “Grey’s Anatomy” premieres on ABC on Oct. 6, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) will be front and center in the episode, as she’s been since the series made its debut on March 27, 2005. Meredith is now the chief of surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and she’s been charged with rebuilding its surgical intern program after it was dismantled last season following a patient’s death. Five of those interns will be new characters this season. Yet as Variety reported over the summer, Pompeo (and Meredith) will soon be taking a step back, and will appear in only eight of this season’s episodes — though all the episodes will still have Meredith’s voiceover at the beginning and end. Along with the development she’s shepherding at her production company Calamity Jane, Pompeo is starring in and executive producing an as-yet untitled limited series at Hulu about a couple who adopt a child they think is an 8-year-old with dwarfism — but then things begin to go awry within their family.

Caterina Scorsone is sharing how will address Ellen Pompeo's limited role in season 19. The actress stopped by the ET stages on Tuesday afternoon for an exclusive sit-down interview where she previewed the new season, which also welcomes five new interns into the world of Grey Sloan.«The whole first part of the season is working its way around this story,» Scorsone told ET's Nischelle Turner at the stages in Studio City, California. «How does this happen? She’s not there all the time.

Greys Anatomy is heading into a transformational season. Star Ellen Pompeo is scaling back her on-screen presence to eight episodes, signaling a potential departure of her character Meredith which has been the heart of the medical drama since the start. Meanwhile, five new actors are joining as interns in one of the show’s biggest cast infusions ever, reminiscent of the Grey’s pilot that introduced Meredith and her fellow wide-eyed interns.

Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. have seen it all on As the original cast members of ABC's long-running medical drama return for their 19th season, both acknowledged that this one will feel a bit different as the show welcomes a new class of interns and Ellen Pompeo takes on a more limited capacity, appearing in only eight episodes, though she'll continue to narrate. «We've been very well-practiced over the seasons as to what happens when our characters move in and out of our show,» Wilson, who returns as Miranda Bailey, told ET during the virtual season 19 junket.

starts fresh in season 19 with the introduction of five bright-eyed medical interns, all hungry to make their mark on the medical world.With Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital slowly rebuilding its reputation following the dramatics of last season and Meredith stepping into the chief role, the new class of interns — played by Harry Shum Jr. (Blue), Adelaide Kane (Jules), Midori Francis (Mika), Alexis Floyd (Simone) and Niko Terho (Lucas) — are breathing new life while also harkening back to the past as the medical drama turns over a new chapter.For Francis, who portrays one of the new interns, Mika, joining the family has been as close to a full-circle moment as one can get after having grown up with the franchise as a teen and largely being inspired by Sandra Oh's iconic character, Cristina Yang.«That character and seeing her, especially in the town I grew up in in New Jersey and what I was seeing on TV at that time, it was not [every day] an Asian actor was so present, had so much screen time and was so messy and so good,» the Sex Lives of College Girls star shared in a recent phone interview with ET, adding later that «something in my gut said that this was a good move» when the opportunity arose to come onto the show. Ahead of Thursday's premiere, the 28-year-old actress discusses why she's proud to be playing an Asian character who's not buttoned-up and perfect, surprises that are in store for viewers and why Ellen Pompeo's  legacy is bigger than Meredith Grey.I was a fan.

Bachelor in Paradise airs and CBS premieres The Real Love Boat, inspired by the iconic 1970s series. The unscripted dating show features some surprise guest stars from the scripted series, and the husband-and-wife team of Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell try to help a group of singles find love on the high seas. There’s nothing I love more than celebrating love in a gorgeous location, and this delivers. On the drama front (though BiP and TRLB can never be accused of not bringing the drama), Grey’s Anatomy returns for season 19 and The Good Doctor begins season 5, both on ABC.