Jesse Williams Talks Possible 'Grey's' Spinoff for Japril, Shares Ellen Pompeo's Reaction to His Exit

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Dr. Meredith Grey doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in Ellen Pompeo.

The current season of “Grey’s Anatomy” — its 17th — has certainly been eventful, with cast members old and new coming and going all season long.

Aldis Hodge is on a roll. Following the Oscar-nominated One Night in Miami, there’s the upcoming superhero film Black Adam, a revival of TNT’s television series Leverage, and much more. Plus, he’s killing it as Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward in Showtime’s City on a Hill. Exec produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the police procedural follows Ward’s attempts to clean up police corruption in ‘90s Boston, exemplified by Kevin Bacon’s thoroughly bent cop Jackie Rohr.

Grey’s Anatomy doesn’t look like it’s ending any time soon, but that doesn’t mean the original cast is going to be sticking around. Jesse Williams, who plays Dr Jackson Avery, is the latest actor to bid farewell to the medical drama.

Jesse Williams may be leaving “Grey’s Anatomy”, but his character Jackson Avery might not be gone forever.

Saying goodbye. Jesse Williams had a say in how his character, Dr. Jackson Avery, exited Grey’s Anatomy this month after 12 seasons.

In a Grey’s Anatomy season of many shockers, one of the biggest came earlier this month when Deadline reported that longtime cast member star Jesse Williams was departing the hit ABC medical drama after 12 seasons.

Grey's Anatomy on May 20th in a tearful episode, wrapping up a dozen seasons on the hit medical drama and hinting at a bright off-screen future for his character, Dr. Jackson Avery., when Jackson reunited with his one true love, April Kepner (guest star Sarah Drew) and asked her to move to Boston with him so they could continue co-parenting their daughter, Harriet, while he runs the Harper Avery foundation to address systemic inequalities in medicine.

SPOILER ALERT: This post includes information about the latest episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “Tradition.”

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes a detail about the May 20 episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorEllen Pompeo, star of long-running ABC hit “Grey’s Anatomy,” is set to host her first podcast — a weekly show in which she plans to get real on a range of topics with her guests.For “Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo,” the actor is teaming with Cadence13, the podcast studio that is part of radio and streaming-audio company Audacy.

While season 17 is currently airing on RTÉ, Grey’s Anatomy fans can rejoice as the medical drama has been renewed for an 18th season with Ellen Pompeo continuing on as Dr Meredith Grey.

Grey's Anatomy fans can breathe a sigh of relief. After months of speculation, ABC announced that will return for season 18.According to the announcement, not only will showrunner continue to helm Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off, Station 19, which has also been renewed, but Ellen Pompeo has extended her contract and will continue to play Dr.

Grey's Anatomy stars Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew sent their fans into a frenzy when they reunited on the show. Later, in an Instagram Live session the two stars also discussed the fate of April Kepner and Jackson Avery and if there ever could be a possibility of a spin-off series.

Grey's Anatomy stars Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams' characters April Kepner and Jackson Avery recently reunited on the show's latest episode. The Japril (Jackson-April) reunion was long-awaited by fans who could hardly contain their emotions as they watched the show's beloved couple together once again.

Grey’s Anatomy fans were hit with a ton of emotions during this week’s episode that revealed that Jesse Williams would be leaving the show before the end of the season.

Ready for more Japril! Sarah Drew is on board with the idea of a possible Grey’s Anatomy spinoff following her character, April Kepner, and Jesse Williams’ Jackson Avery.

Sarah Drew returned to “Grey’s Anatomy” for the May 6 episode, reprising her role as April Kepner to reunite with ex-husband Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams).

While Grey’s Anatomy will lose one of it own with Jesse William’s bittersweet exit, Sarah Drew said that the two lovers-turned-exes have a “beautiful” future in Boston ahead of them.