Looks like Dr. Addison Montgomery won't have to deal with non-commital men (or Meredith Grey's whining) much longer.
Kate Walsh's controversial Grey's Anatomy spinoff's future was all but confirmed yesterday, thanks to an unexpected investigator.
In-your-face interrogation tactics by Ellen Degeneres, who hosted Walsh on her talk show, helped shed light on the outlook for Private Practice.
Not content with waiting for next week's announcement of ABC's fall lineup, Ellen made a surprise phone call to ABC President Steve McPherson during a taping of her show yesterday, and out asked flat-out if Kate Walsh's much-discussed project will be officially green-lit for a full season.
A visibly embarassed Walsh watched in subdued horror.
The ABC honcho strung her along for a bit, quipping that Walsh "hasn't worked out very well on the air for us," then he let it slip that he "thinks she's in pretty good shape."
We don't think he was talking about her physical fitness, either. This is good news for Kate, whose spinoff was previewed last week in "The Other Side of This Life," even if the experience was a tad awkward.
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May 10th, 2007 9:33 AM
I personally would not watch the show
May 10th, 2007 9:40 AM
After last week, and the news of what is to come, I am done with the show. I am tired of being strung along by a show where the writers don't respect their characters or their audience.
May 10th, 2007 10:31 AM
goodbye addison!
May 10th, 2007 10:41 AM
I'm happy that Kate has having her own show.
Addison is my favorite character in Grey's, and it's due to Kate's performance.
Go Kate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 10th, 2007 11:50 AM
I won't stop watching Grey's Anatomy, but--I feel more than ever that Grey's won't be a long-running show like 'ER' or 'Law and Order'. I think two or three more years on the air, and that'll be it. Shonda was ok as a producer/writer at first, but I think her obsessive grip on the show--not allowing any actor to have a say in the character's direction--will be the death of the show. Patrick Dempsey had made some very subtle remarks some months back about Shonda Rimes' 'vision' for Grey's and he alluded that he did not agree with it. Probably the other actors don't either. Most shows after a while, allow the actors to have a say about their lines, what the character would do, etc. They are, after all, supposed to know their characters as well as the writers do.
As for 'Private Practice' I thought it was crap and I won't watch it.
May 10th, 2007 12:32 PM
I enjoyed the spin-off parts more than Greys last week & Kate Walsh is a fantastic leading lady.
All power to the spin-off !!
With Addison leaving I can now ditch Greys. Yay !
May 10th, 2007 12:49 PM
I think they should have done two seperate episodes last week, because I liked the new show but I felt like it was weird going back & forth.
And I don't think we got enough Grey's time!!!
May 10th, 2007 1:35 PM
I agree with Carol. Two or three more years of Grey's and it's done. It really hasn't been good since the first and second season.
As for the spin-off, congrats to Kate but I don't know if I'll be watching it. She should just finish her story on Grey's(if she has anything left to tell) and then do some movies.
As for Mr. Patrick, if he really did make those comments about Shonda's vision for the show then he should just bow at like George Clooney did with E.R or give Shonda some suggestions on how to improve his chacater and the show.
May 10th, 2007 2:38 PM
exactly Chloe... a new show, fresh faces.. not more MERDER DRAMA >>> CANT WAIT .. I loved all the charaters. LOVE LOVE LOVE TIM DALY .. so hot
CANT WAIT
May 10th, 2007 2:42 PM
Well, the subtle remark was something along this line--from an interview which I read either on here or some other site: (From Patrick Dempsey): 'Shonda has her vision of what the men (characters) should be.' And, paraphrasing, (not an exact quote): 'the women are flawed, but the men are not allowed to be.'
To me, this little quote kinda hinted to me that PD doesn't like the direction of his character or of the direction of the men's characters in general. I wonder if any one of you were standing next to him when he said that what would you immediately think?
I don't think PD should have to bow out, I think he has the right to say what he likes, as long as he is more or less polite in the way he does it.
I also don't think he'll have to bow out as, as I said in my other post, GA, is not going to be around that long. He'll stay with GA because the money's great and GA got his face and name back in the news and on ET and in People and such.