May 2009 News Archive

Welcome, Grey's Anatomy fans, to the 160th edition of our fun Friday tradition, the Grey's Anatomy Insider Caption Contest! Who won this week's Caption Contest?

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Izzie: What's that on the wall?
Cristina: Oh, it's the money you could be saving by switching to GEICO.
Izzie: I thought it was supposed to be actual dollar bills.
Cristina: Well, they wrote them as IOU's... you know how the economy is these days.

Citing multiple sources, E! Online reports that T.R. Knight, whose future has been the subject of great debate, will not be returning to Grey's Anatomy next season.

Knight's departure shouldn't come as too much of a shock.

Not only was George flatlining at the end of the season finale earlier this month, but the 36-year-old actor has reportedly wanted off the hit ABC series for some time.

According to reports, tension between T.R. Knight and Grey's Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes became unbearable for both in recent months.

Knight, an original member of the Grey's Anatomy cast, was said to have become increasingly frustrated by his character's lack of storyline and camera face time.

In December, he asked to be let out of his contract.

Grey's Anatomy insiders say Knight made no secret that he wanted off the show. No word on any future projects for Knight, but he will be free to pursue other things.

Reps for Knight and ABC declined to comment.

Knight's best friend, co-star Katherine Heigl, whose character was also in limbo as the season ended, is supposedly still waiting to learn her fate with Seattle Grace.

Rhimes suppposedly began contemplating an early death for Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens in July after Heigl took herself out of the running for last year's Emmy Awards.

Her reasoning was that the writers failed to give her good enough material to work with, igniting a storm of criticism and speculation that she wanted off the show.

For what it's worth, Entertainment Weekly recently reported that Heigl will submit her name for Emmy consideration this year for her work as cancer-stricken Izzie.

Her beloved Boston Celtics may be eliminated, but basketball fan Ellen Pompeo and her husband Chris Ivery will settle for their second favorite team: the local LA Lakers.

Here's the Grey's Anatomy star and her hubby cheering them on in Game Five of the Western Conference Finals at the Staples Center Wednesday night in Los Angeles ...

Pompeo and Ivery have been dating for many years, getting engaged on her birthday in November 2006 and married exactly a year later in 2007. They're just the best.

The pregnant star is begininng to show signs of a baby bump, which is awfully cute. Here's a photo of her outside the venue, glowing and showing traces of pregnancy ...

Tonight, once again at 10 p.m. instead of 9 p.m., ABC is airing the "Dream a Little Dream of Me," the first episode of the just-completed fifth-season of Grey's Anatomy.

This evening's portion will be the second part of this terrific two-hour episode.

For complete coverage of this (and every) show, check out our episode guide.

As we provide for each episode of the show we love, you can also take a look at a photo gallery, video section, list of the episode's music and some of the best quotes.

Thank you all for visiting our site time and again and making it the #1 Grey's Anatomy community! Our Grey's Anatomy forum is open for your comments, as always, so sound off!

Despite being an advanced auto racer, McDreamy still pumps his own gas - would you expect any less? Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey was the picture of patience Monday afternoon as he waited for his ride to refuel at a Brentwood, Calif., gas station ...

We will truly never get our fill of Patrick Dempsey and his Grey's Anatomy character. Follow the link for our site's full gallery of old and new Patrick Dempsey pictures!

ABC's upcoming fall schedule includes an expanded Dancing With the Stars, a two-hour Wednesday night comedy block and the apocalyptic thriller Flash Forward being used as a lead-in for Grey's Anatomy on Thursday nights, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Thursdays will lead off with Flash Forward at 8 p.m., which was somewhat unexpected, followed by the return of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

Asked if Grey's Anatomy stars Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight (George and Izzie) are signed up to return next season after Season Five's two-hour cliffhanger ending, ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson said at the network's upfronts:

"They're both signed on; I can't say whether they will both be there."

The comment drew a laugh in the room. Make of it what you will, we guess, as the fate of the two stars - both left hanging on May 14 - remains a mystery.

On Mondays, Dancing with the Stars, expanded from its usual 90 minutes, will give a strong lead-in to the sophomore detective drama Castle, which showed more ratings heft when provided a direct boost from the reality show at the end of this season.

Tuesdays kick off with Mark Burnett's new reality competition, Shark Tank (with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire filling the slot in early fall. The Dancing results show remains at 9 p.m., followed by Jerry Bruckheimer's new crime drama, The Forgotten.

The headline is Wednesday nights, when ABC will become the third network to offer a two-hour comedy block. Hank, The Middle, Modern Family and Cougar Town compose the lineup. Eastwick, an update of the John Updike novel The Witches of Eastwick, will follow at 10 p.m.

Launching an entirely new night of television is something ABC has done before, when it premiered Pushing Daisies, Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money on this night a few years back. However, having four comedies without a familiar title is a bold move.

Scrubs and Better Off Ted, while better known to viewers, were considered too male-skewing for the lineup. Both shows are planned for sometime in midseason, ABC says.

Welcome, Grey's Anatomy fans across the country and world, to the 159th edition of the Insider's Friday tradition, the Grey's Anatomy Insider Caption Contest!

This week's Caption Contest winner is Me. Congratulations!

Honorable mentions go out to g_anatomy032705 and Cazdamonkey. Thanks to all who played and best of luck again in this week's all-new Caption Contest.

The winning entry appears below ...

Welcome to heaven O'Malley. Your roommate is Denny Duquette. Be careful, he's a stalker.

The fate of George and Izzie remains very much up in the air. That much we all know, while no one knows how it will be resolved. Here's what Michael Ausiello of EW theorizes ...

Q: OMG. Grey's finale. George or Izzie? What's the deal?

A: My guess? One will live, another will die.

That's an interesting theory in and of itself. But even more intriguing is the theory the columnist posits next - we repeat, it is a theory, and nothing more than that. No one has indicated or suggested that this is going to actually happen, it is merely one fan's idea:

"T.R. Knight is leaving the show, but George is staying. What with being grossly disfigured in the finale, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to let George live and then, a few weeks later, Mark Sloan works his plastic surgery magic and, voila, a new George!"

Sounds a little like something you might see on Days of Our Lives, but not Grey's Anatomy. Then again, Shonda had Izzie making love to a ghost for much of this past season.

What do you think? Could they possibly ... they couldn't, right?

The epic, cliffhanger conclusion of Season Five still lingers in our minds, and likely will until the new season begins in September. All we can do until then is make do with repeats, DVDs and discussions. Hey, as we always, say, it's better than no Grey's at all.

Tonight, ABC is airing the first episode of Season Five of Grey's Anatomy, "Dream a Little Dream of Me," at 10 p.m. Next week at 10, the second half of the two-part episode will air.

For complete coverage of this (and every) episode, check out our recap. There you will find links to our photo gallery, video section, guide to the episode's music and list of quotes.

Our Grey's Anatomy forum is always open and welcoming of your comments, as always. Thank you for visiting our site since 2006 and making it the #1 Grey's Anatomy community!

Did Izzie and George die, or will they be back next season?

Shonda Rhimes obviously isn't saying, as we could have predicted. But she did offer this new, vague quote on the subject in a recent talk with TV Guide:

“We will definitely answer those questions in the fall. As with anyone you come to love, you don’t want to see them die, but it’s all part of the circle of life.”

Hmmm ...

Still, she allows, “there are some top-notch doctors at Seattle Grace and although there may not be miracles, there could be some good medicine.”

How do you interpret that one?

Have we seen the last of Izzie Stevens at Seattle Grace?

While the potentially tragic demise of Izzie and George cast a pall over the Season 5 finale, things did end on a positive note for some Grey's Anatomy characters.

Christina and Hunt are on again, or at least heading that direction, Callie and Arizona are forging a deeper girlfriend-ship, and Der and Mer had a wedding - their way.

“I wanted you to feel happy for some people,” says the Grey's Anatomy creator and producer, noting that “Meredith, our dark and twisty girl, is whole and healed.”