Grey's Anatomy

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This article is about the television series. For the textbook, see Gray's Anatomy. For other uses,
see Grey's Anatomy (disambiguation).
"Grey's" redirects here. For other uses, see Greys (disambiguation).

Grey's Anatomy

 Medical drama
Genre
 Romantic drama

Created by Shonda Rhimes

Starring  Ellen Pompeo

 Sandra Oh

 Katherine Heigl

 Justin Chambers

 T. R. Knight

 Chandra Wilson

 James Pickens, Jr.

 Isaiah Washington

 Patrick Dempsey

 Kate Walsh
 Sara Ramirez

 Eric Dane

 Chyler Leigh

 Brooke Smith

 Kevin McKidd

 Jessica Capshaw

 Kim Raver

 Sarah Drew

 Jesse Williams
 Camilla Luddington
  Gaius Charles

 Jerrika Hinton

 Tessa Ferrer

 Caterina Scorsone

 Kelly McCreary

 Jason George

 Martin Henderson

 Giacomo Gianniotti

Narrated by Ellen Pompeo

Theme music composer Psapp

Opening theme "Cosy in the Rocket"

(seasons 1–2, 14)

Ending theme "Cosy in the Rocket" (instrumental)

Composer(s) Danny Lux

Country of origin United States

Original language(s) English

No. of seasons 14

No. of episodes 310 (list of episodes)

Production

Executive producer(s) Shonda Rhimes

 Allan Heinberg

 Betsy Beers

 Debbie Allen

 James D. Parriott

 Jeannine Renshaw

 Jeff Rafner

 Joan Rater

 Kent Hodder

 Krista Vernoff

 Mark Gordon
 Mark Wilding
  Marti Noxon

 Nancy Bordson

 Peter Horton

 Rob Corn

 Stacy McKee

 Steve Mulholland

 Tony Phelan

 William Harper

 Zoanne Clack

Producer(s)  Ann Kindberg

 Austin Guzman

 Ellen Pompeo

 Elisabeth R. Finch

 Gabrielle G. Stanton

 Harry Werksman

 Jeff Rafner

 Linda Klein

 Lisa Taylor

 Mark Foreman

 Meg Marinis

 Mimi Schmir

 Peter Nowalk

 Sara E. White

 Stacy McKee

 Tammy Ann Casper

 Tia Napolitano

 William Harper

 Zoanne Clack

Cinematography Herbert Davis

Editor(s)  Susan Vaill

 David Greenspan

 Edward Ornelas

 Justin Chinn
 Briana London
  Sarah Boyd

 Stacy Katzman

 Brandi Bradburn

 Bjorn Myrholt

Camera setup Single-camera

Running time 43 minutes


Production company(s) Shondaland

(2005-present)

(season 2-present)

 The Mark Gordon Company

 Touchstone Television

(2005-2007)

(seasons 1-3)

 ABC Studios

(2007-present)

(season 4-present)

Distributor  Buena Vista Television

 Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Release

Original network ABC

Picture format  480i

 1080i (16:9 HDTV)

Audio format  Stereo

 Dolby Digital 5.1

Original release March 27, 2005 – present

Chronology

Followed by  Private Practice

 Station 19

External links

Official website
The cover of the book after which Grey's Anatomy was named.

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005,
on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement. The fictional series
focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attending physicians, as they develop into
seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships. The title is a play
on Gray's Anatomy, a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 in London and written
by Henry Gray. Shonda Rhimes developed the pilot and continues to write for the series; she is also
one of the executive producers, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob
Corn, Mark Wilding, and Allan Heinberg. Although the series is set in Seattle (at the fictional Seattle
Grace, later known as the Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital), it is filmed primarily in Los
Angeles, California.
The series was designed to be racially diverse and used color-blind casting. It revolves around the
title character, Dr. Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, first featured as an intern. The original
cast consisted of nine star-billed actors: Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.
R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey. The cast
has undergone major changes through the series' run, with many members leaving and being
replaced by others. In its twelfth season, the show had a large ensemble of sixteen actors, including
four characters from the original cast (Meredith Grey, Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey, and Richard
Webber).