On the eve of the show’s 13th season, she’s only thinking about one fan, and that fan’s name is Shonda Rhimes.
IS THERE LIFE beyond McDreamy? Oh, hell yeah! Last season, Grey’s Anatomy followed Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) as she grieved for her husband, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). The ratings spiked, and Grey’s ended the 2015–16 season as the third highest-rated network drama in the advertiser coveted 18–49 demo (behind Empire and The X-Files), a stunning achievement for a 12-year old program that—by all the rules of showbiz— should require life support by now. That said, the show’s creator, Shonda Rhimes, isn’t reveling in all this viewer love.
“Here’s how I operate: If I don’t completely reinvent Grey’s Anatomy every season, then I’m not going to be interested anymore,” Rhimes says. “I need to keep this show fresh and rewarding and moving forward. Last season was about Meredith trying to figure out who she is without her marriage and her best friend, Cristina [Sandra Oh]—in fact, without her whole support system.” Now, says Rhimes, “we find out what this rebuilding of Meredith’s life really means and how it affects the people around her, and we’re really going to test her ride-or die friendship with Alex [Justin Chambers].”
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