How to Save a Life
The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy
Lynette Rice
- The
- first
- inside
- story
- of
- one
- of
- TV's
- most
- popular
- and
- beloved
- dramas,
- Grey's
- Anatomy.'I'm
- a
- Black
- woman
- casting
- my
- own
- show.
- I
- wanted
- their
- world
- to
- look
- like
- the
- world
- that
- I
- live
- in.
- I
- don't
- think
- about
- it
- in
- those
- terms
- [diversity],
- and
- I
- militantly
- think
- I
- don't
- have
- to.'
- Shonda
- Rhimes'Multiple
- generations
- have
- discovered
- Derek
- through
- Netflix.
- They
- are
- passionate
- around
- the
- world.
- It's
- humbling.'
- Patrick
- DempseyMore
- than
- 15
- years
- after
- its
- premiere,
- Grey's
- Anatomy
- remains
- one
- of
- the
- most
- beloved
- dramas
- on
- television
- in
- the
- US
- and
- the
- UK.
- It
- continues
- to
- win
- its
- time
- slot
- and
- has
- ranked
- in
- the
- Top
- 20
- most
- watched
- shows
- in
- primetime
- for
- most
- of
- its
- 17-season
- run.
- It
- currently
- averages
- more
- than
- 9
- million
- viewers
- each
- week.Now
- it's
- time
- to
- hear
- from
- the
- people
- who
- made
- the
- show
- happen.A
- cultural
- touchstone,
- it
- introduced
- the
- unique
- voice
- and
- vision
- of
- Shonda
- Rhimes,
- it
- made
- Ellen
- Pompeo,
- Sandra
- Oh
- and
- T.R.
- Knight
- household
- names,
- and
- injected
- words
- and
- phrases
- into
- the
- cultural
- lexicon
- like
- 'McDreamy,'
- and
- 'you're
- my
- person.'
- And
- the
- behind-the-scenes
- drama
- has
- always
- been
- just
- as
- juicy
- as
- what
- was
- happening
- in
- front
- of
- the
- camera,
- from
- the
- high-profile
- firing
- of
- Isaiah
- Washington
- to
- Katherine
- Heigl's
- fall
- from
- grace
- and
- Patrick
- Dempsey's
- shocking
- death
- episode.
- The
- show
- continued
- to
- haemorrhage
- key
- players,
- but
- the
- beloved
- hospital
- series
- never
- skipped
- a
- beat.Lynette
- Rice's
- How
- to
- Save
- A
- Life
- takes
- a
- deep
- dive
- into
- the
- show's
- humble
- start,
- while
- offering
- exclusive
- intel
- on
- the
- behind-the-scenes
- culture,
- the
- most
- heartbreaking
- departures
- and
- the
- more
- polarizing
- plotlines.
- It's
- the
- perfect
- gift
- for
- all
- Grey's
- Anatomy
- stans
- out
- there.'It's
- incredible
- how
- this
- show
- just
- keeps
- resonating
- with
- the
- young
- generation.
- It's
- really
- touching.'
- Ellen
- Pompeo'As
- much
- of
- my
- life
- as
- I
- feel
- like
- I
- [gave
- that]
- character,
- she
- has
- saved
- me
- and
- helped
- me
- grow
- into
- the
- artist
- that
- I
- am.
- .
- .
- .
- If
- [Shonda]
- didn't
- ask
- me
- to
- come
- back
- for
- the
- series
- finale,
- I
- would
- hurt
- her.'
- Sandra Oh
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