Grey's Anatomy

This article is about the television series. For the textbook, see Gray's Anatomy.

Grey's Anatomy
Genre	Medical drama Romantic drama Ensemble drama Dark comedy
Created by	Shonda Rhimes
Starring	List of cast members
Narrated by	Ellen Pompeo and other actors
Theme music composer	Psapp
Opening theme	"Cosy in the Rocket" (seasons 1–3, 7, 14)
Ending theme	"Cosy in the Rocket" (instrumental)
Composer	Danny Lux
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	20
No. of episodes	425
Production
Executive producers	Shonda Rhimes Ellen Pompeo Allan Heinberg Andy Reaser Betsy Beers Debbie Allen James D. Parriott Jeannine Renshaw Jeff Rafner Joan Rater Kent Hodder Krista Vernoff Mark Gordon Mark Wilding Marti Noxon Meg Marinis Peter Horton Rob Corn Stacy McKee Steve Mulholland Tony Phelan William Harper Zoanne Clack
Producers	Ann Kindberg Austin Guzman Elisabeth R. Finch Gabrielle G. Stanton Harry Werksman James E. Williams Jeff Rafner Linda Klein Lisa Taylor Mark Foreman Meg Marinis Michael Metzner Mimi Schmir Peter Nowalk Sara E. White Stacy McKee Tammy Ann Casper Tia Napolitano William Harper Zoanne Clack
Cinematography	Herbert Davis Tim Suhrstedt Jeffrey Jur (pilot only)
Editors	Susan Vaill David Greenspan Edward Ornelas Justin Chinn Briana London Sarah Boyd Stacy Katzman Brandi Bradburn Bjorn Myrholt
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	43–53 minutes
Production companies	Shondaland Lionsgate Television ABC Signature Trip The Light (2021–2023)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 27, 2005 (2005-03-27) – present
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Grey's Anatomy is an American television series. It is a story about surgeons at the fictional Seattle Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital (previously Seattle Grace-Mercy West Hospital and Seattle Grace Hospital). The show was created by Shonda Rhimes. It has been on ABC (American Broadcasting Company) since March 2005.

Shonda Rhimes in 2008

About the series

This successful television series is about surgeons in a hospital in Seattle. They do surgeries on patients with different health issues which are hard to solve. Even with their busy lives, the doctors become good friends and sometimes even fall in love with each other.

The American show was created by Shonda Rhimes. It was mostly filmed in Los Angeles, California and has been shown on ABC since March 27, 2005.

The series has had much success with 19 seasons and 421 episodes. A new twentieth season started showing on March 14, 2024. The TV show won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 for the best dramatic TV series, and it also has been awarded two nominations at the Emmy Awards for the same reason. This dramatic medical comedy has been produced in many languages and countries, like Belgium, France, and Switzerland.

Grey’s Anatomy got its name from a textbook by Henry Gray, written in 1858, which reached its 40th edition in 2008. The title of the text is Anatomy of the Human Body. It has many surgical applications and is a medicinal classic of the human anatomy.

Cast

Actor	Role	Functions	Starring	Image
Ellen Pompeo	Meredith Grey	Started as a surgical intern, became a surgical resident, was head of general surgery, and now is the chief of surgery	Season 1 - present
Sandra Oh	Christina Yang	Started as a surgical intern, then as a surgical resident, and finished as a heart surgeon	Season 1 - 10
Katherine Heigl	Isobel "Izzie" Stevens	Started as a surgical intern and finished as a third-year surgical resident	Season 1 - 6
Justin Chambers	Alex Karev	Started as a surgical intern, then as a surgical resident, and is currently a pediatric surgeon	Season 1 - 16
T.R. Knight	George O'Malley	Started as a surgical intern and finished as a third-year surgeon resident	Season 1 - 5 and 17
Chandra Wilson	Miranda Bailey	Started as a surgical resident and is now chief of surgery	Season 1 - present
James Pickens, Jr.	Richard Webber	Began as Chief of Surgery and is now a general surgeon	Season 1 - present
Kate Walsh	Addison Montgomery	She is an obstetrics surgeon	Season 2 - 3 and 18
Sara Ramirez	Callie Torres	Started as a surgical resident and was head of orthopedic surgery	Season 2 - 12
Eric Dane	Mark Sloan	He was a plastic surgeon	Season 2 - 8 and 17
Chyler Leigh	Lexie Grey	She was a surgical intern and then a surgical resident, focusing on neurosurgery before her death	Season 4 - 8 and 17
Kevin McKidd	Owen Hunt	Started as a trauma surgeon and is currently head of trauma surgery	Season 5 - present
Jessica Capshaw	Arizona Robbins	Started as a pediatric surgeon and is currently head of pediatric surgery	Season 5 - 14
Kim Raver	Teddy Altman	She was head of cardiothoracic surgery and left to run MEDCOM in Germany. She is returning though	Season 6 - 8 and 15 - present
Jesse Williams	Jackson Avery	Started as a surgical resident and is now the head of plastics.	Season 6 - 17 and 18
Sarah Drew	April Kepner	Started as a surgical resident and is now a trauma surgeon	Season 6 - 14 and 18
Brooke Smith	Erica Hahn	She is a cardiac surgeon	Season 3 - 5
Isaiah Washington	Preston Burke	He is a cardiac surgeon	Season 1 - 3 and 9
Patrick Dempsey	Derek Shepherd	He is head of neurosurgery	Season 1 - 11 and 17
Caterina Scorsone	Amelia Shepherd	The Current head of neurosurgery	Season 10-present

Other websites

• Grey's Anatomy on IMDb
• Answers website: "Henry Gray"