Grey's Anatomy (2005)
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Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 27 March 2005 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Shonda Rhimes |
| Starring | Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. |
| Seasons | 23 seasons, 462 episodes |
| Episode length | about 43 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 331 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.2/10 |
Where to watch Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is streaming on Hulu ($18.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Netflix ($17.99 a month) and Fubo. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 8 months of Netflix, or $143.92 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Grey’s Anatomy is a drama about doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Created by Shonda Rhimes, it tracks the messy intersection of surgery and personal life. Each episode runs 43 minutes, but the series totals 23 seasons and 462 episodes. That adds up to 331 hours of viewing time. The runtime is a commitment, not a suggestion.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes sits at 84% as of August 2023. The reception, however, tracks the seasons more than the series as a whole. Emily St. James of The A.V. Club described the quality arc as "all over the place," noting the second season’s phenomenon status and the fourth season’s bumpy moments. Samantha Highfill of Entertainment Weekly took a different view, calling season 2 the best and admitting she would never stop watching. It is a show that defies a single verdict.
How it did with audiences
Grey's Anatomy defied the usual medical drama slump. With no box office figures to parse, the judgment comes from the people who actually watched it. On TMDB, users rate it 8.2 out of 10. That score sits high enough to suggest the show kept its grip on viewers for a very long time. It is the kind of comfort food that never quite goes stale.
Awards
The show collected 9 awards. That includes a 2006 Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama. It also picked up SAG Awards for female leads in 2005 and 2006. The ensemble won a SAG in 2006. Emmy wins for casting, supporting actress, and guest actress rounded out the list.
What came next for the cast
Chandra Wilson moved from Philadelphia and Lone Star to Station 19. Kevin McKidd went from Trainspotting and Dog Soldiers to It Ends with Us. James Pickens Jr. stepped out of Sleepers and The X-Files into 42 and Just Wright. The credits do not prove the show caused the shift. They just mark the space between the before and the after.
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Sources
- Grey's Anatomy on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q438406 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Grey's Anatomy” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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