Ellen Pompeo reveals she wants her hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy to be less preachy

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Ellen Pompeo is heading into her 19th season on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, debuting in early October, though she wants the show to change its approach to social issues.The long-running series created by Shonda Rhimes has never shied away from hot-button issues in the past.The 52-year-old actress opened up on her Tell Mepodcast on Tuesday, revealing she wanted the show to be 'less preachy.' Change:Ellen Pompeo is heading into her 19th season on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, debuting in early October, though she wants the show to change its approach to social issues Grey's:The 52-year-old actress opened up on her Tell Me podcast on Tuesday, revealing she wanted the show to be 'less preachy''I think if I had any desire, honestly, it would be to be less sort of preachy in one episode about certain things,' Pompeo began.'It’s like, we do one episode about, let’s see … Asian hate crimes is one that we did this past season that was really moving.

I think I’d like to see things happen a little more subtly and over time,' she added. Instead of just having one episode focus on a certain topic, she'd rather the show, 'touch on these social issues that are important and have them be threads throughout,' as opposed to, 'consistently [hitting] you over the head for just one hour' and never talk about it again.

Desire:'I think if I had any desire, honestly, it would be to be less sort of preachy in one episode about certain things,' Pompeo began Hate crime:'It’s like, we do one episode about, let’s see … Asian hate crimes is one that we did this past season that was really moving.