Krista Vernoff: Last News

Debbie Allen hopes “Grey’s Anatomy” will keep going.

Patrick Dempsey confirmed speculation that Ellen Pompeo’s Grey’s Anatomy character is battling COVID-19 after he made an unexpected return to the series in a dream sequence during the season 17 premiere.“I was like, what a great opportunity for people and how great it would be for the fans, really, to see everybody reunited in this sort of bizarre way,” the 54-year-old actor said on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, November 18. “And [showrunner Krista Vernoff] came up with this concept where I would come and visit [Meredith] in her COVID dream.”Fans were surprised when Dempsey, who played Dr.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDays after his character’s surprise appearance in the Season 17 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about his return to the ABC medical drama.Derek, who tragically died five and a half years go, came back in a beach dream Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) slipped into after collapsing in the parking lot of Grey Sloan Memorial.Speaking with Deadline about the premiere last week, Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff would not say whether Meredith was OK, and if the collapse was a result of her just being overworked or was it something serious, like COVID, since she has been working almost exclusively with COVID patients.

When “Grey’s Anatomy” returned last week, viewers were quick to point out the use of KN95 on set.

Patrick Dempsey's Grey's Anatomy character Derek Shepherd was killed off in the series five years ago - but the show's boss has told how he is due to make a comeback on the show.

"Grey's Anatomy" fans can rejoice: Dr. Derek Shepherd is returning a few more times, according to showrunner Krista Vernoff.

There was a huge surprise during the season 17 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy – the return of Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd.

Fans of Grey's Anatomy were left stunned following Thursday's Season 17 premiere after Patrick Dempsey made a surprise appearance five years after his character was killed off the series.Now Krista Vernoff, the current Grey's Anatomy showrunner, has revealed that fans can expect even more appearances from Dempsey, 54, throughout the season.The 46-year-old screenwriter admitted Friday in an interview with the Los Angeles Timesthat the late Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd will reappear three more times during the current season.

Grey’s Anatomy exit is created equally. Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers and more stars have left Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital — for various reasons.Created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy debuted on ABC in 2005.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.The two-hour Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy ended with a jaw-dropping moment five and a half years in the making. The series’ original male lead Patrick Dempsey made a return, with his character, Derek Shepherd, appearing in a beach dream sequence after Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith collapsed in the Grey Sloan parking lot.

Promos for the two-hour Season 17 premiere of Grey's Anatomy teased a twist that fans wouldn't see coming, and they certainly delivered, with the unexpected return of a beloved character.Five years after his tragic death in the Season 11 finale, Patrick Dempsey returned as Derek 'McDreamy' Shepard,who came to Meredith Grey in a dream sequence.After the episode aired, showrunner Krista Vernoff shared behind-the-scenes photos of Dempsey and star Ellen Pompeo reuniting on a beach, with Vernoff also speaking about the twist in a new interview with Deadline.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read until you have watched the season 17 premiere of “Grey’s Anatomy.”“Grey’s Anatomy” didn’t hold back in its two-hour season premiere Thursday, which was dedicated to frontline healthcare workers.Patrick Dempsey returned as Dr.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about tonight’s Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s promo for the Season 17 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy teased a “shocking, jaw-dropping ending.” That was an understatement.In one of the series’ biggest twists ever, a beloved character, Patrick Dempsey’s Derek Shepherd, whose tragic death in an April 2015 episode left fans heartbroken, came back. Appropriately, the late McDreamy appeared in a dream sequence, joining Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey on a beach seconds after Meredith collapsed in the parking lot of Grey Sloan Memorial.

Kate Aurthur editorWhen Krista Vernoff read the script of the “Grey’s Anatomy” pilot in 2004, she was coming off the “most difficult job” of her TV career, writing on “Wonderfalls.” In an interview for Variety’s cover story about “Grey’s Anatomy” for the magazine’s Power of Women issue, Vernoff said of the quirky Fox dramedy: “I just kept getting rewritten systematically. It was the only time in my career that happened, but it was humbling, and important for me to experience.”But Vernoff knew she would be a perfect match for “Grey’s Anatomy.”“I feel like I wrote this script in a fever dream,” she remembers telling her agent after she’d read Shonda Rhimes’ ABC pilot.

“Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” are tipping their caps to health care workers.

a new promo released Thursday featuring new and old footage from the ABC series, first responders, doctors and nurses are being honored with and  dedicating their upcoming seasons (17 and 4, respectively) to them.«This season, our work is dedicated to the healthcare workers who put their lives on the line every day to try to save ours,” said Krista Vernoff, showrunner and executive producer for  and G“Wear a mask, save someone else’s life.”The 30-second spot features voiceovers from Ellen Pompeo's Meredith Grey and Jaina Lee Ortiz's Andy Herrera, and is soundtracked by The Fray's „How to Save a Life,“ a throwback to early days. It also highlights everyday hospital workers.»We all have heroes, people we aspire to be.

Ellise Shafer editorBoth “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” are dedicating their upcoming seasons to the essential workers who have worked so hard to keep Americans safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a new crossover promo, the ABC shows splice their own footage together with photos of the real-life heroes working in hospitals across the country.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety has reimagined its popular Power of Women luncheon as a virtual summit to take place on Oct. 28 and 29.

Kate Aurthur editorOver 317 episodes, “Grey’s Anatomy” has tackled everything from mass shootings to plane crashes. But when the writers’ room for the ABC medical drama convened in June, showrunner Krista Vernoff posed a surprising hypothetical for Season 17: What if the show existed in a world without COVID-19?“I think that people have fatigue of COVID, and I think they turn to our show for relief,” she told them over Zoom.Then Vernoff challenged the room to change her mind: “Who wants to be brave and convince me that I’m wrong?”Co-executive producer Lynne E.

Joey King, a stan among stans. King will executive produce and star in the long-awaited adaptation of Scott Westerfeld's dystopian YA novel, Uglies, for Netflix.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following the success of the romantic comedy The Kissing Booth, Netflix and Joey King have found their next project to collaborate on as King has signed on to star and exec produce an adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s International best-selling-dystopian fantasy novel Uglies. McG, whose recent films have all been for Netflix, has signed on to direct.The story is set in a world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. Sources say King has long been a fan of the series and was aggressive in pursuing the lead role once Netflix acquired the rights to the novel.