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Derek Shepherd’s Return Gives ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Biggest L+3 Viewership Lift Since the Episode He Died
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHow is this for symbolism — the Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, which featured the surprise return of Patrick Demsey as Derek Shepherd, added +3.09 million viewers after three days of playback. That is the show’s largest Live+Same Day to Live+3 increase among total viewers in more than 5½ years – since the April 23, 2015 episode, which featured McDreamy’s shocking death.The stat is not surprising as both episodes featured unexpected — and iconic for the show — moments which fans who missed the live airing flocked to watch and those who saw the moments the night of their premiere watched to relive them.
