Ellen Pompeo may be appearing in fewer Greys Anatomy episodes this season but she will not be MIA for the premiere. We know this because ABC on Tuesday unveiled the first footage from Season 19’s opening hour airing Thursday, Oct. 6, at 9/8c) and Meredith is very much in it.
As TVLine reported earlier this month, Pompeo, who last January extended her deal with the venerable ABC medical drama through Season 19 will continue to narrate the show but will only appear in a limited capacity said to be just eight episodes or less than half of the roughly 20-23 that will be produced. In her newly free time she will be producing and starring in an as yet untitled limited series for Hulu.New to the cast are Niko Terho who starred opposite Grey’s Jake Borelli in the 2020 Freeform movie The Thing About Harry as Lucas Adams a resident who is determined to prove himself as a surgeon just like many in his family that have come before him Adelaide Kane Reign as Jules Millin a resident who was raised by drug-addled artist/hippies “and somehow emerged as the only real grown-up in the family.
Midori Francis Sex Lives of College Girls as Mika Yasuda a middle child with eight siblings who is used to being overlooked and underestimated and uses it to her advantage Harry Shum Jr. Glee as Daniel Blue Kwan a sharp witted impatient and brilliant resident who is generous by nature but competitive to a fault and Alexis Floyd Inventing Anna as Simone Griffin a high achieving and whip-smart young woman who grew up in Seattle but never wanted to work at Grey Sloan because of a painful personal history with the hospital.Among the vets scrubbing back in for Season 19 are OGs Chandra Wilson Bailey and James Pickens Jr. Richard Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver whose Owen and Teddy ended Season 18 on the run from the law with their kids on screen newlyweds Kelly McCreary Maggie and Anthony Hill Winston Caterina Scorsone Amelia Camilla Luddington Jo Chris Carmack Link and Jake Borelli whose Schmitt faced an uncertain future when Grey Sloan’s residency program was shut down in the finale.
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