Grey’s Anatomy has been renewed for its 20th season on ABC.
With the renewal, the series continues its run as the longest-running primetime medical series in TV history. In addition, series executive producer Meg Marinis will serve as showrunner for season 20. Marinis takes over from Krista Vernoff, who reportedly stepped down from Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off Station 19 in January.
The Season 19 finale of Grey’s Anatomy will air May 18. The show has seen a number of departures this season, most notably Vernoff and Kelly McCreary (who played Dr. Maggie Pierce for nine seasons) — and series lead Ellen Pompeo. Sort of. Pompeo has been with the show since it debuted, but on the February 23 episode, her character, Meredith Gray, relocated from Seattle to Boston. She will continue to provide voiceovers at the beginning and end of each episode and will also appear in the finale. Pompeo’s status for season 20 is still up in the air.
Even so late in its broadcast, Grey’s Anatomy remains popular on ABC, ranking the network’s number one spot in the 18-49 age group. According to ABC, an average of 10.7 million viewers per episode are currently watched on Live+35 across all platforms.
In addition to Pompeo, the cast of Season 19 of Grey’s Anatomy also includes Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Kevin McKidd, Caterina Scorsone, Camilla Luddington, Kelly McCreary, Kim Raver, Jake Borelli, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill and Alexis Floyd , Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Midori Francis, Niko Terho and Scott Speedman. Kate Walsh also appeared as Dr. Addison Montgomery, with series alumni Jesse Williams and Greg Germann guest-starring.
Marinis has been on Grey’s Anatomy since Season 3 and works as a production assistant for a writer. From there, she worked her way up to becoming executive producer in season 15. To date, she has written more than 25 episodes of the series.
Marinis is represented by UTA and Hirsch Wallerstein.