Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes said she was surprised but not insulted when Katherine Heigl made her now-infamous comments about
withdrawing from the Emmy race — and the reason is pretty intriguing.
"In the back half of the season, Katherine asked me personally to write her light so that she could do her movie," Rhimes told critics during a panel for ABC showrunners at the
TCA press tour. She also noted that the way Heigl's storyline with TR Knight, who plays George, played out ended up being lighter than many of Izzie's previous stories.

Well, I can't wait to ask Shonda Rhimes about this when she stops by
TCA tomorrow. Frankly, I didn't think much of it when the first rumors came out that
Katherine Heigl could be killed off Grey's Anatomy. But now there's a new story with more details, and it's starting to seem .

TV's journeyman has a new location in his sights: Seattle Grace. Kevin McKidd, most recently seen on NBC's
Journeyman last Fall, is reportedly
eyeing a long-term role on Grey's Anatomy.
According to Entertainment Weekly, McKidd would play a doctor who comes to Seattle Grace after a stint working in Iraq.

The onset of Summer also means the return of my
Five Questions series, in which I take a look back at the most recent seasons of some favorite TV shows and pose some hypothetical questions about their future. Today's questions are for
Grey's Anatomy, which will start its fifth season in the Fall.
- Mere and Der are together — now what.