Grey’s To Syndicate on Lifetime
The doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital will soon begin making house calls at Lifetime Television. Lifetime Televisiontoday announced that it has acquired the exclusive basic cable rights from Buena Vista Television for the Emmy Award® nominated series “Grey’s Anatomy,” beginning in fall 2009.
Lifetime will begin airing episodes from the first season once a week, starting in January 2007.
“Grey's Anatomy,” which ended the season as the No. 1 scripted-series on television, focuses on young interns at Seattle Grace Hospital struggling to be doctors and doctors struggling to stay human. It's the drama and intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, painful lives of interns who are about to discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white.
“Grey’s Anatomy,” which was nominated for 11 2006 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, now joins ABC sibling “Desperate Housewives” on the Lifetime schedule. “Desperate Housewives” joins Lifetime on Saturday, August 5, 2006, at 11PM (ET/PT), beginning with its first season.
“Grey's Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd, James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber, T.R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley, Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Dr. Isobel Stevens, Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey, Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke, Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev and Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Shepherd.
Shonda Rhimes (“Introducing Dorothy Dandridge”) is creator and executive producer. Mark Gordon (“Saving Private Ryan”), Betsy Beers (“Casanova”) and Peter Horton (“thirtysomething”) are executive producers. “Grey's Anatomy” is a Touchstone Television Production.
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