Grey's Anatomy, the long-running American medical TV series, will soon have its season 17. An expected announcement was told by one of its executive producers, confirming that there will be Coronavirus episodes in the upcoming season. The show runner said they are now talking to medical experts and doctors to know how nurses and doctors are coping up amid pandemic.
Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital tackles COVID-19
If you're a fan of 'Grey's Anatomy' series, you must be excited to know a few leaks about the upcoming season 17 of the show. Interestingly, since the world is now facing a viral pandemic, it's expected for a medical series to tackle its medical issue using its creative juices.
Entertainment Weekly exclusively reported that one of the executive producers of the show, Krista Vernoff, confirms the COVID-19 episodes. She said that it will not be a medical series if the show does not tackle COVID-19 when it's badly needed to inform people.
"We're going to address this pandemic for sure," said Grey's Anatomy executive producer Krista Vernoff of the show's plans for season 17. "There's no way to be a long-running medical show and not do the medical story of our lifetimes."
'It felt like a therapy'
During the interview in the Television Academy's "Quaranstreaming: Comfort TV That Keeps Us Going," Vernoff said that the angle that the show will focus on is based on the perspective of the doctors themselves.
"Every year, we have doctors come and tell us their stories, and usually they're telling their funniest or craziest stories. This year, it has felt more like therapy," she explained. "I feel like our show has an opportunity and a responsibility to tell some of those stories."
The executive producer said that the production team of Grey's Anatomy is already talking about how they will get the show going amid the pandemic-- without removing the romance and humorous side of the characters.
Grey's Anatomy Season 16 ended early due to pandemic
Four months ago, due to pandemic, Grey's Anatomy's season 16 ended a little earlier than the usual count of their episodes. Instead of 24 or 25 episodes, the season 16 only had 21.
ABC Network already confirmed, at the time that there were no plans to shoot another and extended episodes of Season 16 since the government also demands against too many people in a TV shooting area.
Other TV series like Riverdale, Survivor, Grace, and Frankie, and all late-night shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were all dismissed due to the pandemic.
