ABC has announced Grey's Anatomy has been renewed for season 23 after debuting in 2005 and is now the longest-running primetime medical drama on TV.
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy is still going strong, with ABC revealing the show's fate after 22 years on the air.
ABC announced that Grey's Anatomy has been renewed for season 23 after debuting in 2005 and is set to continue its streak as the longest-running primetime medical drama on television. The news was announced in a fun social media video with the caption,"I asked the universe for a sign..." with several cast members, including Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, James Pickens Jr., Jason George, Chandra Wilson, looking up at something mysterious. The video ends with"Grey's Anatomy returns for season 23" written in the sky. While the cast list for Grey's Anatomy season 23 hasn't been revealed yet, it's already been announced that Kim Raver and Kevin McKidd, who play Teddy Altman and Owen Hunt, respectively, are departing at the end of the current season, with the upcoming May 7 finale serving as their farewell. The producers have already teased that the two characters will get the happy endings they both deserve. Wilson, Pickens Jr. Camilla Luddington, Chris Carmack and Caterina Scorsone reportedly have one more year on their contracts, though that is not a guarantee that all of them will be back. It's unclear who else in the cast will return next season. The current Grey's Anatomy cast also includes Ellen Pompeo, Camilla Luddington, Anthony Hill, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, Trevor Jackson, Debbie Allen and Scott Speedman. Budget cuts have become a regular occurrence on TV shows like Grey's Anatomy in recent years. Factoring in how long the show has been on the air and how large the cast is, Grey's Anatomy is an expensive series to produce. One of the ways ABC has implemented cost-saving measures for Grey's Anatomy specifically is to decrease the number of episodes the series regulars appear in. For example, by the time the current season is over, Scorsone will have only starred in 10 of the 18 episodes that are airing. This reduction was explained on air when her character, Amelia Shepherd, took a sabbatical. The episode count for Grey's Anatomy season 23 hasn't been confirmed yet, but recent reporting indicates ABC might order fewer than 18. While the show's ratings, like almost every series on broadcast television, are lower than they once were, streaming viewership is still extremely high. In 2025, Grey's Anatomy was the second-highest-streamed TV show on Hulu and Netflix in the United States. Worldwide, the medical drama topped the list on Hulu and Disney+, according to Disney. Meg Marinis is the current showrunner of Grey's Anatomy, with creator Shonda Rhimes still serving as an executive producer alongside Betsy Beers, Pompeo and Allen. With Grey's Anatomy's renewal, ABC executives now need to decide the fates of several other scripted series, like The Rookie, Will Trent, RJ Decker, Scrubs and Shifting Gears. 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, Abbott Elementary and High Potential have already been renewed.
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