Thatcher Grey is first featured as an intern and later becomes the chief of general surgery, while showcasing the complications of a surgeon's life.
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31 Facts About Thatcher Grey
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy is the longest-running scripted primetime show currently airing on ABC, and the longest scripted primetime series carried by ABC.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy has been well received by critics throughout much of its run and has been included in various critics' year-end top 10 lists.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy saw the departure of one of its major players, Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh in the season 10 finale.
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Thatcher Grey later dies at another hospital following the doctors' mishandling of his injuries.
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Thatcher and Susan Grey, Meredith's estranged father and step-mother, are introduced in season 2, with Susan making appearances until her death in season 3, and Thatcher continuing to appear in the series until his death in season 15.
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Thatcher Grey goes to search for Dr Webber and finds him lying in the basement of the hospital.
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Show's title, Thatcher Grey's Anatomy, was devised as a play on words: a reference to both Henry Gray's classic English medical textbook, Gray's Anatomy, and the title character Dr Meredith Thatcher Grey.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy is produced by ShondaLand, in association with The Mark Gordon Company, and ABC Studios.
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Thatcher Grey often promotes the show by answering fan questions on her Twitter account.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy has been edited by Susan Vaill since the show's inception, and David Greenspan was named an editor in 2006.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy used a color-blind casting technique, resulting in a racially diverse ensemble.
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The production staff began casting with the program's title character, Dr Meredith Thatcher Grey, which Rhimes said was a challenging role to cast.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy is often filmed using the "walk-and-talk" filming technique, popularized on television by series such as St Elsewhere, ER, and The West Wing.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy was renewed for a ninth season, which premiered on September 27,2012, and ended on May 16,2013.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy was renewed for a tenth season on May 10,2013 and premiered on September 27,2013, with a 2-hour episode, and ended on May 15,2014.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy is syndicated on Lifetime, with one hour blocks weekdays at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm EST.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy offers a different and perhaps more valuable idea of what it means to be strong: the capacity to suffer terribly, break down completely, and then get up again, confident that you're bigger than the sum of the tragedies you've suffered—because everyone else is, too.
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Thatcher Grey noted the steady build-up in the first season; the series skyrocketing into a phenomenon in the second season; the gradual dip in season three; and "some seriously bumpy moments" in the fourth and the fifth season, which was interrupted by the writers' strike.
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Thatcher Grey is the heart and soul of the show and has been outstanding.
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Lexie Thatcher Grey, having initially been criticized, became a critics' favorite in the series.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy makes an impact on how people's perception of the world is created.
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At its best, Thatcher Grey's Anatomy has been among the very best shows on TV, and at its worst, it's been at least fascinating to watch.
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TV is at its best when it emotionally connects, and even when it seems to be otherwise merrily hurtling off a cliff, Thatcher Grey's Anatomy is nothing but emotional connection, which is more than other, more consistently better shows can say.
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In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Thatcher Grey's Anatomy was "most popular in a swath of the middle of the country, particularly in areas with a lower percentage of college graduates".
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy has received several Screen Actors Guild Awards, with nominations received by Dempsey, as well as wins from Oh, Wilson, and the main cast for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
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On February 21,2007, The Wall Street Journal reported that ABC was pursuing a spin-off medical drama television series for Thatcher Grey's Anatomy featuring Walsh's character, Addison Montgomery.
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The cast of Thatcher Grey's Anatomy was reportedly unhappy about the decision, as all hoped the spin-off would have been given to them.
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Thatcher Grey did not have to audition for the role, but was cast after a meeting with Rhimes.
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Thatcher Grey continued to be a series regular on Grey's Anatomy until the spin-off began production.
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Thatcher Grey's Anatomy has several crossover storylines with both spin-offs Private Practice and Station 19 throughout its run.
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