According to Variety, Kate Walsh is set to return to Grey’s Anatomy as the character Dr. Addison Montgomery, better known for the spinoff series Private Practice.
What’s Happening:
- Walsh is set to recur in the upcoming 19th season of Grey’s Anatomy, which premieres October 6th on ABC.
- Private Practice was the first spinoff of Grey’s Anatomy, running for six seasons on ABC, from 2007 to 2013.
- Walsh appeared on Grey’s last season in a multi-episode arc, in which Addison returned to Grey Sloan Memorial in order to perform a uterine transplant on a patient, who later miscarried.
- During her Season 18 appearances, Addison grieved the death of her ex-husband Derek (Patrick Dempsey) with his sister Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) and his widow Meredith (Ellen Pompeo).
- Her first appearance will be in the third episode of the new season.
- In the new season, Pompeo — around whom the show has revolved since its 2005 premiere — will for the first time have a reduced role as Meredith.
- Grey’s Anatomy — created by Shonda Rhimes, and run by executive producer Krista Vernoff — continues to be ABC’s No. 1 scripted series.
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- Jodie Turner-Smith (Anne Boleyn) is in talks to join the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte, one of many live-action Star Wars series currently in development.
- The animated Star Wars series The Bad Batch is back for its second season, September 28th on Disney+.
- ABC is developing a half-hour comedy series from 20th Television titled Worst House on the Block.