Grey’s Anatomy: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center

The creator, producers, and cast of Grey’s Anatomy talk about the origins of the medical stories and the quirky traits of their characters. This William S. Paley Television Festival evening celebrates Grey’s Anatomy, a medical drama that follows the interns of Seattle Grace Hospital as they experience uncertainty, exasperation, and triumphs. Barbara Dixon (director, The Paley Center for Media, Los Angeles) welcomes the audience and moderates the following panelists: series creator/writer Shonda Rhimes; executive producers Betsy Beers and Mark Gordon; co-executive producer/director Peter Horton; writer/co-executive producer Krista Vernoff, writer/executive producer James D. Parriott, and cast members Justin Chambers (Dr. Alex Karev), Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd), Katherine Heigl (Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens), T.R. Knight (Dr. George O’Malley), Sandra Oh (Dr. Cristina Yang), James Pickens, Jr. (Dr. Richard Webber), Ellen Pompeo (Dr. Meredith Grey), Kate Walsh (Dr. Addison Montgomery), Isaiah Washington (Dr. Preston Burke), and Chandra Wilson (Dr. Miranda Bailey).In this lively seminar, Shonda Rhimes discusses how she began writing in television, why she chose to focus on surgeons, what it is like to work with a mainly female writing team, and where the show’s medical stories originate. The cast members talk about how they were cast in the show and how much of the quirky traits of their characters are based on their own personalities. Contains Explicit Language.