If you are like most of the Grey’s Anatomy viewers out there who waited all week for the “devastating conclusion” to the three part series involving a ferry boat crash that was promoted as if aliens had attacked Seattle, and a should-be-dead namesake character just to get an hour of an abstract purgatory where Meredith whines and dead patients wander around Seattle Grace Hospital giving advice, you will probably be happy to learn about the possible spin-off show that will feature Kate Walsh’s character Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepard.
Hoping to capitalize on the success of the show by launching a spin-off during Grey’s Anatomy's peak, rather than wait for the buzz to die down like what happened when Friends spinoff Joey failed after two seasons, creator Shonda Rimes will write a two-hour special episode that will act as the spin-off’s pilot.
Past spin-offs that were launched during the height of a show include the highly successful Melrose Place that was a spin-off of Beverly Hills 90210. Melrose Place premiered in 1992, two years after 90210 started.
I personally am really excited for the Grey’s spin-off. The smart and talented Addison Montgomery-Shepard will probably make a much better protagonist than the gloomy and pessimistic Meredith Grey, although the real key to the show will be which “McDoctor” Addison will take with her to occupy her time in the break room.
Katy Donoghue @ Sun, 02/25/2007 - 5:25pm
Despite my love for Addison and her beautiful red hair, I'm not sure that this spin-off will have very much success. Grey's Anatomy's huge success could be too big of a pair of shoes to fill, just like Friends was too big for "Joey" to be compared to. I think Melrose Place is the one spin-off that worked, and an exception to the rule. Frankly, I'm sad that Addison will be leaving the show, because she is a much stronger character than Meredith.