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For six seasons to-date and a seventh set for next year, Kerry Washington has brought creator Shonda Rhimes' character Olivia Pope to life in the political drama 'Scandal', airing on ABC. Bringing in some big numbers when it comes to demographics, the show has been a colossal success for the network and a true staple in the week of millions of viewers across the globe.

Shonda Rhimes' long-running series 'Scandal' is coming to an end

Earlier this month however, it was revealed that the show's seventh season would be its last. Olivia Pope's story was coming to an end quicker than some had expected, just months after Rhimes had revealed she had to scrap an entire storyline about a Russian election hacking drama, simply because of its real-life relevance following the recent US Presidential Election.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ showrunner Shonda Rhimes has laughed off a petition in the wake of Jesse Williams’ speech at the BET Awards that called for his character, Dr. Jackson Avery, to be removed from the show.

Last Sunday (June 26th), 34 year old Williams won BET’s Humanitarian Award and delivered a speech that sent the internet abuzz with its message about injustice, police brutality and cultural appropriation.

The speech went viral, with 3 million watching on a live Facebook stream and celebrities such as Justin Timberlake writing in praise of it soon afterwards. However, one Change.org user, Erin Smith, set up a petition calling Williams’ message “hate speech” against “law enforcement and white people” and called for him to be fired from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ showrunner Shonda Rhimes has addressed the departure of actress Sara Ramirez from the show, after 10 years of playing Dr. Callie Torres. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Rhimes said Ramirez's departure “wasn’t a big, planned thing” and she only found out three days before the news was made public.

Sara Ramirez announced her departure from 'Grey's Anatomy' on Thursday.

“This one was different because it wasn’t a big, planned thing,” Rhimes said. “I had a different plan going, and when Sara came in and said, ‘I really need to take this break,’ I was lucky that we’d shot the end of the season with her going to New York.”

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Ellen Pompeo has opened up on the exit of her co-star Patrick Dempsey, who played her husband Dr. Derek Shepherd on the ABC series. Appearing on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Monday (April 25th) Pompeo joked: “It’s amazing how much you get done without a penis.”

Ellen Pompeo has spoken about the exit of her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ co-star Patrick Dempsey.

Speaking about the show’s current 12th season DeGeneres told Pompeo: "It's doing very, very well. That’s amazing. And everybody thought because Patrick was leaving that it wouldn’t do well, but it’s doing very well.”

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When Dr Derek Shepherd met his end on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ earlier this year fans were shocked, upset and left wondering why McDreamy had to meet such a sad end. But some speculated that problems between actor Patrick Dempsey and showrunner Shonda Rhimes caused her to decide to kill off the handsome doctor.

Patrick Dempsey is moving on from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

Now eight months on Dempsey has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about the end of his ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ run. When asked if he believed Rhimes was referring to him when she said she had in the past killed off characters when she didn't like the actor, Dempsey said: ‘I think she loves being provocative and that’s fine for who she is.’

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Shonda Rhimes has taken to twitter to voice her displeasure towards a New York Times critic who suggested her autobiography should be called 'How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman'.

Shonda Rhimes created 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Scandal'

On Thursday (Sept. 18th), New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley opened her review of ‘How To Get Away With Murder’, with the line "When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.”

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When a Grey’s Anatomy finale is titled Farewell to Christina, fans know roughly what to expect – especially since Sandra Oh’s departure from the Shonda Rhimes-penned drama was announced some months ago. Even so, Thursday’s season finale was a pretty dramatic affair. Let's get the warning out of the way: SO. MANY. SPOILERS.

Sandra Oh's final episode promised to be emotional from the very beginning.

The tweets started flying around early on, with fans urging other fans to grab the wine and tissues – it was going to be an emotional episode. Sure enough, the episode started on a high. Oh’s Dr. Christina Yang is just leaving Dr. Owen Hunt after spending the night with him. Everything is coming up Christina. She’s happy. She’s leaving for Switzerland to pursue a new job. She needs an adapter.

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As ABC’s top scripted drama, and having run for nearly 10 seasons now, Grey’s Anatomy’s characters are household names, and familiar faces, too. And that’s why Sandra Oh's exit has hit showrunner Shonda Rimes so hard.

Sandra Oh at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

Oh plays the confident Dr. Cristina Yang, and has done so for eight years on the popular medical drama. “Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go,” she revealed of her exit. “It’s such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well.” (The Mail)

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Actress Sandra Oh is to leave the successful US medical drama, Grey's Anatomy, after eight years playing Dr. Cristina Yang at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. Oh was one of the original six cast members who launched the series in 2005.

An emotional Oh spoke of her decision the The Hollywood Reporter, saying "Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go. It's such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well. [Cristina] wants to be let go, and I am ready to let her go. We have to start the process, story-wise, for the Grey's writers to think of why she's going to go."

Sandra Oh Has Announced Her Grey's Anatomy Exit.

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Sandra Oh has announced she will be leaving Grey's Anatomy. Season ten of the show will air in September of this year and Oh will be leaving the medical drama at the end of the upcoming season, due to be aired next spring. 

Sandra Oh at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Presents 'Welcome To Shondaland': An Evening With Shonda Rhimes & Friends, in North Hollywood.

Oh has played Dr Cristina Yang since the show's premiere in 2005, however, after 8 years in the role she has decided to move on. On the subject of leaving the show, Oh told The Hollywood Reporter when they broke the news yesterday (13 August) that "it's been a great privilege to play the character of Cristina Yang." She continued by saying, "I am both sad and excited to see where this, her [Oh's character Yang] final season, will take her."

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The Grey's Anatomy hospital Grey Sloan will be hit by a crippling natural disaster in the season nine finale, according to sources close to the ABC medical drama. After several cryptic tweets from showrunner Shonda Rhimes, insiders tell the Hollywood Reporter that a 'superstorm' will rip through the institution on May 16, 2013.

The natural disaster will actually begin in the penultimate episode of the season - titled 'Readiness Is All' set for May 9 - though will hit full force on the May 16 episode, titled 'Perfect Storm.' The storm will affect the recently renamed hospital and causes the entire staff to go into crisis mode in an episode being described as "very intense" with lots of "major thing changing for the characters in the final two episodes."

Rhimes has previously said the Grey's writing staff made some "very bold [and] shocking decisions" with the final, following "very intense discussions." It had led many fans of the show to suggest some characters could be killed off, though Rhimes only offered, "I warned you about the GA finale so you could brace yourself.Hug a friend."

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