OlderFri, 29 February 2008 at 3:32 pm
Kate Walsh Returns to Grey’s Anatomy
Kate Walsh will return to Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Addison Montgomery for one episode this spring, reports EW.
Kate’s freshman show Private Practice is on hiatus until fall, so the redhead will head back to Seattle Grace for a guest appearance!
Five all-new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy will start Thursday, April 24.
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I’ve been laughing at all the comments on ONTD……
“only reason to watch grey’s now”
“the episode she returns will be the only grey’s episode i watch this season”
“please allow her to hit meredith!”
“she will make the painfulness of this whole season worth while”
“I bet she comes back to return McDreamy’s nuts. He hasn’t need them since she left the show anyway.”
“finally there will be one good episode this season”
Looks like the news has done what ABC wanted - people will be tuning in to see Addie return :)
This is crap….they dont need her back, her character is worthless on this show, she has no point, leave her on the other crappy show. They really need to stop with the bloating of the cast even if it is just for one episode.
The only reason she’d make the episode good is if both her and rose were hit by a big truck and killed.
I guess PrP isn’t going as good as they thought, they wont even put it up against AI, very smart decision by ABC.
I am so on the fence about this……
ABC is blatantly using her as a ratings ploy, good job ABC good job.
But what about Prp this will kind of affect the continuity…..what about the fact that after just establishing PrP as separate from Grey’s they undo all that hard work in one go, this could either help or hurt PrP, what about that statement issued the other day saying Kate would not be returning to Grey’s? was that a lie? This is now turning into one huge publicity stunt on ABC’s part.
I get why ABC is doing it, I really do, I just don’t know if I agree with it.
Interesting news. I love Private Practice & Addie on there.
Not sure if I want her back in Seattle with the drippy folk. Maybe if she returns to kickass & rub her new-found happiness in their faces lol.
Although Addie & Mark were pretty hot together…as were Addie & Alex…in fact Addie & anyone is a hot combination.
#26 - those comments are funny. People will tune in for her guest-role again. ABC are making the most of their hot commodity.
yes! i am so happy
#28 Amanda - it is a ratings ploy by ABC enough said. Greys hasn’t recovered from Season 3 & has been plain dull this season with recycled storylines etc.
Bringing back the stand-out star is just capitalising on Kate’s success & star power. The success of it will depend on how they handle it which is anyone’s guess !
And Tam - you need to do your research. All new ABC dramas are to be re-launched in Fall. PrP - the no 1 new show - included. None of the Wednesday night line-up are returning till then. Shonda is making the most of Kate when she can get her !
Yay. An Addie-fix before Fall.
Nice to see ABC recognise that Greys needs the boost from Addie.
It’s been crap this season without Addie & Burke.
She has gorgeous eyes.
It says ABC has confirmed it but I can’t find it on the website anywhere yet… Anyway, it will rock to see Kate/Addie back on Grey’s if it’s true. I hope they work in some scenes of her with Callie, Derek, Mark & Alex. I want Private Practice back so much though, I much prefer it to Grey’s now, well because of Kate/Addie. Best actress/character ever.
Yep enough with the gushing. Thanks for posting x
I do not say this to criticize:
The character of Addison was really appropriate for the season2 of GA, but after that her character hadn’t great interest and I really liked Addison.
I have not followed PrP because I have not hung.
It’s good that her fans support KW, but it’s not fair to reduce GA to her. The season 1st of GA brought about 20 millions viewers, season 4 had a small decline, this phenomenon has been recorded for all shows therefore be assumed that it’s because she left GA, it’s giving her a lot power since GA remains the most watched show.
GA does not need KW to be successful, if Addie returns for one episode, it is a high value added if the storyline is well done.
KW has her own show and it’s great for her and for her fans but try to respect GA’s fans.
To say that GA is a soap, means that PrP also is a soap!
#31..,so sorry then i’ve recised my opinion, obviously they think none of their new drama’s can handle the competition the AI brings…even thought the one leading into PrP, or after it i think Pushing Dasies is quite the better written show. than the others of the night.
Kassy - of course both Greys & PrP are soaps. They are not great classical drama, they are throwaway soaps.
Bringing back Addie is a deliberate ploy for ratings though. Greys used to be #1, it no longer is. CSI regularly beats it. Season 2 was the peak, it has declined since. Season 3 onwards have been panned. There is no obvious storyline for Addie to return to, ABC want to capitalise on a popular character & Addie was popular enough to have her own show.
PrP doesn’t have to get Greys ratings, which I’m thankful for, as when you are the highest-viewed show the storylines get more ridiculous just to keep ratings - witness Gizzie, Meredith ‘drowning’ etc etc. Even Katherine Heigl has suggested Izzie is killed off as she wants out & it would be another ratings ploy.
I will tune in to see Addie return & then tune right out again !
OMG! That totally made my day! :D Let’s hope she’ll slap some sense into, I don’t know, about 95% of the remaining characters? God knows they need it.
Tam needs to get a life !! Who cares about American Idol. That show trounces everything, as it would Greys. As Clem said, PP doesn’t need Greys ratings - it’s more mature & doesn’t have to resort to teenage bed-hopping storylines just for audience figures.
I read about Katie Heigl wanting to leave too & she said that she had suggested Izzie dying cos it would bring in ratings (yet again!).
Nice to see Shonda use Kate/Addie for a guest-star role.
I hope she takes Callie back to LA with her !
That is a beautiful picture Jared.
I love Addie so will follow her anywhere, even if I have to watch Greys again (yuck!).
WOW :))))
Major Maddison fan here. I hope Mark goes with Addie back to LA. They made a great looking couple. SO HOT !!
Mark & Dr Haan is just wrong.
Maybe this will finally make Greys watchable again.
I love that even Shonda needs Addie back at Seattle to spark things up again. Greys has been dull recently.
You dumbasses. Private Practice is the Number One New Show!
The only reason they are bringing Addison back for one episode is to boost GA ratings.
The Addie/Kate fan in me is doing a happy dance. I’ll get my fix before the fall, but I’m not brave enough to watch it live. I’ll record it and fast forward to the good bits. Ugh. Watch an entire episode of GA? Never again. Never again! Unless Shonda after three failed attempts (bomb, drowning in the tub, and ferry episodes) finally succeeds in killing off the whiny one. It’s not like the show doesn’t have a spare Grey in place.
GA must be really hitting a creative low, that the only stunt they can pull for ratings is the return of the golden child.
Greys is **** recently so this news can only be good.
Season 4 will be known as the season Addie returned.
LOL LOL she said she wouldn’t come back. WHAT A LIAR
#47 Sarah - she said she wouldn’t return full-time, which she won’t. She has her OWN show now don’t you know lol.
What a compliment that ABC want her back for a one-ep role to boost the ratings during sweeps.
Major compliment to Kate’s talents & popularity.
PD can’t stand her, I wonder if they’re going to act together?
And if I remember, she said that she will never coming back, is she afraid of something?
You give her to much credit in the success of GA, Addie was an obstacle between Derek and Meredith, that why season 2 was a hit because of the love story, any actress with the story line that Shonda gave to that character would have been great.
If she was so great she would have been nominate as support actress and PrP would have been nominate as a new Drama TV show???
I admit that Addison was a great character in GA (it would be interesting to see her again in GA )but I can’t stand KW!!!
Some of you are hypocrite saying PrP is mature, some storyline are surrealists and crazy?!?
I love Addie. She was the best character on Greys by far & it’s been a poorer place without her. Nice to see Shonda thinks so too.
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