Greys Anatomy Archives

Katherine Heigl will be stepping away from Grey’s Anatomy for five episodes this season, EW reports.

The 30-year-old actress needs the break to shoot her new romantic comedy Life as We Know It, which is being directed by Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club). Her leave of absence is bound to coincide with co-star Ellen Pompeo’s maternity leave.

E! reports Izzie (Heigl) will disappear for awhile after getting fired during the merger of Seattle Grace and crosstown rival Mercy West. Meredith (Pompeo) will also fade into the background for a bit while new doctors take front and center: Nora Zehetner, Robert Baker, and Jesse Williams.

Ellen Pompeo bares her baby bump on on the set of Grey’s Anatomy on Monday (July 27) in Los Angeles.

Also spotted on set: costars Justin Chambers and Katherine Heigl (wearing a scarf since her character Izzie is going through chemo).

Heigl’s costar in The Ugly Truth, Gerard Butler, tells Parade magazine that his hands wander when doing a love scene. The 39-year-old Scottish stud said, “One time I was supposed to play with Katherine’s hair and I kept forgetting my lines. I was so nervous that I grabbed her breast. Afterwards, all I could do is say, ‘I’m sorry.’ ” Uh-huh. Sure, Gerry!

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T.R. Knight has released a statement confirming that he’s leaving the ABC hit medical dram Grey’s Anatomy.

“Leaving Grey’s Anatomy was not an easy decision for me to make. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to play this character and will miss my fellow cast and crew very much. I continue to wish them the very best, and wholeheartedly thank all of the fans who have supported me and the show with such passion and enthusiasm.”

Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes added, “I think I speak for the entire Grey’s Anatomy family when I say we wish T.R. Knight the best in his future endeavors. He is an incredibly talented actor and a person whose strength of character is admired by all of us.”

T.R.’s BFF, Katherine Heigl, will be back next season, sources say. Her character Izzie flat-lined during the final minutes of last season’s finale but apparently she survives!

Katherine Heigl and BFF costar T.R. Knight are hanging up their scrubs and leaving Grey’s Anatomy.

“Yes, she is [leaving],” co-star James Pickens Jr. (Dr. Richard Webber) tells Us Weekly. “Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best. [TR Knight's] going too. He just wanted to pursue other career paths.”

“Right now, the whole thing is in the hands of their agents and ABC’s lawyers,” an insider tells EW. “Something will probably be worked out soon, but it’s a safe bet that Katherine and T.R. won’t be returning as series regulars next season.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of George and Izzie leaving the hit ABC medical drama — YAY or NAY?

T.R. Knight, aka Dr. George O’ Malley, has walked off the set of Grey’s Anatomy and quit, according to an entertainment lawyer at CrazyDaysAndNights.net.

Reports the source, “So, I got a little more information from my source and they say, “He hasn’t attended table reads since episode 2. He is pissed and miserable and thinks his story line is stupid. He said goodbye to his hair and makeup people last week. He says he is done and has quit. ABC has not released him. Shondra Rhimes, the producer called him and he told her he had nothing to say. He has packed his dressing room.”

DO YOU THINK TR Knight really quit Grey’s?

UPDATE: A Grey’s rep tells JustJared.com these rumors are not true. Says rep, “T.R. has never walked off set in the middle of filming. He attended the table read today and will be shooting this week, like any other week of production.”

Grey’s Anatomy star Brooke Smith, aka Dr. Erica Hahn, has been abruptly pulled from the hit medical drama, reports EW.

In fact, this Thursday is her final episode. Does it have anything to do with her character being involved with Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), Grey’s first-ever significant gay couple?

But of course. The mag reports ABC “had issues with both the explicit direction Callica (Callie and Erica) was taking and, more importantly, with the Hahn character in general.”

Read the exclusive interview with Brooke at EW.com.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of ABC pulling the plug on Callica???

Grey’s Anatomy hunk Eric Dane, aka Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan, is caught lighting up a cigarette in a Beverley Hills alley on Thursday.

With his silver Porsche parked nearby, Dane settled on a rail to enjoy his borrowed smoke with a mysterious lady friend.

In addition to steaming up the small screen on Grey’s Anatomy, the 35-year-old stud will join Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston in the upcoming film Marley and Me. Based on the best-selling book of the same name, the movie opens Christmas Day 2008.

You can catch the trailer at MarleyAndMeMovie.com.

Eric Dane, aka Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan, whips out the big guns while filming his hit ABC drama, Grey’s Anatomy, in Los Angeles on Monday morning.

In between flexing his bulging biceps, the 35-year-old actor shot scenes with costars Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey and Brooke Smith.

As reported last month, former Journeyman star Kevin McKidd, 34, will play join Grey’s Anatomy as a doctor who arrives at Seattle Grace after a stint in Iraq.

The Seattle Grace doctors return in a two-hour premiere on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9PM ET/PT on ABC.

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