Scalpels at dawn for 'Grey's Anatomy'.. ( Isaiah Washington's firing)

[SoCalDem]

Quite a long (and interesting) article that ties this all in to Disney..Imus.. race..you name it )
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2710587.ece
Scalpels at dawn for 'Grey's Anatomy'
When 'Grey's Anatomy' first aired on US television, it was billed as a hospital drama about medical interns. But as Isaiah Washington prepares to go live on the Larry King show to defend himself against allegations of homophobia, it seems the emotional tension has spilled over into real life. David Usborne reports
Published: 26 June 2007

When the hospital drama Grey's Anatomy first began airing on the ABC network in the United States in early 2005 - and before it was bought by broadcast companies in every corner of the world, including Britain - it was an instant hit. Its popularity was so great that its creator, Shonda Rhimes, found herself first voicing surprise. Before long, however, the carping started and instead she was defending the show.

The principal charge was that life on the wards at the fictitious Grace Seattle Hospital as depicted by Ms Rhimes was simply not realistic. Well, we would hope not. Who would want to surrender themselves to an institution where most of the care-givers are far too busy sneaking surgical-glove sex in broom cupboards to have a more than a minute left in the day to check your stool samples and temperature charts?

What grips the audiences are the antics of a feisty group of interns fighting their way to becoming residents and highly paid doctors. Leading the pack is Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, who started the show as a surgical intern at Grace. She and the other interns (all but one of whom passed their final exams at the end of season three and are about to re-appear in the fourth season as residents) lead lives dominated by romances gone haywire and trysts that should never have happened.

The success of Grey's Anatomy, however, comes at a cost, namely the 24/7 monitoring of its cast of increasingly famous actors by breathless websites and blogs. Into that parallel universe of celebrity obsession has exploded a most unflattering controversy that has tweaked two of America's most sensitive nerves: race and the treatment of gays. It is a row which earlier this month led to the firing of one of Grey's Anatomy's principal actors, who is now pondering a lawsuit against ABC and its parent, the Walt Disney Company.

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[Iris]

1. is there a link?

[SoCalDem]

2. whoopsie.. I erased the whole thing while editing

and of course I hit post instead of preview..:spank:

It's all there now :)

[damntexdem]

3. Well, at least Jericho will be back ...

starting July 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SoCalDem]

4. I started watching it, but lost interest

But "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is coming back.. and Burn Notice looks good
and there's a new one with meryl Streep..

Dead Zone's revitalized..and so is 4400..

Big Love is back and soon Weeds too

I like the off season non network stuff better anyway