Grey's Anatomy | |
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Season 14 | |
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No. of episodes | 24 |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 28, 2017 May 17, 2018 | –
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The fourteenth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy was ordered on February 10, 2017, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and premiered on September 28, 2017 with a special 2-hour premiere.[1] The season consists of 24 episodes,[2][3] with the season's seventh episode marking the 300th episode for the series overall. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and Entertainment One Television.
Krista Vernoff who helped co-lead the show with Shonda Rhimes in its early years, marked her return as co-showrunner this season with William Harper, having previously left at the end of the seventh season. Rhimes left ABC to produce television for Netflix, and now has a hands-off approach to the show. Despite not being showrunner since its eighth season to run Scandal, Rhimes still signed off each episode's storyline, but this season marked a departure from this. Rhimes explained she only trusted Vernoff to pursue uncharted territory without her.[4] As such, drastic creative changes occurred in the season, with Vernoff retiring Martin Henderson, Jessica Capshaw, and Sarah Drew's characters.[5][6] Jason George also departs as Ben Warren to appear in the second spin-off, Station 19. He would continue to make recurring appearances in the series until season 21 when he was again given starring status.[7]
On April 20, 2018, ABC officially renewed Grey's Anatomy for a network primetime drama record-tying fifteenth season.[8]
The website Screen Rant ranked the season #13 on their 2023 ranking of the 19 Grey's Anatomy seasons.[9]
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