Nobody could have expected Grey’s Anatomy to still be this successful, as it approaches the finale of its 19th season. Ellen Pompeo certainly didn’t think she’d play Meredith Grey for this many years, and creator Shonda Rhimes has said the network executives thought it would fail. Suffice it to say, the famed producer’s vision for the series’ trajectory has changed multiple times, as it continues to get renewed, so while she used to know how the Seattle surgeons' story would end, now she’s more focused on when that time will come.
Shonda Rhimes has said she’s written the ending to Grey’s Anatomy eight times, but the ABC drama seems to refuse to take its foot off the gas, remaining one of the most popular series on the network. The creator of several other projects, including Grey’s spinoff Private Practice, How to Get Away with Murder and Netflix’s Bridgerton, said she’s given up trying to plan how her first show will end but told ET how she’ll know when the time has come:
