A Grey's Anatomy spin-off is in the works and ABC Network president Channing Dungey announced during the network's big Upfronts week presentation that the new show will focus on firefighters in a Seattle firehouse.
The characters of the new show, which is still untitled, will be introduced during Season 14 of Grey's Anatomy. It is not immediately known how this new show will be different from Chicago Fire, which is also about firefighters and paramedics working together to save lives.
"No one can interweave the jeopardy firefighters face in the line of duty with the drama in their personal lives quite like Shonda, and 'Grey's' signature Seattle setting is the perfect backdrop for this exciting spinoff," Dungey told the press.
Interestingly, this isn't the first Grey's Anatomy spin-off. Private Practice focused on Kate Walsh's character Addison Montgomery as she moved to Los Angeles to work at a new practice. The show ran on ABC for six seasons.
Grey's Anatomy is still a widely popular drama on ABC and it continues to enjoy good ratings. A good number of fans believed the drama would suffer when Shonda Rhimes decided to kill off its main character, Derek Shepherd. But the introduction of a new love interest for Meredith, and the focus on her personal growth helped keep fans hooked on to the medical drama.
Here are a few reactions from netizens on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off.
Just give us a Japril spinoff and we good. #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/lNtRm3N6sS
— JesseWilliamsOnline (@JWilliamsCrew) May 16, 2017
ABC PICKED UP A GREYS ANATOMY SPINOFF ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS IN SEATTLE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA SO WHO WANTS TO TELL THEM CHICAGO FIRE ALREADY EXISTS — katelyn (@alwayssoffer) May 16, 2017
Greys anatomy's gonna have a spinoff show about firefighters and I don't think I've ever been more excited for anything in my life
— Taylor (@Taylorreneexoxo) May 17, 2017
Too bad the #greysanatomy spinoff can't bring back Kyle Chandler/Bomb Squad Dylan. One of Shonda's most merciless killings. — Rachel Coulson (@racheyco) May 16, 2017