This William S. Paley Television Festival seminar honors
Grey's Anatomy, a dramatic series about five surgical interns at Seattle Grace Hospital.
This panel discussion includes show creator Shonda Rhimes; executive producers Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Peter Horton, James D. Parriott, and Krista Vernoff; and cast members Justin Chambers, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, T. R. Knight, Sandra Oh, James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, Kate Walsh, and Isaiah Washington. The discussion includes how Rhimes began writing in television, why she chose to focus on surgeons, what it is like to work with a mainly female writing team, and where the show's medical stories originate. The actors explain how they were cast in the show and how much of their characters' quirky traits are based on their own personalities.
