Have you missed seeing Lexie Grey on your television screen? Well, you’re about to see a lot more of her. Grey’s Anatomy alum Chyler Leigh is heading to her own series on NBC titled Holding Patterns.

Holding Patterns will be Chyler Leigh’s first foray into a sitcom. Unlike her character Lexie Grey, who died after she succumbed to injuries after a plane crash, her character in Holding Patterns actually survives a crash.

The multi camera NBC comedy sees Leigh part of “a group of friends whose lives completely change after they survive a plane crash.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leigh will play Leah, unlike Lezie Grey, this character s said to be a completely irresponsible, absent-minded slacker who lacks direction, but has a quick wit about her.

Here’s some more infor on Chyler Leigh’s new character for her NBC sitcom:

“She’s always been good at anything she tried and rather than attempt to become great has moved from one dead-end job to the next. She shares the ground floor of a Minneapolis duplex with her two best friends, Griffin and Sabrina.”

Holding Patterns is from The Office’s Justin Spitzer, who will be the head writer as well. Executive producers on the series are Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan. For Chyler Leigh, this is the first huge undertaking since she asked Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes out of her contract nearly a year ago.

At the time here’s what Chyler Leigh said about her departure on Grey’s Anatomy:

“Earlier this year, I made the decision that Season eight would be my last on “Grey’s Anatomy.” I met with Shonda and we worked together to give Lexie’s story appropriate closure. I want to take this time to say thank you to the fans. Your unconditional love and support have made these last five years very special for me. I look forward to my next chapter and I hope you will continue to follow me on my journey.”

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Though Dr. Meredith Grey and co. quit on Thursday night’s shocking episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the cast is still sticking around, according to series creator Shonda Rhimes.

“We’re not going to see any cast departures,” Rhimes told The Hollywood Reporter. The popular medical drama’s latest plot twist saw five doctors resigning from the hospital with the intention of buying it.

Grey’s Anatomy has taken a number of shocking twists lately. Thursday night’s entry follows the plane crash story arc which saw Mark (Eric Dane) and Lexie (Chyler Leigh) killed. Afterwards, the hospital awarded survivors Derek (Patrick Dempsey), Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), Callie (Sara Ramirez), Arizona (Jessica Capshaw), and Cristina (Sandra Oh) a $15 million settlement each, which bankrupted Seattle Grace, according to MSN.

The doctors have decided to save their hospital with the money they were awarded, and are looking for an investment partner. Still, questions remain as to what is to come on Grey’s, including speculation about the shift in power among the hospital staff in light of the main cast’s shocking resignations.

“You’re going to see them feel the burden of what they’ve done,” Rhimes said of her cast of characters. ”It’s not that they weren’t right to do it, but there’s definitely a sense of resentment that comes from other people because they have this money and the money has now made everything harder for everyone else.”

Are you a fan of Grey’s Anatomy? You can catch new episodes on Thursdays at 9pm ET/PT on ABC.

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Scott Foley will be appearing on Scandal for a “major arc” at the end of this season.

Foley, who previously had a supporting role in Grey’s Anatomy, is the latest inhabitant of “Shondaland” to cross over from one series to another, but his role is being kept very secret for the time being. What is known is that the current election fraud and assassination attempt storylines will be resolved by episode 13, which will air on February 13, and then a new arc will be in play for the season’s last nine episodes.

On Grey’s Anatomy, Foley played Henry Burton, a patient suffering from Von Hippel-Lindau disease. Burton can no longer afford his medical care, so he marries Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) in order to use her health insurance. He ends up dying during heart surgery.

After his character was killed off, Shonda Rhimes raved about Foley.

“We’re so in love with Scott Foley,” she said. “And we would’ve kept him [on Grey's] if we could.”

Before Foley, others who have crossed over into Scandal include: Jeff Perry (Cyrus Beene, President Grant’s chief of staff) who played Thatcher Grey, father of Meredith, Lexie, and Molly Grey; Kate Burton (Vice President Sally Langston), who played Ellis Grey, Thatcher’s ex-wife and Meredith’s mother; George Newbern (Charlie the assassin), who played Brian Reynolds in Private Practice, and Dan Bucatinsky (James Novak, Cyrus Beene’s husband and a reporter), who played Jeffrey in Grey’s Anatomy.

Foley’s transition into Scandal comes two months after Fox halted production on the comedy The Goodwin Games, in which Foley played Henry Goodwin.

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The Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Private Practice will be ending after its current season, Deadline reports.

ABC decided not to give the medical drama a back nine pickup after putting in a 13-episode order for its sixth season in May. However, the network has decided to give two additional episodes to Grey’s Anatomy, giving the veteran series a 24-episode season. ABC is also giving comedies Modern Family and The Middle two additional episodes and mystery dramedy Castle one additional episode.

Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes recently decided that the spin off had run its course and that it was time to end the series. Rhimes broke the news to the cast and crew Friday and announced the decision to fans on Twitter. Rhimes wrote:

“I’m sad to say that Private Practice’s run will end after episode 613 this season. There was a lot of discussion and debate but, in the end, the guys at the network and the studio and I all decided that Private Practice was reaching its finish line. Creatively, we are all extremely proud of the show and especially proud of this season — which you will all soon discover is a creative renaissance. I can’t wait for you to see it.”

Rhimes said it was “heartbreaking” to end the series but that she felt lucky to write for the characters. She also said she was proud that the series went for more than 100 episodes, which is something many shows don’t accomplish.

Series protagonist and central character Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) was already leaving the show after episode 13, so now that episode will be the series finale. Male lead Tim Daly, who played Dr. Pete Wilder, left the series at the end of season five after his character was sent to jail for euthanizing a patient.

Are you sad that Private Practice is ending? Or was it time for the series to end?

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It’s been a long road for Private Practice’s Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery. Kate Walsh, the actress who plays the raven haired doctor started portraying the doctor on Grey’s Anatomy in 2005 and managed to survive her very own spin-off. Now Walsh confirms that the shortened sixth season of Private Practice will be her last.

The actress took the opportunity to make the announcement public on Bethenny, the new talk show from reality star Bethenny Frankel. According to several sources the interview is set to air on Wednesday. During the interview Kate Walsh said, “This is my last season for Private Practice… It’s been an incredible journey an amazing ride. I’m hugely, hugely grateful.”

Her exit isn’t the only one from the medical drama. It was announced that Tim Daly was also leaving after five seasons on the show. Walsh went on to discuss her time on the show, “It’s been a long time being Addison,” she continues. “I feel incredibly grateful to Shonda Rhimes and all the fans that have been there from Day 1 to now. I’m really excited about the last season.”

Following Daly’s announcement that he was no longer going to be on Private Practice, creator and head writer of both Grey’s and Private Practice explained the changes the show has taken for the abbreviated sixth season. “There’s a lot of budgetary issues on that show,”  Rhimes continued telling TVGuide Magazine. “We need to make sure the show is viable and that we can produce it.”

Even though Kate Walsh has announced her decision to leave that doesn’t exactly mean the show won’t go on without her, Rhimes explained. “I have been told that I’m not allowed to think of us only doing 13 episodes.” Private Practice is set to return on its new day of Tuesday in a 10 pm time slot in the fall.

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If you haven’t seen the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy, stop reading! Grey’s Anatomy’s creator, the woman behind the show, and the spin off Private Practice, as well as the new ABC hit Scandal has been fielding questions about the decision to kill off a fan favorite Lexie Grey, as well as sending lead cardio surgeon Teddy Altman packing in the season finale that aired May 17.

Grey’s fans can usually count on Shonda Rhimes to deliver adrenaline pumping season finales, complete with scenes that bring on the waterworks. This season finale was a little different, as it followed 6 of the beloved doctors dealing with the aftermath of being in a plane crash, and fans didn’t watch their journey as most just felt stuck there with them. It was promised that a lead character would meet their final end, and in the first 15 minutes Lexie Grey, played by Chyler Leigh, met her journey’s end after 5 years on the show.

Shonda Rhimes took to twitter, not to address  questions on whether or not the doctors would make it home and survive, but to talk about the difficulty of writing two character’s journeys coming to an end, tweeting, “This finale was incredibly hard to write. I did not enjoy it. It made me sick and it made me sad. We end the season not knowing ANYTHING about the future. Except for two things. We know we are definitely saying goodbye to two of my favorite people: Chyler Leigh (Lexie) and Kim Raver (Teddy).”

Continued in the tweet Rhimes tweeted about her thought process behind the death of Lexie Grey and the firing of Teddy Altman, and how she ultimately came to making two very hard decisions. “I know this season’s finale had some surprises for viewers and the exit of Kim Raver was one of the big ones. But Kim’s series option was up and she was ready to give Teddy Altman a much-needed vacation. It’s been a pleasure working with someone as talented and funny and kind as Kim; everyone is going to miss her terribly. I like to imagine that Teddy is still out there in the Grey’s Anatomy universe, running Army Medical Command and building a new life.”

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With the start of January comes another round of a scoop filled month at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, with highly anticipated insider info from the creators and writers of some of the best television shows in prime time.

At the same token there’s also some insight from studio executives who are usually unseen figures (with the exception of the Upfronts in May) that make the big calls usually around this time  for renewals, premature cancellations and show shuffles.

Earlier today ABC president Paul Lee said that Courteney Cox’s (is she still an Arquette these days?) Cougar Town may be benched, but it certainly isn’t out for the count, stating that “The reality is I think Cougar Town is having one of its best [seasons].We haven’t yet landed on where it’s going to go, but it’s tentatively in there for March. We’re going to give it a good launching pad… We will be [announcing a premiere date] in a couple weeks.”

Sounds promising. Unlike the case for the lone soap opera show General Hospital whose future remains uncertain. Regarding its future Lee went on to say that he doesn’t have a time frame to make the call for cancellation yet.

In terms of experimenting with its schedule Lee isn’t shying away from anything out of the ordinary. A whole new comedy night will be created and don’t be surprised if you see Cougar Town in the mix along with Happy Endings and midseason newcomer Don’t Trust the B—- in  the James Van Der Beek’s satirized comedy Apartment 23. “It will be great to have a group of great irreverent comedies together. That’s the dream.”

The shuffling around doesn’t stop there! Thursday night’s 10pm slot is going to get either pretty interesting or remain dead very quickly with a new series from Grey’s Anatomy/Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes called Scandal. The creator’s Private Practice will move from its regularly scheduled time slot to Tuesday’s at 10pm following the Dancing With The Stars results show.

Latsly, if you’re bored with what’s already on your television screen, ABC has a slew of midseason replacements and spring replacements with Apartment 23 premiering on April 11th on Wednesday’s at 9:30pm,  and Scandal which premieres on April 5th on Thursday’s at 10pm.

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