Overview
- The ABC drama, which earned a Season 23 pickup Monday, extends its record as television’s longest-running primetime medical series.
- Longtime stars Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver will exit as series regulars after the May 7 Season 22 finale, with McKidd directing that episode.
- Ellen Pompeo remains the series narrator and a recurring presence, with Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, and showrunner Meg Marinis continuing as executive producers.
- Next season’s episode count is undecided, with budget trims under discussion and a studio window through late June for 20th Television to pick up cast options.
- The show finished 2025 as the most-streamed series across Disney+ and Hulu globally and No. 2 in the U.S., a performance that reinforces its renewal.