The showrunner and executive producer of “Grey’s Anatomy” revealed the medical drama will home in on the novel coronavirus during its next season.
“We’re going to address this pandemic for sure,” Krista Vernoff said during a recent virtual panel hosted by the Television Academy, according to Entertainment Weekly. “There’s no way to be a long-running medical show and not do the medical story of our lifetimes.”
Vernoff, who appeared on the panel alongside “Grey’s Anatomy” actors Chandra Wilson and Kevin McKidd, said that the show’s writers are conducting research by interviewing actual doctors who are on the frontlines of the pandemic.
“Every year, we have doctors come and tell us their stories and usually they’re telling their funniest or craziest stories,” Vernoff said. “This year, it has felt more like therapy.”
She added that the show’s writers are “often the first people” doctors talk to about what they’re experiencing.
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