Grey's Anatomy Series 6 * Spoilers *

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Jessica Capshaw is a series regular as Dr. Arizona Robbins. It looks like Callie's (Sara Ramirez) love interest and love life are still going strong with Capshaw signing on as a series regular.

[Trinity]

I like Arizona - she is all sweetness and light on the surface but you know that there are hidden depths.

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I like Arizona aswell, I like her qwirkyness in every scene that she does.

[Perdita]

Katherine Heigl will return to Grey's Anatomy next season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actress, who plays Izzie on the ABC medical drama, will reportedly continue on the show despite rumours that she would be leaving.

Heigl recently said that she was unsure about her future with Grey's after the season five finale saw her character flatline after brain surgery.

Earlier this week, it was announced that Heigl's co-star T.R. Knight is exiting the drama following speculation that both his character Harry and Heigl's Izzie would be killed off.

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Aussie actress Melissa George has confirmed Grey's Anatomy co-star T.R. Knight has quit the show.

Entertainment Weekly reported that Knight had asked to terminate his contract with bosses of the medical drama on Wednesday and now George has become the first castmate to comment on his departure.

She tells UsMagazine.com, "He's one of my best friends. I feel great for him. He's had a good week."

Knight's character, George O'Malley, appeared to die in the most recent season finale after he was hit by a bus.

The actor is reportedly in talks to headline the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor in 2010.

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08/09 - Actor T.R. Knight doesn't return for the Sept. 24 Grey's Anatomy season premiere, but his character, Dr. George O'Malley, will. "Transplant doctors descend on Seattle Grace because it's revealed that George was a registered organ donor," according to a source who was on the Grey's set and spoke to Life & Style. "But his colleagues are still reeling from George's death and are fighting with the transplant doctors to stop them from taking his lungs, liver, corneas and bone marrow. It's only when everyone hears what lives will be saved that George's friends start to get some perspective on his death." According to the source, all of the scenes with George were shot using special effects and makeup. "It's one of the goriest scenes they've ever done because you literally see each of these organs get pulled out of his body," says the insider.
07/24 - ABC confirms that that Mitch Pileggi will appear in the season-six premiere, reprising his role as a member of the Seattle Grace board of directors. It's probably not good for the Chief that his boss is descending from on high to consort with the little people. [...] Grey's Anatomy's newest cool guest casting is actor/all-around badass Martha Plimpton. Look for her first in the season premiere, with her "patient's mom" arc continuing for multiple episodes.

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07/31 - At least three new interns arrive at Seattle Grace. One intern named Hank is happy to do sutures on a live person for once. This makes Intern Jen jealous so she decides to watch. Patient Miguel Canales, who has heart disease, is not too happy when his doctor handed over his case to a third year resident. The resident reassures Miguel by telling him his rather aggressive disease has stopped progressing. A new physical therapist named John is introduced while taking care of Monica a depressed patient who just got a new prosthetic leg. Monica isn't in a positive state of mind and doesn't want to try out her new leg.
07/24 - Oncologist resident: Male, all ethnicities, mid to late 30s. Jon: Male, all ethnicities, 30s, physically fit guy.

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With T.R. Knight out of the picture and Ellen Pompeo heavily pregnant the execs of "Grey's Anatomy" are anticipating the lack amount of force by adding more doctors. Jesse Williams, Nora Zehetner and Robert Baker are all cast as medical professionals in a multi-episode arc.

Is this Mer's half brother and the Chief and Ellis's son?

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Katherine Heigl won’t have to worry about putting in long hours on the Grey’s Anatomy set for much longer. Sources confirm to me exclusively that the actress is taking a five-episode hiatus from the ABC drama to go shoot the Greg Berlanti-directed romantic comedy Life as We Know It.

ABC and Grey’s producers have accommodated Heigl’s busy film schedule before, but this is the first time they have given her permission to leave the show for an extended period of time. I’m told Heigl’s absence will be explained on screen, although it’s not clear what prompts Izzie to take off. (Marital trouble with Alex? A trip home to see mom? A Denny sighting in the Caribbean?)

The fact that Heigl was granted such a lengthy leave of absence is surprising in light of the public tongue-lashing ABC president Stephen McPherson gave her last month for complaining about a 17-hour work day. Also, Heigl’s departure — which starts this month and will kick in on screen around November — will almost certainly overlap with co-star Ellen Pompeo’s maternity leave. Translation: Grey’s will be without Izzie and Meredith at the same time!

Of course, Grey’s boss Shonda Rhimes warned me over the summer that change would be in the air this season. ”Eventually, everybody is going to leave the show,” admitted the exec, citing T.R. Knight’s exit and the temporary loss of Pompeo. ”So we’re looking at [ways] we can mess with the structure now…. Season 6 is about finding the longevity of the show and figuring out if there is a future for this show beyond these characters.”

Not so coincidentally, Grey’s recently announced it was adding three new doctors to its rotation: Nora Zehetner, Robert Baker, and Jesse Williams are joining the cast as recurring residents/ medical professionals.