Grey’s Anatomy is the longest-running scripted prime-time show on ABC, on air since 2005. <br />A real hospital is used for some scenes. The Veterans Administration Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in California serves as the entrance for Grey Sloan Memorial. <br />Only 3 of the original leads are still on the series: Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey), Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) and James Pickens Jr (Richard Webber).<br />The series employs real doctors to make sure the writers are getting procedures and jargon right. <br />In 2009, Dereck and Meredith had a real wedding registry on The Knot to encourage fans to donate to research organizations that the fictional couple would have approved. <br />The character of Miranda Bailey is partially inspired by Shonda Rhimes’ mom, the series’ producer.<br />Every episode’s title is a song title except for one. “1-800-799-7233” that was named for the domestic violence hotline related to the episode theme. <br />Jesse Williams (Jackson Avery) was a history teacher before playing in the series. <br />According to Forbes, Ellen Pompeo is the best paid actress with a salary of $22 million a year. <br />Shonda Rhimes said that as long as Pompeo wants to play Meredith, the show will be alive but as soon as she wants to stop, the show will end.
