Thursday, October 1, 2026

“Grey’s Anatomy” May Finally Be Drawing to a Close with Just 13 Episodes Set for Its 23rd Season: Only 3 Original Cast Members Left

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This may be curtains for “Grey’s Anatomy.”

The upcoming 23rd season of the hospital soap opera will only have 13 episodes. Last season the number was 18. In the old days, “Greys” made 27 episodes. It was down to 20 by 2018.

It’s not a surprise since the series has been moved to the graveyard shift on Thursdays at 10pm. Even though “Greys” reruns are a hit on Netflix, and ABC owns the show, there’s no life left in it.

Only three actors remain from the original season: Ellen Pompeo (who’s not in all the episodes this year), James Pickens Jr, and Chandra Wilson.

Otherwise, the series has meandered around for years. Ratings are down to around 2 million viewers per episode — about what daytime soap “General Hospital” gets on a daily basis.

The new and possible final season features a lot of new, young, low paid cast members. Let’s wish them well. They may be the last class of residents at Grey Sloan Hospital.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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