The Fate of Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Revealed

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The Grey Sloan doctors are staying on call.

ABC has renewed Grey’s Anatomy for a 22nd season, according to multiple outlets.

Grey’s, the longest-running primetime scripted show in ABC’s history, isn’t the only series confirmed to be back for more as the drama 9-1-1, The Rookie, Will Trent and Shifting Gears were also reportedly renewed. Abbott Elementary and High Potential were previously renewed back in January, leaving the Joshua Jackson-led Doctor Odyssey the only ABC show whose fate hasn’t been confirmed.

The renewal news comes amid many major changes for Grey’s Anatomy, especially after Ellen Pompeo took a step back from her leading role as Meredith Grey in 2022.

The actress, who is now appearing on the medical drama in a recurring capacity, previously explained how she had to “mix it up a little bit” after being a series regular for almost two decades.

“I gotta do something new,” she said on The Drew Barrymore Show in December 2022. “I mean, 19 years, that’s more than people keep their kids in their house. People keep their kids in their house until they’re 18 and then they send them off to college, so this is like me like going away to college.”

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Ellen—who is mom to kids Stella, 15, Sienna, 10, and Eli, 8, with husband Chris Ivery—also noted that reducing her role would allow her more time for her family.

“I have a lot that I’m doing,” she said. “I have three kids, so I take care of them. It’s really important for me to be around for them and be more present for them.”

And it’s been quite the journey for Ellen, who has been open about her experience fighting for equal pay on Grey’s.

“Just being that I was the namesake of the show, I deserved the same and that was harder to get,” Ellen shared on the March 18 episode of Call Her Daddy, explaining that she spent years being paid less than costar Patrick Dempsey. “I wasn’t salty about him getting what he got. I was salty that they didn’t value me as much as they valued him and they never will.”

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However, Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes supported her as she advocated for pay equality with her male costar.

“I said to her, ‘I’m gonna go in and ask for this much. Are you cool with that?’” Ellen explained. “Just because I don’t wanna be disrespectful to her, I don’t wanna come off crazy, and I wanna let her know what moves I’m making, because I do respect her. I am grateful to her. And she was like, ‘Yeah, no one’s gonna give it to you, you have to ask for it.’”

And now, Ellen hopes to use her platform to empower other women, too.

“Once you get to a certain level, you can advocate for other women on your platform or in your workplace,” she shared. “If you know that you are getting this much and all the other women are well beneath you, you can’t just be OK with that. You really do have a responsibility to look and see what everybody else is making and use your power to say, ‘Listen, I appreciate what I got. But I really think that all the women deserve a bump.’”

To see what other TV series have been renewed alongside Grey’s in 2025, read on.

Canceled: Ridiculousness

After 14 years, the hit MTV clip show hosted by Rob Dyrdek is coming to an end.

Renewed: King of the Hill

The beloved animated comedy will continue grilling through seasons 16 and 17 on Hulu.

Renewed: Adults

The comedy about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people will return for season two.

Renewed: Only Murders in the Building

OMITB is alive and well because the Hulu series is returning for season six in 2026.

The show will film overseas for the first time, with the beloved crime-solving trio leaving New York City to investigate London’s newest mystery.

Renewed: The Rainmaker

The USA Network legal drama will return to the courtroom for season two.

Canceled: The Kitchen

Food Network announced that the weekend culinary talk show hosted by Sunny AndersonJeff MauroGeoffrey ZakarianKatie Lee and Alex Guarnaschelli will end at the end in December 2025 after 12 years and 40 seasons.

Renewed: The Buccaneers

The Apple TV+ drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s final novel will return for season three.

Renewed: Lioness 

The Paramount+ thriller starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman was renewed for a third season, according to multiple outlets.

Canceled: The Ultimatum: Queer Love

The Netflix dating reality show won’t be back for season three, Varity reported in October.

Canceled: Mid-Century Modern

The Hulu comedy inspired by The Golden Girls won’t be returning for a second season.

Renewed: The Morning Show

The Apple TV+ drama, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, will be back for season five.

Canceled: Catfish

The MTV series will end with season nine.

“After 12 years,” host Nev Schulman said as he sat next to Max Joseph in a Sept. 22 Instagram video, “300 episodes and just a lot of traveling around this incredible country, Catfish has officially been cancelled. Sorry.”

Renewed: Hunting Wives

After the May Cobb novel adaptation became a smash hit on Netflix when it was added to the platform in summer of 2025, the streamer confirmed it had picked up the series as an original for season two. 

 

Renewed: Foundation

The apocalyptic sci-fi drama will be back for season four.

Renewed: Overcompensating

The Prime Video comedy will head back to school for season two.

Renewed: Berlin ER

Apple TV+ renewed the German-language drama for a second season.

Renewed: The Paper

Stop the presses: The Office spinoff will be back for season two on Peacock.

Ending: Bel-Air

Peacock’s reimagined drama will debut it’s fourth and final season Nov. 24.

Renewed: Password

Get ready for more outrageous clues, wild guesses and comedic moments as Keke Palmer returns as host alongside wordplay master Jimmy Fallon for season three.

Renewed: The Institute

The horror series was for season two, which should come as no surprise given that The Institute ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+.

Renewed: America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys

Season three will follow the 2025-2026 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.

Renewed: Solo Traveling

Tracee Ellis Ross‘ Roku Channel travel series will continue jet-setting to fabulous destinations with season two.

Renewed: American Ninja Warrior

The intense NBC competition series will continue to make jaws drop when more contestants compete for the $250,000 price on the upcoming 18th season.

Ending: And Just Like That…

Series creator Michael Patrick King revealed the Sex And The City spin-off starring Sarah Jessica Parker will end after the current third season in a two-part finale.

“And just like that…the ongoing storytelling of the Sex and the City universe is coming to an end,” Michael said in an Aug 1 Instagram post. “While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That…season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.”

“SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season,” he added. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.”

Renewed: Untamed

Netflix’s new series set in Yellowstone National Park and starring Eric Bana scored a season two renewal, according to Variety.

Renewed: Pluribus

The new series, in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness, was renewed by Apple TV+ even before its season one premiere.

Renewed: Days of Our Lives

The long-running Peacock soap opera will return with more drama for seasons 62 and 63.

Renewed: Stick

Owen Wilson‘s Apple TV+ comedy scored a season two pickup.

Renewed: Top Chef

Bravo’s culinary competition will return for season 23 set in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Renewed: Wednesday

The Jenna Ortega-starring Addams Family spinoff will return to Netflix for a third season.

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