Ellen Pompeo made her return as Dr. Meredith Grey in new series promo for season 20 of Grey’s Anatomy, after exiting the show as a series regular last year.
The actress, 54, was briefly featured at the beginning of a teaser trailer for the hit medical drama, released by ABC on Friday.
‘How long do I have to wait?’ Meredith asks, before the scene shifts to Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) as she orders her medical interns to start working.
The new season marks the first time Ellen will be appearing on the long-running drama in a guest role and not as a series regular.
Following her exit she remains an executive producer and will provide the opening and closing voiceover for each episode.
Ellen Pompeo, 54, made her return as Dr. Meredith Grey in new series promo for season 20 of Grey’s Anatomy, after exiting the show as a series regular last year
Pompeo played Grey since the series debuted in 2005, before her exit in 2022; seen in a 2021 promotional image
Elsewhere in the promo Jo Wilson (Camila Luddington) is pictured kissing Link (Chris Cormack) in the rain.
Meanwhile Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr) appears to struggle with his sobriety as he’s served a vodka and tonic at a bar.
In the next scene Simone Griffith (Alexis Floyd) is seen telling Lucas Adams (Niko Terho) that they ‘need to talk about what happened’ following their hookup.
The teaser ends with Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) passing out I’m the mid of a surgery, as Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) states, ‘Dr. Altman is in critical condition.’
Season 20 of Grey’s Anatomy will premiere on March 14 on ABC.
Last year Ellen revealed the reason behind her decision to quit Grey’s Anatomy and her future plans on an episode of The Drew Barrymore Show.
The actress said playing the same role for 19 years was turning her brain into ‘scrambled eggs.’
In November of 2022 the star announced that she would be retiring from ABC’s long-running show after 19 seasons.
The actress was briefly featured at the beginning of a teaser for the hit medical drama, released by ABC on Friday
‘How long do I have to wait?’ Meredith asks, before the scene shifts to Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) as she orders the interns to start working
The new season – which will will premiere on March 14 on ABC – marks the first time Ellen will be appearing on the long-running drama in a guest role and not as a series regular
Following her exit she remains an executive producer and will provide the opening and closing voiceover for each episode
Elsewhere in the promo Jo Wilson (Camila Luddington) is pictured kissing Link (Chris Cormack) in the rain
Meanwhile Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr) appears to struggle with his sobriety as he’s served a vodka and tonic at a bar
The teaser ends with Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) passing out I’m the mid of a surgery, as Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) states, ‘Dr. Altman is in critical condition’
‘I feel super happy, but listen, the show has been incredible to me and I’ve loved a lot of the experience,’ she said.
‘It’s just I gotta mix it up a little bit.’
She added: ‘I’m fifty-three, my brain is like scrambled eggs. I gotta do something new or I’m literally gonna turn into like, you can’t do the New York Times crossword puzzle every single day.’
‘I mean 19 years, that’s more than people keep their kids in their house, like people keep their kids in their house until they’re 18 and then they send them off to college, so this is like me going away to college.’
When Drew asked about what she wanted to do next, Pompeo responded: ‘I have a lot that I’m doing.’
She continued, ‘I have three kids and so I take care of them, and it’s really important for me to be around for them and be more present for them.’
The star also spoke about taking on a new role after retiring Grey’s Anatomy as a series regular.
‘I’m gonna do a limited series for Hulu in the spring which is a very cool kind of crazy true story,’ she said.
Last year Ellen revealed the reason behind her decision to quit Grey’s Anatomy, as she shared that playing the same role for 19 years was turning her brain into ‘scrambled eggs’
In November of 2022 the star announced that she would be retiring from ABC’s long-running show after 19 seasons; pictured with co-star Patrick Dempsey
According to Variety, Pompeo is set to star in an untitled orphan miniseries inspired by real life events.
In the eight-episode limited series ordered by Hulu, a Midwestern couple adopts what they believe is an eight-year-old girl with a rare form of dwarfism.
According to the synopsis, as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, they slowly begin thinking she may not be who she says she is.
The plot reads that as the parents question her story, they’re confronted with hard questions of their own about the lengths they’re willing to go to defend themselves, falling into a battle that’s fought in the tabloids, the courtroom, and ultimately their marriage.
