The suspense was total since the departure of Ellen Pompeo: will
Grey's Anatomy
survive its main actress?
The question finds an answer today since the American chain ABC has just announced the order of a twentieth season, according to information from the magazine
Deadline
.
It will be broadcast next fall across the Atlantic.
A decision that does not surprise specialists in the United States.
Despite the successive departures of historical figures (Sandra Oh, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers etc.), the series created by Shonda Rhimes in 2005 is still one of the most watched in the country with an average of 10.7 million viewers each week in front of the new episodes.
Read alsoSurprise tonight in the United States: Ellen Pompeo announces her departure from Grey's Anatomy after 19 seasons
Last November,
Ellen Pompeo
, star and historical figure of the series, announced that she was leaving
Grey's Anatomy
after eighteen years of contribution.
His farewell was broadcast on February 23 in the middle of the currently airing season 19.
According to our American colleagues from
Deadline
, it is not impossible that the 53-year-old actress will reappear occasionally during season 20.