Wonderful show. The spin off is going to rock. Shonda Rhimes is a genius!!!!!

Yes I echo the same sentiments as everyone, what a excellent cast!!!

I'm watching the spin off...Grey's...not so much.

Which one is he EricaKane??

And yes I am so in love with the spinoff cast!! Amy Brennaman!! Tim Daly!! Taye Diggs!!!! Amazingly smoking cast!!! Plus a little six degrees stuff but Amy B. was on Judging Amy with Tim's sisters multiple Emmy award winning actress Tyne Daly!!!

I love both these shows!!!

He was the surrogate mother's boyfriend(the blonde guy), I know his role was small but he's hot.

Dammit Dammit! I uber love Mare Whinningham and I am pissed she was killed off.

I sure hope Private Practice gets picked up! The cast is perfect and I loved it

The cast of "Private Practice" rocks and they have great chemistry with each other, especially Kate Walsh and Tim Daly.

Love seeing Paul Adelstein (Cooper) doing comedy, much different from his Prison Break role.

I'm not sure about airing the spinoff after Grey's is a good idea - 2 hours of medical dramas? I think ABC will air Football Wives after Grey's and the spinoff after Dancing With The Stars.

Oh boy! Ya'll got me so excited to watch. I only watched the first hour and I LOVE the spin-off.

I don't know..it was just ok for me. I love Grey's, the spin-off not so much!!

I wanted Addison and Alex!!!!!!!!

How should I put this....

I think the spin-off will be good, but the way they introduced the spin-off, the characters, and the spin-off in context of the show on Thursday was awful.

Back to the good stuff...which was Grey's...I was so shocked they killed off the step-mother! I am looking forward to Meredith and Derek breaking up. It's obviously coming, and it's so needed!

Edited May 5, 200718 yr by King

How should I put this....

I think the spin-off will be good, but the way they introduced the spin-off, the characters, and the spin-off in context of the show on Thursday was awful.

Back to the good stuff...which was Grey's...I was so shocked they killed off the step-mother! I am looking forward to Meredith and Derek breaking up. It's obviously coming, and it's so needed!

I am looking forward to Private Practice, but I hated the way they chopped up the pilot and intermixed it with an episode of Grey's.

The cast of "Private Practice" rocks and they have great chemistry with each other, especially Kate Walsh and Tim Daly.

Love seeing Paul Adelstein (Cooper) doing comedy, much different from his Prison Break role.

I'm not sure about airing the spinoff after Grey's is a good idea - 2 hours of medical dramas? I think ABC will air Football Wives after Grey's and the spinoff after Dancing With The Stars.

I think Private Pratice will anchor Tueday or Wednesday nghts.

I thought the spinoff was pretty good..I love the cast, and i'll definitely watch..But Greys bored me to tears last night...and then finally in the last 10 minutes they kill off Merideth's step-mom...I didn't think that was needed..They just killed her mother, why must they torture Merideth like that...Honestly, 2 hours was just to long for the spin-off and greys with not that much excitement to fill the time...It just seemed like a lot of filler...

I hope private practice comes on before boston legal on tuesdays, but they will probably put it on before Lost on wednesdays.

Dammit Dammit! I uber love Mare Whinningham and I am pissed she was killed off.

I'm pissed that she was killed off too, it seemed like such a stupid thing to do; and I hope they don't just gloss over it happening....

I liked the cast for Private Practice, especially Amy Brenneman and Tim Daily. The California scenes flowed really well, the regular Grey's scenes not so much......

Edited May 6, 200718 yr by Rhiannon

ABC's 'Anatomy' widens

Two-hour episode brings in big ratings

By RICK KISSELL

A "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff is looking like a sure thing after Thursday's two-hour episode of the ABC medical drama -- introducing characters from the forthcoming show -- delivered impressive ratings.

The Alphabet won't announce its fall sked until next week, but it would be a shock if the still-untitled spinoff (known in some circles as "Private Practice") doesn't make it to air.

On Thursday, "Grey's Anatomy" averaged a 9.1 rating/24 share in adults 18-49 and 21.23 million viewers overall from 9-11 p.m. with an episode that alternated between current storylines on the medical skein and those involving Kate Walsh, whose character, Addison, traveled down to Los Angeles to meet up with med school friends. Walsh will be joined on the spinoff by, among others, Taye Diggs, Tim Daly and Amy Brenneman.

"Grey's Anatomy" peaked in the 9:30 half-hour (9.3/24 in 18-49), but its extension into the 10 o'clock hour did plenty of damage to the competish. NBC's "ER" (3.1/8 in 18-49, 7.78m) and CBS' season finale of "Shark" (3.1/8 in 18-49, 12.50m) were both down about 15% week to week.

The expanded "Grey's Anatomy" gave ABC its best demo delivery with entertainment programming in the Thursday 9-11 p.m. time period in seven years.

Earlier in the evening, "Survivor: Fiji" won at 8 for CBS (4.6/14 in 18-49, 13.74m), with ABC's "Ugly Betty" a solid second (3.6/11, 10.68m), drawing its best numbers in 11 weeks.

CBS won Friday, led by "Ghost Whisperer" (prelim 2.5/10 in 18-49, 9.2 million). Also of note on the night: NBC's "Law & Order" -- whose status for an 18th season next fall remains up in the air -- scored a rare demo victory at 10 (prelim 2.6/9 in 18-49, 8.9 million).

Saturday went to ABC courtesy of the net preem of "Meet the Fockers" (prelim 2.1/7 in 18-49, 6.4 million).

Earlier in the day, NBC's coverage of horseracing's Kentucky Derby (5-6:45 p.m. ET) averaged an 8.3 overnight household rating/18 share in Nielsen's metered markets -- up 12% from last year and tying the best delivery in 15 years.

Read the full article at:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964369.html

Seems I'm the odd man out. I HATED Addison's adventures in California.

I have an unexplained hate for Taye Diggs, so that didn't help.

I watched the first ten minutes and started FF'ing when TherapyGirl started crying in the car. It seemed too forced/contrived/cliched/annoying. And they're even MORE self absorbed than the Seattle Grace gang.

YAY! to Meredith getting slapped.