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The first season of the American television medical drama. Greys Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company ABC on March 2. May 2. 2, 2. 00. 5. The first season introduces the main character, Meredith Grey, as she enrolls in Seattle Grace Hospitals internship program and faces unexpected challenges and surprises. Season one had nine series regulars, four of whom have been part of the main cast ever since. The season initially served as a mid season replacement for the legal drama. Boston Legal, airing in the Sunday night time slot at 1. Desperate Housewives. Although no clip shows have been produced for this season, the events that occur are recapped in. The season was officially released on DVD as two disc Region 1 box set under the title of Greys Anatomy Season One on February 1. Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The series protagonist and title character is Dr. Meredith Grey Ellen Pompeo, who is accepted into the residency program at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. She joins the program as an intern and is assigned to work under their resident Dr. Miranda Bailey Chandra Wilson, along with fellow interns an extremely competitive Dr. Cristina Yang Sandra Oh, an insecure Dr. George OMalley T. Knight, ex model Dr. Izzie Stevens Katherine Heigl, and an arrogant Dr. Alex Karev Justin Chambers. The surgical wing is primarily supervised by the Chief of Surgery Dr. Richard Webber James Pickens, Jr. Preston Burke Isaiah Washington is the head of Cardio surgery. Meredith is in a romantic relationship with her attending Derek Shepherd Patrick Dempsey a stranger she had a one night stand with, and is the daughter of the renowned surgeon Ellis Grey Kate Burton, who now suffers from Alzheimers. The seasons reviews and critiques were hugely positive, and the series received several awards and nominations for the cast and crew including three nominations at the 5. Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Oh. The series also received three nominations at the Golden Globe Award with the series itself being nominated for Best Drama Series, Dempsey nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series Oh winning the Best Supporting Actress while the entire cast was nominated in the Outstanding Cast Drama Series category. Oh also won the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the 1. Screen Actors Guild Awards. Chambers and Pompeo were nominated Choice TV Breakout Performances at the 2. Teen Choice Awards. Peter Horton and Jeffrey Melman were also nominated for the Best Directing Drama Series, Night for A Hard Days Night and Into You Like a Train respectively at the 5. Directors Guild of America Awards. The first five episodes of the second season were conceived, written and shot to air as the final five episodes of the first season. The series was chosen in the top ten for several 2. The season was produced by Touchstone Television, currently ABC Studios. The seasons executive producers were Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, James D. Parriott, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, and Mark Wilding. The staff writers were Rhimes, Parriott, Ann Hamilton, Vernoff, Kip Koenig, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, and Harry Werksman, Jr. Watch The Maid`S Room Online Hoyts. The directors throughout the season were Peter Horton, Tony Goldwyn, Adam Davidson. John David Coles, Scott Brazil, Darnell Martin, Sarah Pia Anderson, and Wendey Stanzler. Rhimes served as the seasons show runner. The Celebrity Apprentice Season 14 there. She and Horton, who wrote and directed the first two episodes respectively, would also have written and directed the seasons final two episodes, had they not been transferred into the second season. And Shonda found a twist on it that made it perfect for where were at right now. Medical shows are hard, and it was hard trying to figure out where ours could be different. But where everybody else is speeding up their medical shows, she found a way to slow it down, so you get to know the characters. Theres definitely a strong female appeal to it. Series creator Shonda Rhimes wanted a diverse cast, and so created characters without pre specified races. Isaiah Washington, eventually cast as Preston Burke, was originally considered for the role of Derek Shepherd, while Burke was initially to be played by a white actor who dropped out at the last moment. Chandra Wilson was cast in the role of Miranda Bailey, who Rhimes had imagined as a blonde until auditioning Wilson. The Campus have observed that the Greys Anatomy cast is actually more diverse than the city it emulates, noting that Seattle is actually 7. Caucasian. Five of the characters are interns Meredith Grey portrayed by Ellen Pompeo, who is in a romantic relationship with her attending Derek Shepherd, and is the daughter of the renowned surgeon Ellis Grey, who now suffers from Alzheimers Cristina Yang portrayed by Sandra Oh, an extremely competitive intern who befriends Meredith and begins a sexual relationship with Preston Burke Izzie Stevens portrayed by Katherine Heigl, an ex model who struggles to be recognized as a doctor Alex Karev portrayed by Justin Chambers, an arrogant intern who initially irritates his colleagues, and George OMalley portrayed by T. R. Knight, an insecure intern with a lack of confidence, who develops a crush on Meredith. The interns are mentored by their resident Miranda Bailey portrayed by Chandra Wilson, a disciplined woman who is nicknamed. The surgical program is led by the Chief of Surgery Dr. Richard Webber portrayed by James Pickens Jr. In his employ are Preston Burke and Derek Shepherd from New York portrayed by Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey respectively. It delivered ABCs best audience retention following Desperate Housewives, was the highest rated show amongst 1. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and produced ABCs strongest series performance in the hour in more than four years. People are looking for shows they can watch with other household members. And just as Desperate Housewives reaches a broad audience younger, older, male, female so does Greys Anatomy. In regard to the first season, New York Daily News named Greys Anatomy a. He called Rhimes script for the pilot episode. Frankensteins monster was a new man. That goes against conventional wisdom, which dictates that its easier to get women to watch shows aimed at men. The season also resulted in a number of awards nominations At the 2. Directors Guild of America Awards, Peter Horton received a nomination for the Best Directing in a Drama Series, for his work on. He was nominated for the same award and episode at the 5. Primetime Emmy Awards, which also saw Greys Anatomy nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, and Oh was nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Dempsey was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 1. Screen Actors Guild Awards, where the whole cast were also nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The first seasons episodes are altogether 3. DVD Release. It was distributed by Buena Vista. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included an alternate title sequence, audio commentaries, an extended pilot episode and a making of featurette. The same set was released on October 1. Region 2, featuring the planned fourteen episodes over three discs. The first season was officially released on DVD in Region 1 on February 1. Under the title Greys Anatomy Season One, the box set consists of episodes with Dolby Digital. It also contained extras available only on DVD, including extended episodes, footage from behind the scenes, audio commentaries and unaired scenes cut from the aired episodes. The same set was released in Region 4 on April 2. United States, whereas its release date in Region 4 was October 1. The UK set contained the original fourteen episodes, being released as a three disc boxset. The season has not been released on Blu ray disc in any region.