Emmy Award(R)-Nominated Drama 'Grey's Anatomy' Joins Lifetime Television on Sunday, January 7 at 11PM (ET/PT) Beginning With Series' First Season

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- Beginning January 7, the doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital will be making weekly house calls at Lifetime Television every Sunday night at 11PM (ET/PT), starting with the first season of the popular Emmy Award(R)-nominated drama series "Grey's Anatomy."

The top-rated show on all of primetime broadcast television this season, "Grey's Anatomy" focuses on young interns struggling to be doctors and doctors struggling to stay human. It's the drama and intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, painful lives of interns who are about to discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white.

"Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd, James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber, T.R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley, Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Dr. Isobel Stevens, Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey, Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke, Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev, Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Shepherd, Sara Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres and Eric Dane as Dr. Mark Sloan.

Shonda Rhimes ("Introducing Dorothy Dandridge") is creator and executive producer. Betsy Beers ("Casanova"), Peter Horton ("thirtysomething") and Krista Vernoff ("Law & Order") are executive producers. "Grey's Anatomy" is a Touchstone Television Production.

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