The season 22 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy hinted that Meredith Grey plans to stick around, but how much will the actress appear on screen?

“We’ll have both of them as much as we can. I think it’s mainly about scheduling,” showrunner Meg Marinis told Deadline in an interview published after the Thursday, October 9, episode, acknowledging that Scott Speedman recently booked the RJ Decker pilot. “It depends on where Scott’s show takes place and where he’s filming it. I think we’re lucky that it’s with the same studio, and so we’ll be able to collaborate more easily than with other places.”

Ellen Pompeo has starred as Meredith Grey since the first season of the ABC medical drama premiered in 2005. Her character is now in a relationship with Speedman’s Nick Marsh, and they live in Boston with

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