ABC announced late Friday that they had picked up the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off series, tentatively titled Private Practice for next season.

After the success of the May 3 test episode that was part of a two hour Grey’s extravaganza, the pick-up was a no-brainer for the network. In addition to Kate Walsh‘s Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, the new show stars Taye Diggs (Day Break), Tim Daly (The Nine, Wings), Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries), Paul Adelstein (Prison Break), Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars), Merrin Dungey (Alias) and Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy).

While this certainly simplifies the race for a chief at Seattle Grace (not to mention a number of people’s love lives), it seems most Grey’s fans would rather see Addison continue her ongoing anatomy lesson with Dr. Alex Karev.