One day after Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl announced that she would drop out of this year’s Emmy race, because “I do not feel I was given the material this season to warrant a nomination,” a key show insider contacted EW.com to express regret that the actress publicly complained about the drama. “The show bent over backwards to accommodate her film schedule, and then she criticizes the show for lack of material?” the insider said. “It’s an ungrateful slap in the face to the very writers responsible for her Emmy win in the first place.”

Heigl made the comments on June 12 after Gold Derby discovered the star’s name was not on a list of Emmy contenders distributed by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The omission was especially bizarre considering that Heigl won last year’s award for best supporting actress in a drama.

Critics jeered Heigl’s performance early in the season, complaining about the romance between her character, Izzie, and George (T.R. Knight). But the actress shined in Grey’s season finale when her character redeemed herself and her career at Seattle Grace.

This isn’t the first time Heigl has publicly criticized the show that helped to make her a household name. Last year, the actress dropped out of salary renegotiations, reportedly because she felt the studio doesn’t value her as much as it does her cohorts. ABC TV Studio fired back, insisting the Grey’s actress had been offered a substantial raise. Heigl has since received a salary bump.

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Hard-nosed Dr. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) will take over voice-over duty from Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) in Episode 11 of Grey’s Anatomy airing early next year, tvguide.com reports.

Columnist Michael Ausiello writes:

“The new narrator is … Bailey,” adding that “there’s a reason behind her temporary promotion — and it ain’t pretty.”

What’s gonna happen to her?

Nothing physical, he noted, but she will face an emotional plight.

“Let’s just say that random scene last week of Bailey at home with her husband and kid will make a lot more sense when Episode 11 airs early next year,” he hinted.

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Some of the cast of Grey’s Anatomy have joined in the Hollywood writer’s strike. The cast that did join in the strike, joined in on their lunch break from filming the hit show.

“We’re supposed to be going until the end of May and right now our last shooting day will be Tuesday or Wednesday,” T.R. Knight said, adding, “As actors, we’re paid a different way than the writers, but there’s also the crew to keep in mind. They are out of work as of next Wednesday.”

Katherine Heigl said, “You’ve got to have a story. You’ve got to have a story in order to perform anything, to have any ideas on where to go and what to do, and where the character, story lines, arcs, everything. They’re everything. We can’t do it without them.”

Hopefully they get this thing ironed out sooner rather than later as it’s affecting a lot of people!

Though the Grey’s Anatomy finale left fans with lots of questions, at least one mystery appears to have been solved: T.R. Knight, a.k.a. the lovable George O’Malley, is expected to return as a series regular. Speculation has been swirling about his possible departure from Seattle Grace — not only because of what happened in the May 17 finale (George didn’t pass the intern exam!) but because of the incident earlier this season with co-star Isaiah Washington (who addressed him with a homophobic slur). According to one insider close to the negotiation, Knight has agreed to a new contract that will boost his per-episode salary to roughly $125,000 and give him a small piece of the show profits (pay hikes and profit points were also granted to many of Knight’s co-stars, including Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, and Sandra Oh).

Still up in the air: the fate of Washington, whose character, the arrogant Preston Burke, appeared to flee Seattle in the finale. That said, the same insider hints that Washington will be back as a series regular (though without the boost in pay rewarded to his co-stars). ”A cliffhanger is meant to keep the audience in anticipation and intrigue until fall,” demurred a spokesman for ABC Television Studios, which produces Grey’s for ABC. Washington’s publicist also declined comment.

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Guess who sources say it is!!?? I wrote earlier today that T.R. Knight is unsure if he’s coming back. Was he right? Do you want to know? It might be a SPOILER…. hit MORE if you want to know! (more…)

Access caught up with “Grey’s Anatomy” star T.R. Knight last night as he was co-hosting the 52nd annual OBIE awards (honoring achievements in the off-Broadway stage) in New York City , when he admitted that he was unsure if he would be returning to “Grey’s” next season.

“I literally don’t know,” he said. “It would be nice to know if I’m supposed to report back soon.”

With his character’s fate up in the air after failing his intern test in the medical drama’s season finale, along with rumors of unease on the set due to September’s “homophobic slur” incident with castmate Isaiah Washington, fans are anxious about whether Knight will return.

Knight told Access that he got a lot of calls from friends after the finale, wanting to know if he will be back. He thinks the producers haven’t told him because actors have big mouths and would tell everyone, but that doesn’t alleviate his anxiety.

“If you’re supposed to report back to work in a month and a half, I would really like to know that,” he remarked, adding, “because I would like to know if I can shave my head.”

Knight, known for coloring his hair vibrant colors from time to time, was photographed last week with a bright red head of hair. It was back to its natural shade of brown, however, for last night’s awards presentation.

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If George left the show…it might be game over for me.  I would HATE a Grey’s without him!

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