Dr. George O’Malley is dead.

Multiple sources tell EW that T.R. Knight will not be returning to Grey’s Anatomy next season.

Knight’s departure shouldn’t come as too much of a shock…

Not only was George flatlining at the end of the season finale earlier this month, but the 36-year-old actor has reportedly wanted off the hit ABC series for quite some time.

Tension between Knight and show creator Shonda Rhimes has become unbearable for both.

“He hates her, and she hates him,” one source said.

Knight, an original member of the Grey’s cast, was said to have become increasingly frustrated by his character’s lack of storyline and camera face time. In December, he asked to be let out of his contract.

Insiders say Knight has made no secret about George’s demise. No word on any future projects for Knight, but at least now he’s free to pursue other things.

Reps for Knight and ABC declined to comment.

Knight’s best buddy Katherine Heigl is supposedly still waiting to learn her fate with Seattle Grace. Rhimes began contemplating an early death for Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens after Heigl took herself out of the running for last year’s Emmys because, she complained, the writers failed to give her good enough material to work with.

Like George, Izzie was also flatlining at the end of the season finale.

Funny enough, Entertainment Weekly recently reported that Heigl will submit her name for Emmy consideration this year for her work as cancer-stricken Izzie.

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Rumor has it that the CW network is developing a reality tv show based on Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama hit Grey’s Anatomy.

According to E!, who got their hands on a casting notice, this is what the producers are looking for:

“Reveille and the CW would like to document the extraordinary experience of Emergency Medicine residents at a world-class hospital,”

“Residents are at an incredible personal crossroads as they complete their medical education. Those training in the Emergency Department face exceptional professional pressures as they work on the frontlines of the medical system. We would like to present a portrait of these hard-working physicians during this incredible period in their lives.”

The notice also promises major publicity for the hospital that chooses to get involved with the show:

“Our hospital partner on this project will have the opportunity to highlight their medical facilities, their world-class training program, and their service to the community on primetime network television,”

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I have to admit, when I watched last night’s Grey’s I did get choked up.  No actual tears, but I was close.

Izzie’s illness is even freaking out Grey’s Anatomy boss Shonda Rhimes, who blogged about the 100th episode: “I went up to the editing room when the show was being edited, and I saw my first images of Izzie lying in the hospital bed bald. And I started to cry. And I said to Susan Vaill, our brilliant editor, I said, ‘Ummm…I think Izzie is really sick.’ And she hollered at me ‘You made her sick!’…But here’s the thing. Until I saw my Izzie, bald and pale and wheezing in that bed…I mean, she’s sick. She’s really sick. And I didn’t see it coming. My brain got ahead of my heart on this one.”

In happier, potentially less-fatal news, Shonda also tweeted that there is “some good Cristina/Owen coming up too.” Yay!

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Spoiler Ahead!!! (more…)

Katherine Heigl’s character Dr. Izzie Stevens revealed she’s dying of cancer on last night’s Grey’s Anatomy — a scoop Us Weekly first reported eight months ago.

On the show, Izzie asked her interns do diagnose “Patient X” — which they don’t know is really her. Lexie (Chyler Leigh) discovers it’s metastatic melanoma — skin cancer — and it’s spread to her brain. (Which explains those hallucinations earlier this season of her dead ex Denny Ducette, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.)

“The girl’s pretty much toast,” an intern says. “Survival rate is five percent,” adds another.

In July, Us Weekly reported show higher ups were considering killing Heigl off after she withdrew from Emmy contention because she didn’t feel she was “given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”

“[Producer] Shonda [Rhimes] and the writers are pissed at her,” the source told Us then, adding that producers were considering giving her a brain tumor. “It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”

(“If her character does get a brain tumor, she’ll probably get an Emmy!” a source joked to Us.)

ABC denied Izzie would die, saying, “Katherine is absolutely staying with the show.” Rhimes also said “No” when asked about the plot.

In February, James Pickens Jr. (hospital chief Dr. Richard Webber) confirmed to Usmagazine.com that she’s leaving the show.

“Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best,” he told Us.

“Katherine is ready to move on to the next chapter,” a set source told Us then.

Also out the door, according to Pickens: T.R. Knight. “He just wanted to pursue other career paths,” he told Us at the NAACP Awards luncheon.

Rhimes also claims that’s “not true,” so stay tuned.

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I’ll put it after the jump for those of you who don’t like to be spoiled! (more…)

Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight may be leaving Grey’s Anatomy — but there’s one star who could be coming back!

Usmagazine.com asked Kate Walsh if she’d return to the ABC drama at the Swarovski Pre-Oscar Celebration in Beverly Hills Wednesday.

“I might,” she hinted. “I’m not gonna’ say. Who knows what’s in the mind of [show creator] Shonda Rhimes.”

Walsh — who currently stars in Grey’s spin-off Private Practice, recently filmed a guest spot on her former show.

“I loved it,” she told Us. “Fantastic. I’m really thrilled, and I think it’s always fun to go back.”

The actress says she “in a great place” after her December split from Alex Young. The couple wed in September 2007.

“I’m great,” she said. “I’m about to wrap Private Practice and I’m having a great time. I’m thrilled with the numbers, and I’m in a great place.”

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