How much does Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes love her show’s fans? Not only does she apparently read every post on the Grey Matter blog, but she also pushed ABC to rerun Sunday’s ”Code Black” post-Super Bowl episode because many DVRs and Tivos failed to record the full hour when the game ran past its scheduled time.
”I heard your screams of rage and pain all the way over at my house. Dudes, my Tivo didn’t catch the whole thing either,” Rhimes wrote. Apparently, ABC listened, as it’s re-airing the episode tonight from 9:30-11 p.m. (Of course, I’m sure network brass considered the fact that Grey’s will probably pull in more viewers than the regularly scheduled Primetime Live, too.)
Will you choose Grey’s tonight over ER and Without a Trace? Or was one viewing of Christina Ricci with her hand in a patient’s bomb-packed wound enough?
Those of us in Seattle didn’t get to see it AT ALL, so I think the choice will be clear…
I am SO thrilled they are rerunning the post-Superbowl episode!!! I was away for the weekend & recorded the show w/my dvr, but was only able to see the 1st half-hour b/c of the game’s overtime. I absolutely LOVE the show & to hate to miss even a second of it!
THANK U ABC!
AWWW YEAH! Tonight and tomorrow were made for tv junkies!
First, we have new eps of Chris, Earl & the Office, then we got Grey’s Anatomy (n thanks to tivo, it’s possible to watch both).
But I can hardly contain myself for tomorrow! The final four Arrested Developments are on and end mere seconds before a new episode of Battlestar Galactica begins.
That booty groove on my easy chair is going to get a serious workout tonight and tomorrow for shizzy.
I’ll be watching it for the second time…it was an incredible episode. My question is why is it on for an hour and a half? Wasn’t only an hour long on Sunday? Are we going to have to sit through an extra half hour worth of commercials? That would suck.
I was wondering the same thing- why an hour and a half long? It only ran for an hour the first time around (luckily I had recorded an extra hour on my TiVO so I didn’t miss the whole thing) I’m not sure I’ll skip The Office at 9:30 just to catch an extra half hour of commercials!
Of course! And this is such a fantastic example of how wonderful writing and some really thoughtful people can make a good television show just plain amazing.
oh, thank goodness. it’s my guiltiest pleasure, and i missed it sunday (obviously it’s not so much of a pleasure, if i missed it at all), but i had other things going on.
TV Guide’s online listings say Grey is actually 9:30-10:30 (8:30 to 9:30 central), with a shortened half-hour Primetime after.
This has totally made my day because I was so mad I missed the second half. Just goes to show how great the creator of this show is that she is so in tune with the show’s fans. And thank god I have two Tivos so I still don’t have to miss The Office.
What are you talking about Kevin? They showed the “Code Black” episode in Seattle, only it was on at 10 instead of right after the post-game show.
The Super Bowl has run long for 40 years in a row now. If people were too STUPID to record past the scheduled time for Grey’s on Sunday, then they don’t deserve to see it now! How is it possible that so many people were too DUMB to record more than just that scheduled hour? IDIOTS!
I totally agree Mike…if you are truly a Grey’s fan then you would have set your DVR or TiVo to record the news or whatever show was on after Grey’s. I was able to watch the show in its entirety that night.
I guess smart people get rewarded for thinking about these things ahead of time
I was able to watch the first run of the show because i dont have TIVO and i kept making sure i tuned in to watch the show (because i wasnt watching the superbowl), but sure ill watch again tonight, the show was riveting, and i always seem to miss something in the initial run of a show, as i am always online typing to friends and posting stuff on mypsace lol, tonight i tie up all the loose ends! THANKS Shonda
What kind of stupid idiot doesn’t know that a football game will run late and set the DVR accordingly? Mike & Gina you are right on…
Hell, yeah! Grey’s Anatomy!