Grey's Anatomy News

July 16, 2007

Totally awesome! NBC signs Isaiah Washington

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NBC's new programmer and party animal Ben Silverman is awild man! Not ony is he angling to steal reality TV (When Good Pets Go Bad, Temptation Island, American Idol, etc.) evil genius Mike Darnell from Fox-- he's putting Isaiah Washington back on television!

They're announcing today at the TV Critics meeting that they've signed the homophobic slurrer who got the boot from Grey's Anatomy over at ABC last month, to a development deal to star in a potential action drama he pitched to the network for the 2008-09 TV season.

He'll also be a guest star on the bad-buzzing Bionic Woman.

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July 3, 2007

Who's Isaiah Washington blaming today?

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We'll bet Isaiah Washington's post-Grey's Anatomy-firing publicity campaign isn't being handled by the same PR wizards who spread the story that he was tossed into homophobia rehab after the onset dust-up in which he called costar TR Knight a "faggot."

In the past week or so, Isaiah's definitely been building credit for a ticket on the perceived-as-crazy train, blaming racism for the discomfort his booming words caused on the show, blaming TR for the campaign that ultimately got him fired from the show, and now, in a prime time interview with Larry King-- blaming costar Patrick McDreamy Dempsey for the fight that started-- and ended-- it all.

Isaiah told Larry that he and Patrick never got along and that Patrick was constantly showing up late on the set. The fight though, was sparked when Patrick insisted on waiting for his costar Ellen Pompeo, before they began shooting for the day.

"I said I don't need Ellen, I can act", Isaiah said. "And that was the moment that sent it into a different zone".

Isaiah said Patrick started it! "He became unhinged, sprayed spittle in my face. I'm asking him why is he screaming at me... he just becomes irate".

Isaiah said he responded with "several bad words." The exact phrase: "There's no way you're going to treat me like the B-word, the P-word or the F-word!"

Although he said the actually words, not a letter followed by the word "word." (And what's the "P-word"? Putz?) And as for that "F-word"-- faggot-- Isaiah said that was taken out of context; that he meant it not as an anti-gay slur but meant to describe "somebody who is weak."

Well, in that case, that's a faggot excuse!

Declared Isaiah: "I am not homophobic-- in no way, shape or form."

Right. Next he'll be admitting he's on the down-low. But here's the real question that rises from all this:

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June 29, 2007

Merrin out, Audra in: Grey's spinoff coup

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While axed Grey's Anatomy Isaiah Washington rants and raves his way into celebrity oblivion after his axing (after the jump), Grey's producers are in for more controversy with the sudden replacement of a key castmember in the anticipated Grey's fall spinoff.

ABC Studios confirmed today that four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald has been hired to replace Merrin Dungey as star Kate Walsh's best friend in the spinoff Private Practice-- even though Merrin was introduced to 21.2 million viewers in the very special Grey's episode that launched Practice.

Back in May, Merrin played Dr. Naomi Bennett, the new character who is influential enough to talk Kate's Dr. Addison Montgomery into moving to California to join a health cooperative where she works with her ex-husband, played by Taye Diggs, and colleagues Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman and Paul Adelstein.

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June 21, 2007

Washington says TR should have been fired!

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Isaiah Washington must be pretty pissed off that he wasted all that time being around gay people, apologizing, explaining and taping public service announcements for tolerance, because he's back, he's mad as hell again-- and some might even say he's "blaming the victim" as he tries to repair the career damage from his Grey's Anatomy firing.

Isaiah got the boot earlier this month after much controversy over an onset explosion in which he went for co-star Patrick Dempsey's throat and referred to his other co-star TR Knight as a "faggot."

"They fired the wrong guy!" he exploded today, blaming TR for the fine mess.

"I fell all this was about him getting a raise, and getting his character to stop being perceived as a dopy, kooky kind of character. He perceives himself as a leading man. that's why you can see the change this past season. That was his whole, his whole impetus behind this. And I was used. And I was exploited.

"I have to clear my name. I'll start from the beginning. I'm telling everything.

"So here's the truth."

Hear Isaiah's version of the truth in his own voice... and get a load of his final quote... after the jump...

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June 13, 2007

Now Isaiah Washington is SAD as hell!

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We knew his pithy but confusing "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more" statement wasn't going to be Isaiah Washington's last word on his firing from Grey's Anatomy, and it wasn't. His image consultants couldn't help him keep his gig, but they've at least polished his exit interview, in which the explosive anger merely bubbles under the surface.

For now, Isaiah: is "saddened," but has "tons of offers in both film and TV"; might move to another network; doesn't blame Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes; doesn't know if he's friends with TR Knight (the former co-star he targeted with anti-gay slurs in his career-altering onset fracas); would return for a Grey's cameo if he was asked-- but doesn't expect to be.

Oh, yeah: He speaks of himself in the third person a couple of times, and blames the media.

Read what Isaiah has to say... after the jump...

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July 16, 2007:Totally awesome! NBC signs Isaiah Washington
July 3, 2007:Who's Isaiah Washington blaming today?
June 29, 2007:Merrin out, Audra in: Grey's spinoff coup
June 21, 2007:Washington says TR should have been fired!
June 13, 2007:Now Isaiah Washington is SAD as hell!
June 8, 2007:MAD AS HELL! (and maybe suing)
June 7, 2007:FIRED!
June 6, 2007:Say Hooray! Pay day heyday for Grey's gay
March 29, 2007:Anatomy of Grey's spinoff revealed
March 20, 2007:Who are TV's sexiest stars?
March 7, 2007:Grey's spinoff gets its own McDreamy
February 21, 2007:Grey's spin-off: What? No Isaiah-TR sitcom?
February 12, 2007:A Grey's Anatomy character is going to die
January 29, 2007:Now Washington stays and TR Knight goes?
January 24, 2007:Now it's rehab over Grey's new "f-word"!
January 22, 2007:Isaiah Washington may lose Grey's gig after all
January 18, 2007:Isaiah Washington's latest word on "the word"
January 17, 2007:Clipgasm: T.R. Knight's Revenge
:T.R. Knight confirms slur led him to "come out"
October 11, 2006:Newsgasm: Grey's Anatomy doctors brawl!
September 22, 2006:Newsgasm: And The Winner Is...