<P> On June 28, 2015, before the twelfth season had begun airing, it was announced that Jessica Capshaw, whose contract expired after season 11, had renewed her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins . That meant that her character would be staying on the show through season 13 and season 14 . Kevin McKidd had previously said that he was in negotiations to renew his contract after the twelfth season on January 9, 2016 . After the season finale, McKidd confirmed that he would be back for the 13th season . Justin Chambers announced on March 11, 2016 that he had renewed his contract and will be playing Dr. Alex Karev in the 13th season . The Hollywood Reporter reported on May 4, 2016, that the original cast were all negotiating new contracts . After the finale, Pompeo said that she would be returning in the next season, which was officially confirmed by Deadline on June 1, 2016 . Series - veteran Sara Ramirez announced after the finale that she would not be returning for season 13 as Dr. Callie Torres, after the character left for New York to be with her girlfriend Dr. Penny Blake . Thus, this will be the first season since her introduction in season two in which Dr. Callie Torres, portrayed by Sara Ramirez, is not included in the main cast of characters . On June 10, 2016, it was officially announced that the rest of the cast members whose contracts expired after the twelfth season, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr. and Kevin McKidd, will return for the next season . </P> <P> On September 28, 2016, it was announced that the Days of Our Lives alum Jen Lilley would appear in the third episode, playing Kara . Bridget Regan announced on her Instagram account that she would be appearing in the eighth episode "The Room Where It Happens". It was reported that Tessa Ferrer would be reprising her role as Dr. Leah Murphy in a recurring role for the 13th season . On October 17, 2016 ABC confirmed that Marika Dominczyk had been cast in a guest stint as Eliza Minnick . On January 31, 2017, it was announced that Jerrika Hinton would be departing the series regular cast this season . </P> <P> Grey's Anatomy was renewed for a 13th season by ABC on March 3, 2016 . TVLine announced that the 13th season will begin airing on September 22, 2016 . Production began on May 25, 2016, when Rhimes announced on Twitter that the writers were in full swing mapping the 13th season . Production began on July 21, 2016, with prepping for the season officially starting on July 28, 2016 . The table read for the premiere was on July 22, 2016 . Filming for the season began on August 1, 2016, with Shonda Rhimes tweeting that the crew were filming the 270th episode of the series, the season premiere . A promotional poster for the season was released on August 2, 2016, portraying Dr. Meredith Grey in Seattle, for which the series is located . The poster started speculation of its meaning towards the storyline for the 13th season . However Rhimes denied the speculation about the poster on Twitter as she said "For anyone trying to interpret the "meaning" of the new Grey's Anatomy poster design: it means ABC designs really cool posters ." </P> <P> The remaining fall schedule for ABC was announced on October 22, 2016, where it was announced that Grey's Anatomy would air nine episodes in the fall, rather than eight episode the previous two seasons has done, with the fall finale to air on November 17, 2016, just like the rest of ABC's primetime thursday - lineup Notorious and How to Get Away with Murder, which was the same last year . The remaining 15 episodes will air after the winter break beginning airing on January 26, 2017 . </P>

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