<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> <P> In an interview with TV Guide, Kelly McCreary said that the 13th season would be focusing heavily on the characters that have been on the show since the first season; Dr. Meredith Grey, Dr. Alex Karev, Dr. Miranda Bailey and Dr. Richard Webber . McCreary went more into the storyline as she commented that "After such a long period of time and so many new people coming in and out, they remain the foundational characters of the show . We're gonna be spending some more time with them to check in with where they are ." In another interview, McCreary talked about the love - triangle drama that will unfold between Meredith, Maggie and Riggs, to which she commented on how "Maggie's ego will probably be wounded ." </P> <P> Caterina Scorsone said that Amelia would be "the middle - person between her sisters should the Riggs news come out ." She confirmed that the season premiere will pick up right after where the finale ended and that Justin Chambers' character Alex and his storyline with girlfriend Jo would play a bigger part of the premiere, in addition that Amelia and Kevin McKidd's character Owen would not be much in the premiere . Jessica Capshaw will not be in the first two episodes, confirmed by Rhimes, because of wanting to be a little more with her kids . Rhimes reported that Capshaw's character Dr. Arizona Robbins will have a new love interest . </P> <P> The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season . "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live . </P>

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