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"As Grey&amp;apos;s Anatomy airs its eighth season on ABC, showrunner Shonda Rhimes predicts the series could have quite the extended shelf-life.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re all interested in doing the show as long as the show is interesting to do,&amp;quot; creator Rhimes told reporters during a Television Critics Association panel for her new series, Scandal, Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif. &amp;quot;When I&amp;apos;m done having interesting ideas for the show, I will be done with the show.&amp;quot;\r\nThat said, Rhimes&amp;apos; ABC colleagues are already entertaining the idea of taking the show well into its 18th season. &amp;quot;I think [ABC Entertainment Group President] Paul Lee has said publicly he wants the show to go for, like, 10 more years,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ll see what happens.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn the interim, the notoriously tight-lipped Grey&amp;apos;s creator says fans will be in for a treat as the series closes out its eighth season.\r\n&amp;quot;I really like the alternate reality episode that&amp;apos;s coming up,&amp;quot; Rhimes says of the hour airing February 2. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s pretty amazing. What&amp;apos;s happening with Cristina [Sandra Oh] and Owen [Kevin McKidd], from the moment that she decided to have the abortion to where we&amp;apos;re going with that, is also pretty spectacular.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAnd fans of beloved Grey&amp;apos;s couple Meredith [Ellen Pompeo] and Derek [Patrick Dempsey] won&amp;apos;t be disappointed, either.\r\n&amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re going to finish that house by the end of the season and they&amp;apos;re going to get to be parents,&amp;quot; Rhimes hints. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re going to see a lot of joy from them. I think it&amp;apos;s a really great evolution for their characters.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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