★ Voting for the People’s Choice Awards end this Thursday, Dec. 15 and Justin is up for the Favorite Dramatic TV Actor award. You can vote an unlimited amount of times, so keep voting here ➨ FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR 😊

 
★ Grey’s Anatomy creator, Shonda Rhimes, and ABC Entertaiment President, Channing Dungey made it into The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2016 Women in Entertainment Power 100 list. There’s a short article where they mention the first time they met back in August 2004 during the casting session for the role of Alex Karev, which Justin obviously got. Read about it below.

“The beginning of any show, … it’s terrifying,” says Rhimes of her early days working with the network’s Channing Dungey. “I remember, for my producing partner Betsy Beers and me, it was such a relief whenever Channing was around. She just got it. And she always told us the truth.”

Dungey remembers the exact moment she met Rhimes. It was her second day on the job at ABC Studios (then Touchstone Television). “Aug. 9, 2004,” recalls Dungey with certainty. “We were at the casting session for the Alex Karev role on Grey’s Anatomy because the character hadn’t been in the original pilot.”

The part went to Justin Chambers, and he’s still playing it 12 years later. But that’s about all that has remained the same for these two. Dungey became an instant favorite in the drama department, ultimately moving over to the network and, as of February, running ABC Entertainment. And Rhimes has become one of the most prolific, successful and public showrunners in television history. More than a decade after the launch of Grey’s, it’s still the No. 1 drama on ABC, which now has a whopping five series — Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, among them — produced by Rhimes’ Shondaland.

 
★ It’s December which means the usual year-end lists and reviews are being posted. TV Line posted its list of the TV Characters Who Had an Awful 2016, and Alex Karev is on it. See why they chose him below and here’s hoping 2017 is better for him. 😬

★ TV Line compiled a list of Season 13’s most heartbreaking moments so far. Alex is a part of five out of the ten moments chosen. The first part of the season was pretty good for us Justin/Alex fans (i.e. he had a lot of scenes/story and there some really great ones). 😉
Full list can be seen at TV Line, below are the moments involving Alex.

 
🔸 ‘As Long as We Can’

Who didn’t want a hug — and breakfast — after Alex told Mer that, until he was jailed, he wanted to have Waffle Sundays “like a family, all of us”?

 
🔸 ‘I Should’ve Told You’

Even more crushing than Jo’s confession to Alex that she was wed to an abusive husband was her attempt to make her estranged almost-fiancé believe that, if she fled post-trial, he wasn’t to blame.

 
🔸 Fatherly Advice

… until, that is, Jeremy freaked out, prompting Alex to sweetly reassure him that “there’s only one trick” to being a good dad: “Show up.”

 
🔸 ‘Goodbye, Mer’

Grey assured Alex in “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” that, even if he stupidly took the plea and went to jail, she’d be fine. But watching him say farewell to her, we weren’t sure that we would be.

 
 
🔸 ‘It Almost Killed Me’

We broke down right along with Amelia when, during “Roar,” she revealed to Alex the whole sad story of her son’s 43-minute life.
 

★ Actress Leigh Bush, who played the D.A.’s assistant in the Grey’s Anatomy winter finale (episode 13.09), will be making an appearance in another episode, presumably the winter premiere on January 19. She tweeted another pic from her second episode with Justin on the set.

A larger version of this pic and other BTS pics from season 13 (including Leigh’s first one with Justin) can be seen in the Behind-the-scenes/ On Set album

Tonight is the last episode of Grey’s Anatomy in 2016. 😢 Check out this sneak peek from the winter finale titled “You Haven’t Done Nothin'” where Alex apologizes to Jo and says goodbye.

We did it! Justin is nominated in the Favorite Dramatic TV Actor category for the People’s Choice Awards 2017! 😊 🙌 🎉 🎉

Now, it’s time to vote for the win. Justin has given us 13 seasons of Alex Karev, let’s give him the PCA! 🏆

Voting ends on Thursday, December 15 and you can vote as many times as you want. So, keep voting! Link to vote is below:

Grey’s Anatomy is also nominated for Favorite TV Show and Favorite Network TV Drama. Vote for the show at the links below:

Justin didn’t have any scenes in last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, so there are no screencaps to update with. This Thursday is the winter (aka midseason) finale. Check out the synopsis and promo below.

ALEX MAKES A BIG DECISION THAT COULD HAVE LIFE-CHANGING CONSEQUENCES, ON THE WINTER FINALE OF ABC’S ‘GREY’S ANATOMY’

“You Haven’t Done Nothin'” – Believing he is going to jail tomorrow, Alex makes a big decision about his future. While the hospital is overrun with victims of a building collapse, Richard demands answers from Bailey about Eliza’s presence at Grey Sloan, on the winter finale of “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network.

★ ABC announced that the winter premiere for Grey’s Anatomy will be on January 19, 2017 at 8/7c. The TGIT lineup returns that night with the Season Premiere of Scandal (9/8c) and the winter premiere of How to Get Away With Murder (10/9c).

This is the schedule for Grey’s Anatomy:

Nov. 10 – Episode 13.08 “The Room Where It Happens”
Nov. 17 – Episode 13.09 “You Haven’t Done Nothin'” Winter Finale
Jan. 19 – Episode 13.10 (Title Unknown) Winter Premiere

 
★ Screencaps from last week’s episode of Grey’s titled “Why Try to Change Me Now” have been added to the gallery.

 
★ This week’s episode is titled “The Room Where It Happens,” and the synopsis and promo can be seen below.

“The Room Where It Happens” – A difficult surgery brings back pivotal memories for Meredith, Richard, Owen and Stephanie, as they work together to save a life, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

All new episode of Grey’s Anatomy tonight! While you await the episode and are voting for Justin for the PCAs, you can check out this sneak peek in which the Grey Sloan doctors are worried about the new consultant.