★ Grey’s Anatomy was supposed to return on January 19th. However, ABC announced on Monday that the return of the TGIT lineup has been pushed back a week and will instead be on January 26th. The change in schedule is due to a pre-inauguration 20/20 special. 😒

As Entertainment Weekly explains:

The winter premieres of Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, as well as the season 6 premiere of Scandal have been pushed a week from Thursday, Jan. 19 until Thursday, Jan. 26 due to a pre-inauguration 20/20 special airing on ABC News.

The one-hour special, America’s First Family: The Trumps Go to Washington, will air at 10 p.m. ET, preceded by repeats of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal at 8 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET, respectively. The move was made to ensure TGIT would return with three original episodes.

TGIT will officially return Thursday, Jan. 26, with Grey’s Anatomy at 8 p.m. ET, Scandal at 9 p.m. ET and How to Get Away with Murder at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

★ A visitor on the set of Grey’s Anatomy this Monday posted a short video of Justin during a break from filming episode 13.15. The video contains a big spoiler, so I’m putting it under a cut. Click on the link if you want to check it out.

Eleven years later (yes, eleven!), Grey’s Anatomy will once again be at PaleyFest on March 19th at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

PaleyFest panels feature a discussion with the casts and producers of today’s hit shows, including questions from the audience. There’s no confirmation as to who from Grey’s will be present, but it’s a great opportunity to see and hear cast/producers.

Tickets sales are as follows:

🔸 PRESALE Jan. 9: For Paley Supporting/Patron Members and Citi cardmembers
🔸 PRESALE Jan. 11: For Individual Members
🔹 Jan. 12 – open to the General Public

For more information and to purchase tickets, click on this link: PaleyFest LA 2017

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! 🎆 🍻 🎉 💖 Here are a few photos of Justin’s 2016 with family, friends and co-workers to end the year.

On Monday (Dec. 26), Justin was spotted at the Brooklyn Nets vs Charlotte Hornets game at the Barclays Center. Check out some pics fans took with him that night (click on the first 2 pics to see them in full size).

This will be the final voting reminder for the People’s Choice Awards 2017 because it ends tomorrow: Thursday, Dec. 15 at 11:59 PM, ET.

Voting is unlimited so let’s vote as much as we can for Justin to win the PCA for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor. 💪😎 Link to vote is below.

Grey’s Anatomy is also up for the Favorite TV Show and Favorite Network TV Drama awards. Justin’s co-star Ellen Pompeo is up for the Favorite Dramatic TV Actress award. I’ll leave links for the Grey’s-related categories below, too.

★ 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