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Ehhh.... as much as Kate Walsh is one of my TV crushes, and I love her work on Grey's, I just don't see what they'd do with Addison for an hour every week. Why don't they spend some of that brainpower working on making Grey's not suck? Or is it in the "plan" that they should run a half-season of good episodes and then kill it midway through? Seriously, this Ferry thing is turning into Denny, when things took a turn for the worse last season - are we going to end things with a wedding in the hospital instead of a prom this time around?

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Grey's has definitely developed a case of Whedoncastitis. Although there I think Grey's will suffer without Walsh around to give it extra class, this is probably a good move for her and the network. ABC is probably thrilled at the prospect of finally getting its own franchise. By 2010, we'll probably be watching "Grey's Anatomy: The Addison Files", "Grey's Anatomy: Callie's Way", and maybe even "Grey's Anatomy: Touched by Denny". They can also bump Izzy over to Ugly Betty and find a way to cross Preston Burke over to Lost, where they *know* how to handle actors who don't behave.

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LOL, George. Your spin-off ideas are hilarious. You should be writing to Shonda.

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Without Addison, Grey's will just be Meredith whining and complaining all the time.
I don't know if the Addison character can stand on her own...

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"...and find a way to cross Preston Burke over to Lost, where they *know* how to handle actors who don't behave."

lol. Good one George.

If they give Addison her own show they're going to have to figure out what she is. Is she an OB/GYN? Is she a neonatologist? Is she a pediatric surgeon? If she is all three she'd still be in her residency.

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Why fix what isn't broken? This is all about money. Viewers are not going to get excited about this. This is a mistake, and will be a costly one.

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Which viewers aren't going to get excited about this? The ones who die a little inside each time an inventive, original program is canceled after three episodes to make room for a "non-scripted" show? Or the other 99.993% of viewers?

Grey's Anatomy is a goose that lays golden eggs. You can bet your ass that ABC is investing heavily in goose-cloning technology.

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My first thought was "unconceivable" , you know that show last season about some fertility clinic?

I'm no GA fan, just a casual unattached viewer, so I don't care if she stays or goes but I can say that a GA spin off about any the character does anything for me. *shrugs*

Time will tell.

For now I'd much rather follow a spin off around Tim Riggins in university. *goes to dreamland*

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I think it's a great opportunity for Kate Walsh, and I'll definitely watch it. I may even give up "GA" and just watch Walsh's show. I think she's strong enough to hold her own show, most def.

And I, too, love George's spinoff ideas.

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If they move Addison to California or Miami ... anyplace she can wear a bikini for half of the episode, I'm all on board. That woman is scrumptious. :)

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I will miss Kate Walsh on Grey's. I don't think a show based on an OBGYN is going to go very far, but I'll certainly give it a go for at least an episode because I like her.

I love her chemistry with the cast of Grey's, though. Addison's banter with the rest of the attendings (the scene outside of the chief's office, as well as the scene a few weeks back in the elevator are a few that come to mind) is highly amusing. Addison also brings a welcome female presence in the otherwise male-dominated group of attendings. "I intend to fight like a girl. I'll let them kill each other, and then I'll be the only one left standing."

I think her character development has come a long way in her time on the show, and I would have liked to have see it continue on THIS show. But they're going to do what they're going to do.

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When i first read this... i was mildly perturbed.. i don't want GA to become law and order.. but as i thought about it.. you know.. i like L&O SVU and CI much more than the original series.. so yeah. i will give it a chance.. though i would hate to see addison leave before something happens between her and alex.

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I don't know why networks don't do the horizontal spin-off more often. On the downside, if the show doesn't work, it could sully the image of the existing show. On the upside, though, you get to start a show with some familiarity already, and not knowing what you're going to see is one of the biggest obstacles in drawing viewers to a new show.

"West Wing" could have spun off a dozen different ways even while the show was on. Instead, Rob Lowe gets a show where he's not Sam Seaborn (which bombed) and NBC does "E-Ring" (which also bombed), a government show, without tying it back to "West Wing."

I think this is a shrewd move.

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I think I have to agree with Heather. I love KW on Grey's Anatomy-- I love her character, her chemistry with the rest of the cast, and if she leaves I'm going to miss her. I guess she's out of the running for Chief now, huh?

While I'll probably watch the pilot, I have a bad feeling that this show will crash and burn. Granted, with the popularity of Grey's behind it, you never know. But I think I'd prefer it if they just left her on Grey's.

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I guess this means Addison isn't going to be named the new Chief...

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Seeing as how Addison is one of two reasons why I watch Grey's, of course I'll watch the spin-off instead.

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Kate Walsh really is a fantastic actress. I think her popularity on GA was kind of a surprise to Shonda and Co., but her story arc has pretty much run its course.

Someone mentioned Whedon, so I must say it would be rather entertaining to see him direct her as "a one-woman army against yucky crotches and demon offspring." Her love interest could be a reformed serial womanizer with chlamydia.

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Kate Walsh is one of the reasons that I watch Grey's Anatomy. I doubt that taking her away will be addition by subtraction. Spin-offs on television have a poor history and their survival rates reflect that. I would hate for her to be in a project that crashes and burns. Instead of franchises, how about some new ideas? Right now we just keep getting more of the same thing warmed over. As a TV viewer, I want more than this.

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If they do make a spin off i hope she take Callie with her, that character is underused sometimes and Sara Ramirez is so talented!

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Why not? There are several shows that should have had spinoffs, cough West Wing cough, but only shitty shows do. I think this is rather lame. The show is only in the 3rd season. I understand by season 5 or so they might because if Grey leaves the show than the hsow is over. To me this is just be like CSI and LaO, all the same thing.

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