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Kim Raver is Officially Here to Stay
By AmandaLand | January 5, 2010 | 
Well it is official everybody! ABC has confirmed that Kim Raver is a series regular! Here is some more news on that plus some awesome stuff about Owen and Cristina at Watch with Kristin! 
She’s a keeper!
That’s the official word coming out of Camp Grey’s Anatomy today, with the news that TV muse Kim Raver, aka Dr. Teddy Altman, aka “Desert Storm Barbie,” has been promoted to series regular. (ABC confirms this news.)
So, with this new blond-leading-lady force on board, what does this mean for Katherine Heigl‘s long-term status at Seattle Grace? And more importantly, what about Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd)?
Here’s what sources are telling me…
“Katherine is definitely still under contract [with Grey's Anatomy],” one well-placed source close to the series tells me. “But I think it’s no secret she wants some time away from Grey’s to be with her baby and shoot movies, so bringing on Kim helps with that.”
According to sources, Kim will appear in all but one of the remaining 12 episodes of the current season. An ABC source said they don’t have an exact episode count yet for Katherine’s remaining episodes this season.
“The producers and ABC execs love Kim,” one insider tells me. “They are invested in her for the long haul.”
The good news? I’m told the producers and writers also love Cristina with Owen, so you Crowen fans needn’t worry too much about Owen’s old crush Teddy sticking around.
According to one Grey’s source, Kevin (Owen) and Sandra (Cristina) are still shooting romantic scenes together for upcoming episodes, and getting along famously while doing so.
“They were shooting a scene recently,” one eyewitness tells me, “and Sandra kept laughing because Kevin had just had his hair dyed a little more red than usual. She kept saying, ‘It’s so distracting!’”
Now that is some red-hot romance. Hee.
Anyone else pleased as punch that Kim Raver is staying on Grey’s? Do you wish you could see more of Katherine Heigl?
I’ll be talking to Kim herself later today, so please post any questions you have for her below, and I’ll get to as many as I can with her…
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I am becoming increasingly more okay with Kim being a regular on the show, I feel like it will be a great addition! Looking forward to the interview with Kim that should be put up soon too.
What is even better about this article is that Owen and Cristina will be having more romantic scenes, oh how I have waited to here good news about this couple! I am pretty pumped about this! I seriously can not wait for this show to be back, it has been way too long!! I also really loved the part about Sandra and Kevin and how he dyed his hair more red, I could just see her laughing it up 
I love that they get along so well and they just seem like lovely co-workers.
What do you all think about this official news and the parts about Owina? Comment below!
xox Amandaland
Topics: Blogger: Amandaland, Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl, Kevin McKidd, Kim Raver, Owen Hunt, Sandra Oh, Season 6, Teddy Altman | 2 Comments » |
January 5th, 2010 at 08:20
It’s not a drama without drama…you will undoubtedly get your OWINA, but I think it’s a great add. I’m enjoying the show more now with the new additions. It’s not that different, either – Addie is gone, Burke is gone (good riddance, IW), and now we have a peds and a cardio replacement for each. George is gone, Lexie is here. It’s not so imbalanced…I’m starting to enjoy the show more. And these people work LONG hours, a lot of them are having kids, so it makes sense that they divide up the show. Remember (I will say this until I’m blue in the face): these people have real lives – it’s not all about your tv watching habits. More are having kids, have young kids, and are trying to balance. You have to respect that.
January 5th, 2010 at 19:24
well said