The new Grey’s Anatomy spinoff has found its first star, and she’s a familiar face for Shonda Rhimes fans. Here’s what we know about the Texas-set series.
The upcoming Grey’s Anatomy spinoff has found its leading lady, and it’s Karla Souza. The series will be set in West Texas. She is the first actor to officially join the show, Deadline reports. The spinoff comes from Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes and current showrunner Meg Marinis, with Betsy Beers and Grey’s star Ellen Pompeo also on board as executive producers.
It’s described as “an edgy drama about a team at a West Texas rural medical center – the last chance for care before miles of nowhere.” Souza will play Dr. Carolina “Lina” Hall, a “haunted and cynical” doctor in her 40s who runs the medical center in a small town.
Back in Shondaland
For many viewers, Souza is still Laurel Castillo from How to Get Away with Murder. She played the role from 2014 to 2020, as one of law professor Annalise Keating’s students. Viola Davis starred as Keating, and Laurel’s father was the head of a powerful crime empire.
The new series reunites Souza with Rhimes and Beers, who also produced the legal drama, six years after it ended.
ABC first announced the spinoff in May. It was originally meant to premiere during the 2026–2027 season but was pushed back to 2027–2028 after it didn’t receive a California TV tax credit, according to Variety.
Fans are pleased
The casting news went down well online. On Reddit, one fan called the choice “kinda perfect.”
“Love that for her!” another wrote, while a third added: “That’s a great choice! Loved her on HTGAWM.”
Marinis has also been teasing the project. In an interview with Deadline last month, after the Season 23 premiere of Grey’s, she said the team was “working hard” on the spinoff.
“I’m just grateful that I get to create this with Shonda, it’s a dream,” she said. “I’m learning a lot about developing and creating a show, which I didn’t know before. “She also praised working so closely with Rhimes.
“It’s one thing to be able to work for her but to be able to do it with her it’s really fun,” Marinis said. “She spins everything into gold; you send something to her and then she sends it back and it’s amazing.”
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