Fans of the ABC aesculapian deed were feeling the blues erstwhile Ellen Pompeo announced that, aft 19 seasons arsenic the series' pb character, she would beryllium appearing successful her past occurrence arsenic a full-time formed subordinate successful the Feb. 23 episode.

Pompeo explained the reasoning down her determination to scrub retired during an quality connected The Drew Barrymore Show. 

"I gotta premix it up a small bit," she said. "I'm 53, my encephalon is similar scrambled eggs. I gotta bash thing new. You can't bash The New York Times crossword puzzle each azygous day."

Fortunately, viewers won't person to hold excessively agelong to see Meredith Grey again, with Pompeo confirming successful a Nov. 14 Instagram post that she would "definitely beryllium backmost to visit" successful the future. 

After six seasons of co-hosting Live alongside Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest announced connected Feb. 16 that helium is leaving the daytime speech show, calling it a "hard decision" and 1 that was "bittersweet."

As for who volition measurement successful to regenerate the American Idol emcee? Ripa's hubby of 26 years Mark Consuelos—which means the amusement volition aptly beryllium renamed Live With Kelly and Mark in the future.

"Working alongside Kelly has been a imagination occupation and 1 of the highlights of my career," Ryan said successful a statement. "She has been an astonishing partner, friend, and confidant, and though we volition ever beryllium a portion of each other's lives, I volition miss our mornings together."

After serving his five-year tenure as football manager and begetter fig Billy Baker, Taye Diggs exited the CW bid successful its 5th season. The Rent alum made his last quality successful the Feb. 13 episode, which saw his quality dice off-screen successful a autobus crash.

While Diggs said helium was "having a large time" connected All American, helium started to get a "feeling" that it was clip for him to determination connected successful play 4 and helium began having conversations with showrunner Nkechi Okoro Caroll astir his departure.

"We'd been keeping successful contact, truthful she had known, and we'd been talking," he explained to TV Line. "And we decided however to spell astir it, and storylines and whatnot, truthful it was each supra board, and everyone was successful the know."

However, Diggs did stock that determination is simply a "one 100 percent" chance that fans could spot him instrumentality via flashbacks oregon imagination sequences if it were solely up to him.

"I asked for it," helium confirmed. "I don't cognize if it's going to happen, but I'm unfastened to it."

School seems to beryllium retired everlastingly for Emma Mackey, who revealed she volition not beryllium returning for a imaginable 5th play of the Netflix drama. 

When the RadioTimes asked her astatine the BAFTA Awards if she'd beryllium back, Mackey, who plays Maeve Wiley, said, "Season five? I've conscionable finished the 4th 1 past week!" She past added: "No, I don't deliberation I'll beryllium successful Season five."

On Jan. 12, Kathryn Dennis confirmed she was exiting Bravo's Southern Charm aft 8 seasons. 

"What a chaotic thrust it's been!" the 31-year-old told People in a statement. "Can you judge I was 21 erstwhile I archetypal started filming Southern Charm, backmost successful its archetypal season? That was successful 2013, and successful the decennary that followed, it's harmless to accidental my beingness changed successful ways I could ne'er imagine."

"It hasn't ever been easy," Kathryn continued, "but I'm truthful fortunate to person had world cameras there, capturing truthful galore moments that I'll ne'er hide (and a few, even, that I'd similar to)."

On Jan. 9, Diana Jenkins announced she's leaving The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills aft conscionable 1 season. "As truthful galore of you know, Asher and I are expecting our 2nd kid aboriginal this year," she wrote successful an Instagram post. "You besides cognize that owed to galore factors, this gestation is considered precocious hazard and I americium connected doctor-advised furniture rest."

She continued, "To that end, I americium not capable to give myself afloat to filming the adjacent play of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I would similar to convey Bravo and Evolution for allowing maine to absorption connected my pregnancy, and for their enactment and understanding. I committedness to proceed sharing my fertility travel with you."