Private Practice is an American medical drama

Medical drama

A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...

 series created by Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of acclaimed television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine's 100 Time 100 people who...

 and produced and broadcast by ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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. The series is a spin-off

Spin-off (media)

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

 from Rhimes' other series, Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...

. The two-part episode "The Other Side of This Life

The Other Side of This Life

"The Other Side of This Life", which aired as the 22nd and 23rd episodes of season 3 of the TV series Grey's Anatomy, is a backdoor pilot episode for the spin-off show, Private Practice. The episode was written by Shonda Rhimes, the creator of both of the series, and the episode was directed by...

" (which aired as the twenty-second and twenty-third episodes of Grey's Anatomy third season

Grey's Anatomy (season 3)

Season three of Grey's Anatomy, an American medical drama television series developed by Shonda Rhimes, began airing on September 21, 2006 on ABC. The season concluded on May 17, 2007, after 25 episodes aired. Season three regular cast members include Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl,...

 in the Spring of 2007) served as the backdoor pilot for this series. The story follows Dr. Addison Montgomery as she relocates from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington to the Oceanside Wellness Group in Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California

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.

, 85 episodes of Private Practice have aired.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....  release date
			Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...	Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	9	September 26, 2007	December 5, 2007	September 16, 2008	March 16, 2009	December 3, 2008
	2	22	October 1, 2008	April 30, 2009	September 15, 2009	March 1, 2010	November 2, 2009
	3	23	October 1, 2009	May 13, 2010	September 14, 2010	align="center"	November 3, 2010
	4	22	September 23, 2010	May 19, 2011	September 13, 2011	align="center"	October 12, 2011
	5	22	September 29, 2011	2012	align="center"	align="center"	align="center"

Season 5 (2011–2012)

On January 10, 2011, ABC renewed Private Practice for a fifth season.

Specials & other episodes

Episode	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of acclaimed television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine's 100 Time 100 people who...  has commented that the backdoor pilot episode "was a little bit of a high wire act... What I learned in writing it was that the tone was a little bit lighter. Grey's in the best way is sort of high school with scalpels. Private Practice is more grown up." However, USA Today USA Today USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... 's Robert Bianco was highly critical of the childish nature of Private Practice's characters, writing that: "instead of maturing, Kate Walsh's Addison Montgomery seems to be regressing. A woman who was once a tough, smart, flawed, sexy adult has turned into a fluttering, indecisive sorority girl." Bianco did opine that the first season opener was an improvement on the pilot that preceded it, and although he stated that the supporting cast were "ill-used", he commented: "Just consider the talent here: Amy Brenneman, Taye Diggs, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein and Tim Daly (who really deserves a hit, after being so good in so many excellent flops). These are people who have proved they can handle grown-up material. How about letting them practice?" Rhimes believes that the show "found its footing" in the second season, with the characters more grounded and focus increased on medical and ethical issues. Actress Kate Walsh commented: "Part of what happened this year is the show got a lot clearer about what it is. It felt more organic about the way cases came up." However, at the end of the second season, Bianco opined: "It's a better show than it used to be, but considering the talents in that cast, it's still not nearly good enough." The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL. Silverdale Interactive © 2024. All Rights Reserved.   x OK