Claire Donald

Princess Diaries, Gupta.

She's, I'm not.

Well, speaking of the casting, Shonda implemented what she called a colorblind approach to casting.

She wanted to select the best actors regardless of race, which led to, at the time, an unprecedented diverse cast, including multiple black doctors and positions of authority.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And she had to really fight for that because the ABC president fought back

God, I was just so blinded by Alex.

It's like, who even cares what he's saying?

But now I'm like obsessed with Addison.

It was one of the first major ensemble casts on network television that looked like an actual workplace.

Yeah.

So really, really great.

So we have the casting.

We have the script.

And Grey's Anatomy premiered on ABC on March 27, 2005.

And it became an immediate hit.

Well, speaking of the theme song, Tess, songs featured in emotional scenes would shoot up on the charts overnight.

It was something that people called the Grey's Bump.

So it's like if your song was on Grey's Anatomy, it would be life-changing.