Private Practice

Shonda Rhimes created the American medical drama Private Practice, the first spin-off of Grey's Anatomy. It aired on ABC from September 26, 2007 to January 22, 2013, running six seasons and 111 episodes of about 42 minutes each. Before it launched, Rhimes described it as a more grown-up Grey's Anatomy.

The story begins when Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) leaves Seattle Grace Hospital, moves to Los Angeles and joins a private clinic started by her friends. The clinic, first called Oceanside Wellness Group and later Seaside Health & Wellness Center, employs doctors from a range of specialties. The hardest cases often raise moral and ethical dilemmas, and the doctors may argue fiercely at work yet stand by each other in private life. The cast includes Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland, Chris Lowell, Taye Diggs and Amy Brenneman. Only the sixth season is without Tim Daly.

The show's pilot was shown inside a two-part episode of Grey's Anatomy's third season. Producers included Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon and Mark Tinker; because of Rhimes's workload on the parent show, Marti Noxon and later Craig Turk and Steve Blackman ran the series. The sixth season was announced as the last in late 2012. In Turkey it aired on Dizimax Drama.