Development ''Grey's Anatomy'' was renewed for a 14th season on February 10, 2017.
Ellen Pompeo announced that she would be directing several episodes in the 14th season. On April 28, 2017, veteran writer
Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season. On January 11, 2018, ABC released a 6-episode web series following the new surgical interns at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The web series was written by Barbara Kaye Friend and directed by series-regular
Sarah Drew.
Casting Series regular
Jerrika Hinton does not appear for the first time since her introduction at the start of the ninth season, after it was announced she landed a starring role in
Alan Ball's new
HBO drama series
Here and Now. Hinton had previously been in talks of leaving the show at the end of the 12th season when she was cast in the Shondaland comedy pilot
Toast, but ABC passed on the project. Renewing her contract for another 3 seasons as Dr.
Arizona Robbins after the eleventh season,
Jessica Capshaw returned for the fourteenth season. On June 20, 2017, it was announced that
Kim Raver would reprise her role as Dr.
Teddy Altman for a guest-arc. In August 2017, it was announced that
Abigail Spencer would replace
Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season. After recurring in the previous season as the controversial character, Eliza Minnick, it was announced in August 2017 that Marika Dominczyk would not return to the show. On September 13, 2017, another guest-star was announced in
Greg Germann (
Ally McBeal), and later it was revealed that his character would be Tom Koracick, Amelia's neurosurgery mentor. On October 9, 2017, the new group of interns to join the cast in the fourth episode "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" was announced to include
Jeanine Mason (
So You Think You Can Dance) as Sam Bello, Alex Blue Davis as Casey Parker, Rushi Kota as Vik Roy, Jaicy Elliot as Taryn Helm,
Sophia Ali as Dahlia Qadri, and
Jake Borelli as Levi Schmitt. On October 26, 2017, it was announced that
Martin Henderson's appearance in the fifth episode titled "
Danger Zone" would be his last. On January 31, 2018, it was announced that
Candis Cayne would be joining the show as Dr. Michelle Velez for a multi-episode arc revolving around a transgender character receiving a ground-breaking surgery. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that both
Jessica Capshaw and
Sarah Drew would leave the series following the conclusion of the season. On April 20, 2018, it was released that
Geena Davis would return for the episode "Cold as Ice" as Dr. Herman to present a new opportunity for Arizona. == Ratings ==