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| Season Number: | 7 |
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| Network: | ABC |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Episode List: | List of Station 19 episodes |
The seventh and final season of the American television action-drama Station 19, spin off of Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on March 14, 2024. The season was produced by ABC Signature, in association with Shondaland Production Company.
Pat Healy does not return from the previous season. This is the only season under showrunners Zoanne Clack and Peter Paige.[1] [2]
Station 19 centers around the professional and personal lives of the firefighters of the fictional Station 19 of the Seattle Fire Department. Several plot points connect to parent series Grey's Anatomy through fictional crossover events.
See main article: List of Station 19 episodes.
On April 20, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a seventh season. This is the only season under showrunners Zoanne Clack and Peter Paige after the departure of the previous showrunner Krista Vernoff at the end of the previous season.[1] Clack joined Station 19 the previous season as an executive producer and head writer after working on parent series Grey's Anatomy. Paige began directing episodes starting with the fourth season and became an executive producer the previous season.[6]
Paige stated that production would not commence until the conclusion of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[7] Clack stated that the number of episodes produced for the season would be reduced because of the strike.[8] Following the end of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, it was expected that the season would consist of ten episodes.[9] Without Vernoff, who also vacated her showrunner role on Grey's Anatomy, the storylines with the parent show were expected to separate, and only one crossover is planned for the season.[10] Production began by December 2023.[11] The same month, ABC announced that the seventh season of Station 19 will be its final season.[12]
For the series' 100th episode, producers considered having an episode set in South Korea as part of an exchange program since two of the main characters are half-Korean. Due to the strikes, there was not enough time to produce the episode. Instead, the episode focused on an emergency at the Space Needle. Producers worked with representatives from the Space Needle to accurately recreate the structure as sets in Los Angeles.[13]
The entire main cast from the previous season returned except for Pat Healy.[7] Drag queen Symone was cast as Mary Mint, who is in a parade celebrating same-sex marriage in Washington.[14] Johnny Sibilly was cast as Dominic, an EMS firefighter who has a "calming nature."[15] Yunjin Kim was cast as Jeonghee "Jinny" Lee, the full-Korean sister of Natasha Ross, who knows what people should do with their lives.[16] For the series finale, former series regular Okieriete Onaodowan made an cameo as Dean Miller. Former series regular Miguel Sandoval was asked to make an appearance, but he declined.[17]
When the 2023–24 United States network television schedule was announced, Station 19 was held for midseason due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[18] The season premiered on March 14, 2024 in the Thursday at 10 PM timeslot following parent series, Grey's Anatomy.[19]
Jay Hayden was named Performer of the Week by TVLine for his performance in "True Colors".[20] Jaina Lee Ortiz received an honorable mention for TVLine Performer of the Week for her performance in "Trouble Man".[21] Barrett Doss received an honorable mention for TVLine Performer of the Week for her performance in "One Last Time".[22]
Writer Rochelle Zimmerman was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for her script to "With So Little to Be Sure of".[23]
The season was ABC's sixth most-watched scripted television series during the 2022–2023 television season in the 18-49 demographic.[24] Throughout its broadcast, in same-day viewership, the season averaged a 0.28 rating in the 18–49 demographic and 2.45 million viewers, down 40 and 36 percent, respectively, from the previous season.[25] In Live+7 the season averaged a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic and 4.0 million viewers, down 23 and 28 percent, respectively.[26]