Got a scoop request about your favorite show? An anonymous tip you're dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com Question: Grey's Anatomy fans are buzzing about a possible Derek and Meredith break-up this season. Please tell me it isn't true. —Katherine Ausiello: It isn't true. Here's what is true: The Mer-Der relationship will be written a little lighter during the first half of the season as a result of Ellen Pompeo's real-life pregnancy and subsequent maternity leave. "I think we would be irresponsible writers if we didn't give a woman who's seven-months pregnant a little less time on her feet," maintains exec producer Krista Vernoff. "She's waddling around seven-months pregnant about to push a baby out of her body. We have a responsibility to alleviate her screen time a little bit." That said, Vernoff insists Mer-Der...
- 8/20/2009
- by Michael Ausiello
- EW - Inside TV
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