<p>Long-running medical drama <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> will start shooting for its season 17 soon.</p>.<p>According to <em>Variety</em>, the first two episodes of the new season could commence filming as early as next week.</p>.<p>However, there is no news as to when the 17th season will air on ABC.</p>.<p>Season 16 of the acclaimed series, created by Shonda Rhimes, was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic and wrapped up with its episode 21, which aired on April 9.</p>.<p>The show's writer Krista Vernoff had recently said that <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> would tackle the pandemic in the upcoming season.</p>.<p>"We're going to address this pandemic for sure. There's no way to be a long-running medical show and not do the medical story of our lifetimes," she had said during an online panel discussion.</p>
<p>Long-running medical drama <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> will start shooting for its season 17 soon.</p>.<p>According to <em>Variety</em>, the first two episodes of the new season could commence filming as early as next week.</p>.<p>However, there is no news as to when the 17th season will air on ABC.</p>.<p>Season 16 of the acclaimed series, created by Shonda Rhimes, was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic and wrapped up with its episode 21, which aired on April 9.</p>.<p>The show's writer Krista Vernoff had recently said that <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> would tackle the pandemic in the upcoming season.</p>.<p>"We're going to address this pandemic for sure. There's no way to be a long-running medical show and not do the medical story of our lifetimes," she had said during an online panel discussion.</p>