ABC is launching “Seattle Grace: On Call,” an original Web companion series to the network’s long-running hit “Grey’s Anatomy.”

The new six-episode series debuts Nov. 19 at 10:00 p.m. EST on ABC.com on, immediately following the on-air broadcast of the latest “Grey’s” episode. The documentary-styled show takes place at Joe’s Emerald City Bar - -a hangout frequented by the doctors depicted on “Grey’s.”

Several “Grey’s” cast members will appear on “Seattle Grace: On Call,” including Gloria Garayua and Brandon Scott, who both play interns on the show. The Web series, which will conclude in January, will occasionally reflect plotlines from the ongoing “Grey’s” season, said officials.

“Seattle Grace: On Call” is not the first original Web series for ABC, but does mark one of the few occasions that the network has produced an online show tied to a particular primetime series. In the past ABC.com has featured the short form comedy series “Voicemail,” as well as “Squeegees” — which was produced by the now defunct digital studio Stage 9 Digital Media.

ABC has signed on the Italian food company Bertolli as the official sponsor of “Seattle Grace: On Call.”

Grey’s Anatomy is all new on November 19th and it seems like they’re going to cover all of the upcoming holidays over the course of one episode. No word yet on whether we’ll see another new episode before January 2010. Below are some promo photos and a synopsis from ABC.

IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND MIRANDA IS VISITED BY HER DISAPPROVING FATHER JUST AS MARK RECEIVES A VERY UNEXPECTED WOMAN FROM HIS PAST, ON ABC’S “GREY’S ANATOMY”

Guest Starring Kim Raver (”24,” “Lipstick Jungle”) as Dr. Teddy Altman and Frankie Faison (”Silence of the Lambs”) as William Bailey

Holidaze” — As Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s pass, Miranda is visited by her father, William, who disapproves of her choices in life; meanwhile, Mark and Lexie must cope with the shocking arrival of a woman from his past, and Thatcher Grey questions the Chief’s recent behavior as Meredith comes to his defense, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt and Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins.

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With new mom Ellen Pompeo firmly entrenched back at Grey’s Anatomy, the show is moving Derek and Meredith back where they belong: front and center. That’s the good news. Here comes the bad…

“They will face some relationship challenges, many of them work-oriented, in the second half of the season,” reveals exec producer Shonda Rhimes.

The Queen of Shondaland, however, insists that this latest obstacle will not result in the newly married-via-Post-It pair breaking up — a rumor that has been making the rounds on the Internets (and stirring Der-Mer fans into a veritable frenzy). “I don’t know how many times [I] can say, ‘Derek and Meredith are together forever’ and have anybody hear it,” she sighs. “I can only reassure so much.

“In order to [produce] a drama you need to have some drama,” Rhimes adds with a laugh. “Whether or not two people are meant for one another doesn’t mean that things aren’t going to happen to challenge their relationship.”

Makes sense to me! What say you, ’shippers? Are you cool with Mer-Der encountering a few bumps en route to their inevitable happy ending? Or would you prefer that they stay boring happy? And did you hear Shonda this time re: the whole “not breaking up” thing? Sound off below!

Mer’s self-injuring Grey’s Anatomy BFF has hopped the crazy train over to Lie to Me.

Melissa George is joining the Fox drama as an Anna Nicole Smith-type who will go toe-to-toe with Tim Roth, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Her character, Clara Martin, is the sassy wife of an older billionaire who has been murdered. After being exonerated in a high-profile murder trial, she assumes control of her husband’s empire. Lightman sees himself in her — naughty, fearless, strategic, and always game for the next adventure. In other words, she’s kinda nuts.

George will recur beginning with this season’s 11th episode.

Source: EW.com

The first promotional photo released for the tenth episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” this season has revealed the possible daughter of Mark ‘McSteamy’ Sloan. Leven Rambin is guest starring in the episode “Holidaze” which synopsis specifies that Mark and Lexie “must cope with the shocking arrival of a woman from his past.”

E! Online came out with the report of Rambin’s character being the long-lost daughter of Mark, but this story is not yet confirmed. The fact is, Rambin will be featured heavily on the November 19 episode, appearing in both “Grey’s” and its spin-off “Private Practice“.

According to EW, there will be a crossover between the two shows with Addison coming to Seattle to help the surgery of Rambin’s character. As complications arise with the patient, Mark and Rambin’s character will go to Los Angeles to seek additional help from Addison.

The “Grey’s Anatomy” episode will also follow Miranda as she is visited by her father William who disapproves of her choices in life. Thatcher Grey questions the Chief’s recent behavior as Meredith comes to his defense.

Leven Rambin is relatively new in TV with her most known stint is that of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles“. In the canceled series, she played a recurring role as the girl named Riley whom John Connor met while at school.

Sure they were both inebriated, but that kiss should still account for something right? If you missed last weeks’ episode of Grey’s Anatomy, Yang (Sandra Oh) and Mercy Wester Jackson (Jesse Williams) kissed on the sidelines of Callie’s (Sara Ramirez) not-so-booming surprise party to girlfriend Arizona (Jessica Capshaw).

The context: Yang is pissed at Owen (Kevin McKidd) for not going ballistic on her for an unauthorized procedure she did earlier. Jackson, meanwhile, found the whole renegade surgeon thing hot. Could it be the start of something bigger? Williams tells TV Guide that yes, that’s very possible.

“We have similar character traits and watching her take the reins gets Jackson fired up,” he says. “He’s looking at her differently now. He’s seen a whole new side of her that’s so attractive. What also helped was that he had been boozing all night, but the attraction is real and it has been mounting. I think she kind of liked it.”

Did she or didn’t she like it? From the looks of things, maybe she kind of did, because she did kiss him back briefly, before she got to her senses and pushed him back and said, “I’m involved.” But the next episode is set to introduce Kim Raver as fellow Iraqi vet Teddy, who can come between Yang and Owen. For Williams, however, this doesn’t really affect the two’s relationship.

“Surprisingly enough, I think it doesn’t help or hurt. They’re both so strong-headed and so career-oriented that, good or bad, the work comes first.”

Will the rest of the
Grey’s Anatomy people get wind of the Cristina-Jackson kiss? Maybe, says Williams, especially since Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) will return this week, and she and Yang are tight like anything. “A lot of tension is mounting right now,” he assures us, ultimately.

After his frankly annoying tantrum-throwing last episode, do you still like Owen for Cristina? Or are you wiling to give Jackson a try just to shake things up?

Last week on Grey’s Anatomy, Derek Shepherd stepped into the spotlight, saving a co-worker’s legs and life. This week, Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) steps into it, testing her ethics while trying to save a patient — a 10-year-old whose parents have millions to donate to the hospital. Could Arizona bring Seattle Grace out of economic turmoil? Capshaw tells TVGuide.com about the challenges her character will face, the upcoming speed bumps for Arizona and Callie (Sara Ramirez) and the possibility for wedding bells at Seattle Grace…

TVGuide.com: What can you tell us about the Arizona-centric episode?
I have a patient who I fight very hard for. Everybody feels strongly about it and it’s a very high-stakes episode. It’s life or death. The episode speaks to the whole idea that money runs a hospital. The chief [James Pickens Jr.] is having a hard time figuring out how to make the hospital ascend the ranks of the numbers game, [and] money helps make that happen. Arizona’s case happens to be with a set of parents who have the ability to give or not give in a very consequential way.

TVGuide.com: Arizona seems to have a pretty straight moral compass. How will she feel in making these decisions based on money?
Yeah, she’s a little perfect that way [Laughs]. This episode has all of that in mind, but at the same time, we are all only human and we can all only ever do the best that we can. Sometimes the best we can, in her case, leaves her a little more vulnerable to the elements and to the story and what’s happening. She has to make choices that are very hard as a surgeon, but also as a pre-eminent doctor in a hospital that is part of the reason that people are giving money or not giving money.

TVGuide.com: This episode also features Arizona’s birthday.
She has a birthday and very in line with Arizona’s character, who is not about herself and just very clear about who she is, she’s not the one to be asking for balloons and candles. She thinks it’s a day like any other day. There is a party, but it’s not one that she knows about. Given that in this particular episode we’ve centered on her professional and personal life, the two definitely crossover. She doesn’t have the typical reaction to someone going out of their way to throw them a big party.

TVGuide.com: What’s in store for the future of Callie and Arizona’s relationship?
This season has been about cementing a very mature and grounded relationship and taking it forward. This is a drama, of course; there will be conflict, but for the time being, they’re enjoying being in a relationship that seems stable.

TVGuide.com: We have not seen Callie and Arizona get intimate this season. Sara Ramirez said they probably are. What’s your take on that?
Definitely, of course it’s happening. They’re in a committed relationship. It’s like the beginnings of any relationship, but I think they’re very much together and all of that is happening. I’m sure that we’ll have our time.

TVGuide.com: Callie has vacillated about her sexuality. Could that be an issue that comes up?
There’s definitely ample opportunity for that to happen. Obviously the halls of Seattle Grace have been well known for missteps. These are doctors, they’re in intense situations and their personal lives follow suit. They make mistakes. They kiss the wrong people, they sleep with the wrong people, they sleep with the right people, they kiss the right people. We get to see how things unfold and if there’s forgiveness. Callie could find another guy or girl. Her playing field is vast.

TVGuide.com: Will Sloane (Eric Dane) and Arizona butt heads because they’ve slept with the same woman?
In a way it’s implied that they might. Whenever there’s been a chance to play that I am intimidated by him or being standoffish, I’ve always chosen to make it very playful. It’s much more Arizona’s style to find it very amusing.

TVGuide.com: Could there be wedding bells for Callie and Arizona?
There’s probably a lot more stuff that has to happen before that happens. Listen, being that I’ve been married for five years now and I’ve been with my husband for nearly eight, you have to make sure you’re with the right person and you need the groundwork to be laid. I don’t think they’re going to get married just to get married. As Arizona goes, I think she has incredible discipline and she does, as you said, have a very strict moral compass and marriage would not be something she would jump into without giving it a great amount of thought.

TVGuide.com: Arizona refers to her family a lot. Will we meet her dad?
I hope that we do. They’ve certainly set it up that we could and it would be a great opportunity to take advantage of.

TVGuide.com: Arizona has been much less fazed by the merger. Is she just superconfident?
It’s sort of funny, she never thinks she’s wrong and you don’t hate her for it. There’s no ego though, she just always thinks she’s right and she is. Cristina wanted to get on my service because no one was going to let go of the person that saves babies, so maybe that’s part of it. In Thursday’s episode, it will be revealed whether or not she’s worth her weight in gold and how important she is.

Watch a sneak peek and photos of the GREY’S ANATOMY “Give Peace a Chance” Season 6 Episode 7 airing Thursday October 29 at 9:00 p.m., ET.

Episode Synopsis: GREY’S ANATOMY “Give Peace a Chance” Season 6 Episode 7 - When Isaac, the hospital lab tech, has an inoperable tumor wrapped around his spine, he turns to Dr. Derek Shepherd to do the impossible, and Derek tests the Chief’s authority when Richard objects to moving forward with the risky surgery, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt and Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins.

“Give Peace a Chance” was written by Peter Nowalk and directed by Chandra Wilson.

OWEN RECRUITS A WOMAN FROM HIS PAST, TEDDY ALTMAN, AS THE NEW CARDIO DOC, RAISING CRISTINA’S SUSPICIONS ABOUT THEIR PRIOR RELATIONSHIP AND TEDDY’S QUALIFICATIONS, ON ABC’S “GREY’S ANATOMY”

Guest Starring Kim Raver (”24,” “Lipstick Jungle”) as Dr. Teddy Altman
and Oscar-Winning Actor Joel Grey (”Cabaret”) as Dr. Singer

Loretta Devine Returns as the Chief’s wife, Adele Webber

“New History“- When Owen recruits his fellow Iraqi War vet, Dr. Teddy Altman, as the new cardiothoracic surgeon, Cristina questions Teddy’s abilities in the OR and the nature of their past relationship. Meanwhile Izzie returns to Seattle Grace with her high school mentor seeking treatment for his dementia, and the stress of Richard’s responsibilities, post-merger, are taking their toll, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt and Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins.

Guest cast tba.

“New History” was written by Allan Heinberg and directed by Rob Corn.

Next week’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” will be born out of the creative mind of Chandra Wilson. The actress who portrays Dr. Miranda Bailey in the medical show made her directorial debut in this October 29 episode which is called “Give Peace a Chance“.

When Isaac, the hospital lab tech, has an inoperable tumor wrapped around his spine, he turns to Dr. Derek Shepherd to do the impossible. Derek tests the Chief’s authority when Richard objects to moving forward with the risky surgery.

Chandra Wilson is the first star of the show to take a role behind the lens. Back in July, it was reported that another actor also made a negotiation with the producers to direct an episode. The unnamed actor wanted more creative and personal freedom which may alter his or her contract.

Not only in real life, Wilson also gets a development in her character’s personal department by getting a mother. The show is casting an actress to play Rachel, a very “tasteful, classy and smart” woman identified as Bailey’s mother. She will appear as an ailing patient in a holiday episode.