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The Case For 'Grey's Anatomy,' 300 Episodes In

Aside from an episode recap or a mention of the latest character Shonda Rhimes has written off, critics don't pay much attention to Grey's. But there's a reason it's still so popular.
<em>Grey's Anatomy</em> is now in its 14th season, one season shy of equaling <em>ER</em>'s record as TV's longest-running medical drama. (Pictured: Justin Chambers and Ellen Pompeo)

ABC's Grey's Anatomy might be the best show on television that TV critics rarely talk about.

We'll spend time dissecting the '80s references in the latest season of , or blogging about the blue string Eleven sports around her wrist in the last episode. (Google it!) But when it comes to a show that's now in its 14th season — one season shy of equaling 's record as TV's longest-running medical drama? A series that, on Thursday night, airs its 300th episode?

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