ABC president Channing Dungey blamed the lack of a title for Grey’s Anatomy’s spinoff on the existence of Chicago Fire. Otherwise Seattle Fire could have been a title.
Most of the time, by the time a show is far enough along in its existence to have a premiere date, it has a title. But, that is not the case for the Shondaland firefighter drama currently known as Untitled Grey’s Anatomy Spinoff. And part of the reason is because Chicago Fire already exists.
That has been the title of the project since it was announced shortly after the Grey’s Anatomy season finale last year. And while it does get the general point of the show across, it is a little wordy and doesn’t reveal much about the new show. The acronym UGAS is not great either.
Since it was announced that this new Shondaland show would center around the lives of people working at a firehouse in Seattle, it was drawing comparisons to NBC’s Chicago Fire. And on Monday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, ABC president Channing Dungey admitted that Chicago Fire is partially to blame for why the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff remains untitled.
"“That would be the main reason we’re not going to call it Seattle Fire.”"
Seeing as Seattle Fire is off the table, the challenging task of coming up with a title is even more difficult. And sadly, unlike in Chicago, the name of Seattle’s MLS team would not work as a title. But a title will be coming shortly, and no matter what, it will need a title by the time it premieres on Thursday, March 22 at 9 p.m.
It will begin with a two-hour series premiere and then settle into the post-Grey’s Anatomy time slot. As a result, Scandal will be pushed to 10 p.m.
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The new series will follow Grey’s Anatomy character Ben Warren as he starts out on a new career as a firefighter. He was inspired to make this lasting career shift after the events of the season 13 finale.
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