Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

Mimi2RN, ASN, RN · Mar 29, 2005

Your message

To: ABC Audience Relations
Subject: Grey's Anatomy Premier
Sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:43:17 -0800

was deleted without being read on Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:06:03 -0800
This was the message I received after I emailed them a 'nasty-gram' about their portrayal (betrayal?) of nurses.
Nice to know that ABC values the opinions of its viewers!

I hope you sent your message again. Otherwise, why would they tell you it was deleted without being read?

Maybe you could email abc news, they might like to know what happens to emails!

KrisRNwannabe · Mar 29, 2005

I watched the show on monday and I must say I wasn't pleased with the comments made. the one that ticked me off the most was when the intern girl said "did you just call me a nurse?" and he says "if the cap fits" that irked me. That being said, if they lay off the nurses I would probably watch it. The show is supposed to be surgical interns so that is what they should focus on. Just like on ER they focus on everyone. remember Chicago Hope? that was about the doctors as well the only nurse they ever showed was the one married to the doctor. and somebody said something about House on fox and that the nurses are always around the nurses station. well that show isn't about the nurses either. it is about the doctors and patients. I don't see a problem with these shows. I personally love House and never miss a show. I guess the networks don't think anyone would watch a show about nurses because they keep making shows about docs only. I guess what I saying is other than the nasty comment made, it is hard for me to judge these shows when they are not about nurses.

Gompers, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2005

Okay, WOW, I had a totally different view of the show.

I saw it as a group of VERY arrogant interns who think they're god's gift to medicine - and watched as almost all of them got torn apart on their very first shift. They start out all competitive, each wanting to be the "best" that day so they can be the first to do a procedure in the OR...and by the end of the show, they all admit that they have no CLUE what they're doing (I loved that scene).

The three comments I saw that were nursing-related, and interpreted as slams by nurses here, had different meaning here to me.

1. The teenager talking about the nurse knowing more than the first-year resident - she's a bratty kid who KNOWS that the one way to hurt a doctor is to say a nurse is better. That's ALL I took from her comment - just wanted to annoy the doc, not put down nurses.

2. The resident who called Meredith a nurse - like someone else posted, he's obviously an arrogant sexist pig who assumes that all women are nurses. He's like a dramatic version of "The Todd" from Scrubs. Whether he assumes all women or nurses or believes that they SHOULD be nurses, either way it shows him in a crappy light. If I remember correctly, he did know she was a doctor, so calling her a nurse was his way of pissing her off. He was no more mature than the teenaged girl. Don't forget, this was the first episode of a heavily-casted show, so they really have to go overboard to show us what each character is about.

3. The best part, to me, was when the arrogant sexist resident was an idiot about the pneumonia. The nurse KNEW it wasn't pneumonia, and he totally slammed her with that comment about him going to medical school, so he knows all the answers basically. Of course, he turned out WRONG, the nurse was right, and he ended up looking like a complete idiot. Even though you can tell the nurse KNEW what was wrong, they had to give the glory to Meredith, because of course she's the "special" doctor of this show, the perfect one.

Overall, I really liked the show because it showed what residents are actually like that first year - arrogant, yet clueless. And most importantly - dangerous.

I work in a teaching hospital, maybe that's what I liked it?

SCmomof3, RN · Mar 29, 2005

Your message
To: ABC Audience Relations
Subject: Grey's Anatomy Premier
Sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:43:17 -0800
was deleted without being read on Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:06:03 -0800
This was the message I received after I emailed them a 'nasty-gram' about their portrayal (betrayal?) of nurses.
Nice to know that ABC values the opinions of its viewers!

I was just coming here to post this too! My email program was sent the same message, since I requested a READ RECEIPT on my email. Pretty crappy.:stone

warrior woman · Mar 29, 2005

What I want to know is when will there ever be a show about the work and the sacrifices nurses make? We may not be MD's but at least our feet are planted firmly on the ground where one has to be if the patients are to be helped at all. So much for the vaunted theory of a teamwork approach in healthcare. Oh my... my cynicism is starting to show.....

allnurses Guide · Mar 30, 2005

I used the term "brains" lightly.

Well, they must have a least a brain stem, for they breath and ...excrete :roll

z's playa · Mar 30, 2005

Well, they must have a least a brain stem, for they breath and ...excrete :roll

casper1 · Mar 30, 2005

Clueless is the Intern who thinks 4 years of med school. Trumps 20 years of nursing experience ,40 hrs a week working on a med/ surg floor.

Gomer · Mar 30, 2005

I just went to abc.com to see if I could send a comment and I found a "Nurse's Blog" in the "Grey's Anatomy" site, but I couldn't figure out how to "blog". Anyone know where to send ABC a blog to this site?

Never mind....I found the answer on page 6. Now I think I will let ABC what I think of them!

z's playa · Mar 30, 2005

Whats a blog anyways? Seriously..I see this word everywhere. :rolleyes:

talaxandra · Mar 30, 2005

Blog - web log, ie online diary

z's playa · Mar 30, 2005

thanks.