Station 19 season 6

The sixth season of the American television action-drama Station 19, spin off of Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on October 6, 2022. The season was produced by ABC Signature, in association with Shondaland Production Company and Trip the Light Productions.

Okieriete Onaodowan does not return from the previous season. This is the first season to feature Josh Randall and Merle Dandridge as series regulars after recurring the previous season. This is also the first season to feature Pat Healy as a series regular after recurring for the past several seasons. In April 2023, ABC renewed the series for a seventh season. It is the last season under showrunner Krista Vernoff.

Station 19 centers around the professional and personal lives of the firefighters of the fictional Station 19 of the Seattle Fire Department. Several plot points connect to parent series Grey's Anatomy through fictional crossover events.

Main

 * Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andrea "Andy" Herrera
 * Jason George as Benjamin "Ben" Warren
 * Boris Kodjoe as Robert Sullivan
 * Grey Damon as Jack Gibson
 * Barrett Doss as Victoria "Vic" Hughes
 * Jay Hayden as Travis Montgomery
 * Danielle Savre as Maya DeLuca-Bishop
 * Stefania Spampinato as Dr. Carina DeLuca-Bishop
 * Carlos Miranda as Theodore "Theo" Ruiz
 * Josh Randall as Fire Captain Sean Beckett
 * Merle Dandridge as Fire Chief Natasha Ross
 * Pat Healy as Michael Dixon

Recurring

 * Tricia O'Kelley as Kitty Dixon
 * Kelly Thiebaud as Eva Vasquez
 * Rob Heaps as Eli Stern
 * Annie Sertich as Peggy Knox
 * Nina Millin as Dayna Rutledge
 * Anna Daines as Brooke Hill
 * Antonio Jaramillo as Tomás Silva
 * Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
 * Emerson Brooks as Robel Osman
 * Kiele Sanchez as Kate Powell

Notable guests

 * Niko Terho as Dr. Lucas Adams
 * Rigo Sanchez as Rigo Vasquez
 * Jaicy Elliot as Dr. Taryn Helm
 * Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey
 * Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
 * Kelly McCreary as Dr. Maggie Pierce
 * Kim Raver as Dr. Teddy Altman
 * Anthony Hill as Dr. Winston Ndugu
 * Harry Shum Jr. as Dr. Benson "Blue" Kwan
 * Aniela Gumbs as Zola Grey Shepherd
 * Michael Grant Terry as Officer Jones
 * Tracie Thoms as Dr. Diane Lewis
 * Joel McKinnon Miller as Reggie
 * Jayne Taini as Marsha Smith
 * Thalia Tran as Maddy

Development
On January 11, 2022, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season. Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers returned as executive producers. Krista Vernoff returned as showrunner as part of a two-year deal with ABC. During the writing process for the season, an episode was written where a character used a racial slur multiple times, which led to a pause of the writers room. It was revealed that there had been similar racial incidents in the past. As a result, Zoanne Clack was named head writer and executive producer, replacing Kiley Donovan. Vernoff stepped down as showrunner at the end of the season.

Casting
The entire main cast from the fifth season returned for the sixth season except for Okieriete Onaodowan, who left partway through the previous season. Josh Randall and Merle Dandridge were upped to series regulars after recurring the previous season. Pat Healy was also upped to a series regular after recurring the past several seasons. Kelly Thiebaud reprised her role as Eva Vasquez from the third season.

Release
When the 2022–23 United States network television schedule was announced, Station 19 would remain on Thursdays at 8:00 PM. The season premiered on October 6, 2022. The mid-season finale air on November 10, 2022 as part of a crossover event.

In the United Kingdom, episodes were released weekly starting October 26, 2022 on Disney+.

Awards and nominations
Merle Dandridge received an honorable mention for TVLine's Performer of the Week for her performance in "We Build Then We Break". Head writer Zoanne Clack and writer Zaiver Sinnett won the Sentinel Award for Depiction of Systemic Racism for the same episode.

Ratings
The season was ABC's fifth most-watched scripted television series during the 2022–2023 television season in the 18-49 demographic. Throughout its broadcast, in same-day viewership, the season averaged a 0.47 rating in the 18–49 demographic and 3.86 million viewers, down 22 and 14 percent, respectively, from the previous season. In Live+7 the season averaged a 0.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic and 5.2 million viewers, down 21 and 15 percent, respectively.