Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 20, 2021

The seventeenth season of Grey's Anatomy was ordered in May 2019, by ABC, as part of a double renewal with the sixteenth season. For the 2020–2021 U.S. broadcast television season, filming began in September 2020 while the season did not premiere until November 12, 2020, both delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on U.S. television only allowed seventeen episodes to be produced, the fewest of any season since the fourth. COVID-19 safety protocols were also implemented during production, and most main storylines dealt with the pandemic in the U.S. with some also connecting to spin-off series Station 19 through fictional crossover events. Numerous former starring cast members guest starred throughout the season, which received mixed reviews from critics but remained ABC's most-watched scripted series. It concluded on June 3, 2021. Despite initial uncertainty from the cast, crew, and network, the series was eventually renewed for an eighteenth season.