Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24479404-20140128215444/@comment-5278765-20140128224123

As far as what happens after season 12: we won't know until we get there. But like I said before, I don't think Derek and Meredith leaving would be the end of the show. The ABC president himself said he would be happy for the show to go on for many more years. And we also don't have any guarantee that they will leave. They signed for 9 and 10 and now they've just signed for 11 and 12. They might stay for the duration.