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More Grey's Days for Katherine Heigl
Izzy is in.
Jumping on the bandwagon that already includes T.R. Knight, Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey—everyone except Isaiah Washington, really—Katherine Heigl has been invited back for a fourth season of Grey's Anatomy.
A day after ABC Television Studio opted to not renew Washington's contract, thereby ending Dr. Preston Burke's tenure at Seattle Grace, Heigl received word that Dr. Isobel Stevens was still wanted, the actress' rep confirmed to E! News.
"Katherine has received a formal pick-up notice and is still hopeful that ABC will show her the same respect that they have shown for her co-stars," her publicist said in a statement.
Heigl is the last of the Golden Globe-winning drama's major stars to be reupped, having put the kibosh on contract talks back in February after not getting the raise she had been pulling for that would have put her on the same level with costars Pompeo and Sandra Oh, who are getting about $200,000 per episode and a percentage of the show's profits.
Although ABC maintained throughout that the 28-year-old actress, a Golden Globe nominee for supporting actress in January, was "an integral part of Grey's Anatomy and its success," Heigl admitted that she was very "embarrassed" that the monetary disagreement went public and "disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information."
"I just want to be treated with the same respect they're showing the other actors, and so far they've refused to do that," she told Entertainment Weekly late last month.
So while Heigl waited it out, telling CBS' Early Show just a few weeks ago that she hadn't received her pickup letter yet, she focused on her future.
The Knocked Up star inked a deal with Coty Inc. to be the face of Nautica's first fragrance for women, and signed on to star in the perennial bridesmaid comedy 27 Dresses, which is currently filming in Rhode Island.
Meanwhile, the Judd Apatow-directed Knocked Up is getting awesome critical feedback, banking major money at the box office—$46.2 million after less than a week in theaters—and earning Heigl comparisons to Meg Ryan and other queens of romantic comedy.
But, good news for George-and-Izzie fans: Now that Knight is coming back and Heigl is on board, viewers will get to see the fallout from Izzie's season finale confession to George—Callie be darned, I've got "feelings" for you.
Production on the fourth season of Grey's Anatomy is expected to kick off in August.
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