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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy_%28season_17%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1948:
Indonesian National Revolution: Dutch forces captured
Yogyakarta, the Indonesian Republic's temporary capital, and seized
President Sukarno.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Kraai>
1955:
Cardiff (City Hall pictured) was recognised as the capital of
Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff>
1988:
The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international
cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances>
1995:
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga,
Colombia, killing 151 passengers and 8 crew members.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_965>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bewilder:
(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially
with many different choices.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bewilder>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to
aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy.
--Edwin Abbott Abbott
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott>