When the Primetime Emmy Awards aired on the 2025 TV schedule, the viewers was handled to plenty of solid reunions. As lined diligently on our Emmys weblog (which features a full winners listing), we noticed a Gilmore Ladies reunion, Regulation & Order stars got here collectively, and there was a musical tribute to The Golden Ladies. One section, nonetheless, didn’t go as deliberate, however whereas I’m unhappy Gray’s Anatomy wasn’t honored the best way it was meant, I nonetheless love what Jesse Williams needed to say about his “plastics posse” accomplice, Eric Dane.
Gray’s Anatomy Tribute Scrapped After Eric Dane Misses Emmy Awards
Jesse Williams and Eric Dane have been presupposed to reunite on the Emmys on Sunday to rejoice Shonda Rhimes and 20 years of Gray’s Anatomy earlier than presenting the award for Directing for a Drama Collection. When the time got here, nonetheless, solely Williams took the stage, skipping the tribute and going straight to the award. It appears like this alteration of plans occurred fairly shortly, as Emmys producer Jessie Collins advised ET:
We bought the message midway by — or not midway, early on — that he wasn’t going to have the ability to make it. I by no means bought what it was. So we referred to as Jesse, and Jesse mentioned he would simply do it by himself.
No cause was apparently given to the producers about why Eric Dane was unable to attend, and as of this writing, the Euphoria actor’s crew had not made an announcement.
Again in April, Dane revealed that he’d been recognized with ALS. He mentioned he nonetheless deliberate to proceed appearing for so long as he may — showing within the crime drama Countdown and the extremely anticipated Euphoria Season 3 — however in June he revealed he’d misplaced use of his proper arm.
It’s unknown if his absence was associated to his analysis, and as disenchanted as I’m to not see the ABC medical drama celebrated by two fan-favorite alumni, I’m actually simply hoping one of the best for Eric Dane. The identical appears to go for Jesse Williams, who had nothing however nice issues to say about his former co-star.
Jesse Williams Calls Eric Dane His ‘Brother’ Forward Of Emmy Awards
Eric Dane’s absence actually will need to have been a last-minute name, as a result of when Jesse Williams appeared on the crimson carpet, there was no indication that the Gray’s Anatomy reunion wasn’t occurring. Williams — who performed Jackson Avery from Seasons 6 to 17 — recalled his time working with Dane — aka Mark Sloan, aka McSteamy, who was launched in Season 2 and stands as certainly one of Gray’s Anatomy’s most surprising deaths for his early Season 9 demise.
Jesse Williams advised E! Information on the crimson carpet:
We had a extremely nice run. The plastics posse had a fantastic following, and I cherished working with him on- and off-screen. That’s my brother.
The reward continued with ET, as Jesse Williams referenced Eric Dane’s ALS analysis, saying:
I had a extremely fantastic time working with him [Eric Dane] particularly. … He’s stable. The person’s simply stable, and we now have to watch out as males to nonetheless, you understand, care for ourselves and he’s bought an ideal steadiness going. That’s my man.
Our greatest needs exit to Eric Dane, and hopefully the seemingly last-minute Emmys cancellation wasn’t for something too severe. Gray’s Anatomy followers can relive the times of Jackson Avery and Mark Sloan by streaming the sequence with a Hulu subscription or Netflix subscription.
In the meantime Season 22 is about to premiere at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, October 9, on ABC and streaming the subsequent day on Hulu.