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Jake Borelli Leaving ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Next Season As Veteran Series Regulars Eye Episode Reductions


Jake Borelli will be departing ABC's Grey's Anatomy after seven years on the show, including being a series regular for the past five seasons.

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Borelli will be departing ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy after seven years on the show, including being a series regular for the past five seasons, Deadline has learned. Amid overall decline in linear ratings, it has become common practice for broadcast networks to ask for financial concessions on long-running series, which naturally become pricier as they age. A budget-reduction alternative is cutting cast’s salaries, which happened on Blue Bloods last year, or making some of the series regulars recurring, which we saw on shows like Bob Hearts Abishola and Superman & Lois.

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