PREVIEW: ABC's Thursday Night Soaps GREY'S ANATOMY & PRIVATE PRACTICE

The Year of the Soap continues when GREY'S ANATOMY airs an all-new episode, "Hope for the Hopeless," on Thursday, January 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Richard performs his 10,000th surgery on a pair of bickering sisters (Nia Vardalos and Peri Gilpin) who come into the hospital for a liver transplant.

Derek and Lexie take on a neuroblastoma case that has been previously deemed inoperable.

Teddy and Cristina cross the line when they go against Owen’s orders and try to steal a case from Alex and Dr. McQueen.

Ellis Grey’s shadow looms as Meredith searches for a specialty.

Adele is brought into the hospital after she is found wandering the streets.



GREY'S ANATOMY stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Kim Raver as Teddy Altman, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery and Sarah Drew as April Kepner.

"Hope for the Hopeless" was written by Peter Nowalk and directed by Mark Jackson.

Fans of the show will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from actress Jessica Capshaw (Arizona Robbins), who will be up on Twitter at @jessicacapshaw, during the West Coast broadcast from 9:00-10:01 p.m., PT.

PRIVATE PRACTICE follows at 10:02 p.m. ET with "Losing Battles".

Just as Violet’s personal life takes a turn for the better with Scott, the paramedic, Joanna (the abused woman she met at the airport months earlier) arrives in need of urgent medical attention, being both pregnant and badly beaten.

Cooper, Charlotte and Amelia all counsel Erica on the toughest decision of her life.

Addison and Jake meet with potential surrogates.



PRIVATE PRACTICE stars Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, Tim Daly as Dr. Pete Wilder, Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jake Reilly, KaDee Strickland as Dr. Charlotte King, Paul Adelstein as Dr. Cooper Freedman, Brian Benben as Dr. Sheldon Wallace and Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd, with Taye Diggs as Dr. Sam Bennett and Amy Brenneman as Dr. Violet Turner.

"Losing Battles" was written by Gabriel Llanas and directed by Stephen Cragg.

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