Which producer both created the character of Dr. Izzie Stevens and also wrote the Dr. Izzie-focused episode "Time Has Come Today"
Time Has Come Today (Grey's Anatomy) "Time Has Come Today" is the first episode of the third season of the American television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", and the show's 37th episode overall. Written by Shonda Rhimes and directed by Daniel Minahan, the episode aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on September 21, 2006. The episode primarily focuses on Dr. Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) coping with the unexpected death of her fiancé, Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), while dealing with the decision to quit the internship program. Further storylines include Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) facing the repercussions of his being shot, and Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) dealing with the aftermath of her affair with Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), which puts a strain in his already troubled marriage to Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (Kate Walsh).
Chris Abbott Chris Abbott (born September 17, 1947) is an American television producer, writer and author. She is a graduate of University of Oregon, with an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. She started her career writing for "Little House on the Prairie". She also wrote for other primetime series such as "B.L. Stryker, Legacy, Bandit: Bandit Goes Country, Revealing Evidence: Stalking The Honolulu Strangler, High Sierra Search And Rescue, Cagney & Lacey, Quantum Leap, " and "", and produced and wrote "Magnum, P.I." (as Executive Story Consultant), "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (as Creative Consultant), and "".