So when George and Izzie slept together on "Grey's Anatomy" — and then when it went beyond a drunken hookup to professions of love — I was a little less than thrilled ... if you can call screaming and throwing pillows in the general direction of my TV screen "a little less than thrilled." Now, rumor has it ABC is hearing the anguish over "Gizzie" direct from fans themselves: According to Michael Ausiello at TV Guide, the network did a "Grey's" focus group to ask 200-some fans about the pairing — and the results were 95 percent negative.
Now, I have no idea how seriously Shonda Rhimes and the powers-that-be at ABC take focus groups, and I'm not sure I believe Ausiello's anonymous source saying this means Gizzie is done — especially given his report that Lexie Grey, whom the focus group didn't like much either, will be a regular character. But I do think it's hilarious that the network presumably spent money to put this focus group together in the first place. I mean, if they wanted to see how people were reacting to the hookup, they could have just read the outraged comments on Buzz, or their own blog or, you know, any other site on the Internet.
To be fair, though, only a modest 70 percent of Buzz readers wanted Gizzie gone. Maybe we should do our own "Grey's" focus group, hm?
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1Grey's spending money for focus groups is like companies spending money to find out what's cool now in the teen scene so to have products appeal to the younger generation, but yeah i do find it funny that TV shows would form focus groups. Isn't the tons of letters, e-mails and whatnot enough for the studios to know what the fans hate or love? but then i guess focus groups is a more formal way to find out what the fans like or hate if this makes sense at all.
2I really, really, REALLY hope they do away with this "Gizzie" stuff. Argh.
3This is interesting. I want Gizzie gone too!
4i havent been able to watch the show lately..so I'm behind on everything
5get rid of Gizzie!!!
George has a wife!!!
6I soooooo hope so... This story-line bugs me! Be gone 'Gizzie'!
7Ok, the name "Gizzie" makes me shudder.
8Hopefully, even if GA doesn't get rid of the couple, the blogosphere will at least get rid of "Gizzie".
AHHHHHH!!! I have been avoiding all posts on here about Greys cos the new series hasn't started on Irish tv yet. And then I see the headline of this post.....
9Thank god it's over.
10i want grizzie GONE. it would just be nice to see someone happy on that show for more that 1 episode
11That kind of pisses me off because they should have thought about the affect it would have on the fans before they made Izzie and George sleep together. I admit I was completely against the whole thing when I heard about it but then when I saw it played out on screen it wasn't so bad. I am either way on the whole Gizzie situation but in the end it will all end up in flames anyway because there is no way in hell Callie will take George back after she finds out he cheated on her with Izzie. I am just so disappointed with the way Grey's is turning out.
12I hated that scene. Didn't understand why they "threw" it in the series. I'm glad it's over but how can they keep it from Callie?
13They have the first episode of the next season to convince me...if they don't...buh-bye!
14ugh i hate Gizzie. i really hope the focus group made an impact on Shonda.
15oh please, grey's, lose the gizzie storyline, before i lose you for good!!
i've seen several polls that indicate as much as 65 percent anti-gizzie, so maybe they should take that into consideration!!
16even if they got rid of callie (which i hope they don't b/c i love sara ramirez) or even if there never was a callie, i would still be anti-gizzie! i'm feeling nauseous just thinking about it.
17I seriously hope they give "Gizzie" the axe before it gets any more serious than it already has. I was also throwing pillows at my TV screen and screaming obscenities!
18I feel like George has changed a lot this season and I love them as best friends, but it seems that the George from season 1 would not hook up with Izzie, but the George from the past season would. I feel like they are two completely different Georges and I just don't like this new one. But I love Callie, just maybe not married to George.
19UGH- I used to love love love Grey's Anatomy (esp. in the Denny-Izzie hayday) and it has gone so far down hill this season, this stupid Gizzie thing was really what "jumped the shark" though. Even the medical stories are not very good anymore!!
20HATEhatehate George with Izzie! It makes me sick...
21I dont like it. its better if they team up George with Lexie Grey..at least he will finally get a Grey woman.
22she's so gorgeous
23the show has been kinda uninteresting since they started that whole thing.
24I am on the "Gizzie be gone" team. Definitely not a fan. Just doesn't seem to work.
25I don't really like them together, but it wouldn't make that much sense to just get rid of the storyline now since it's been building up for so long. I love Callie, but I think she needs to find a guy who's better for her.
26lets hope.
27I'll be really upset if they ditch the storyline just because some people don't like it. As writers, you have to stand up for your plot choices and not shy away because there are some people against it. People will watch the show anyway because at any given point, there is a storyline happening that someone doesn't like.
28Get rid of the sister, Lexie Grey, and i will continue to be a loyal watcher. Let Grizze play itself out.
29Get rid of Gizzie. George is married. There is enough cheating on t.v.!
30Lexie is permanent? Ugh!! So not into that!! The Gizzie thing I like though. Screw it, put them together properly, Callie has been pissin me off so much, cant be bothered with her anymore. I really think I'll only watch Adisons show next season.
31How in the world did George become the boy-ho of the hospital? The weird, dorky, can't complete a sentence without stumbling boy...
He has shagged everyone but Christine and Bailey. Well he did get a good look at Bailey's va-jay-jay.
But still... how did George become the boy-ho who shagged every female in the place. That is what I have found so annoying... it is as if the writers either lost their minds or got blackmailed into this whole fiasco.
I had really hoped George would not be returning this year. I want Callie to be there... but I really wanted them to write George off of the show.
And for the record... if the writers want to have a believable boy-ho... that is what Mark/Dr. McSteamy is for... I would completely believe he could shag every female in the place.
But I never bought into weird dorky George being a player.
32I adore George and Izzie, they are the only reason that I watch. All my family, friends, heck even a lot of my colleagues love those two and watch for them. Love how you guys talk about the outrage on the Internet over them, but no mention of all the fans they have too. There are 202 George and Izzie fans on Fanforum, we have the second most active thread after Meredith and Derek. There is also about 400 fans on their community on Livejournal, George and Izzie are the couple with the most fans out there, even more than Meredith and Derek. There are George and Izzie fan sites, tons of fan videos on Youtube, fanfics. And the Grey Matter blog, well, the love and hate is about 50-50, a lot of people have been writting Shonda to tell them how much they love tis couple and want them to last and saying they wouldn't watch without them.
Maybe you guys have got to visit the Internet more and not just TWOP and its mini-me, ABC (and even on the ABC board, there are George and Izzie fans).
33I am a huge George and Izzie fan. In fact, they are the main reason my husband and I watch the show. You would be surprised just how many devoted, passionate fans those two have.
As for the panel, none of the George and Izzie fans I know even knew about it. It was spammed by the TWOP haters. It is a miracle the hae was just 70% considering that TWOP hates George and Izzie so much.
Pretty much everyone I know offline watch the show for those two.
And the petition to save them has reached 450.
Of course, petitions can be spammed, but there is a vote on those two, George and Izzie, asking how people feel about them. The love option has almost twice the votes of the hate option. nd you can only vote once, so you can't even accuse the George and Izzie fans of spamming it. A lot of people have also picked the They are growing on me option and the I love them but hate the adulter option.
All in all, most people seem to like them than hate them.
Too bad the critics never talk about the fans or do they hate them so much the are determined to act like we don't exist?
I know if this couple ends, I don't see myself watching the show again
34I hope Shonda does not abandon Izzie and George because of one panel most people didn't even know about. I heard about 200 people participated, yeah 200 people out of more than 20 millions viewers is such a great indication of what people feel.
I love George and Izzie, and I know many other people who feel that way.
TR and Katie have such amazing chemistry together. They just click. And George and Izzie are so in love, breaks my heart.
I couldn't care less about Callie. That marriage was a mistake, and Callie should never have pushed a grieving George to elope like that.
George and Izzie belong together and have since day 1.
And if they think there is backlash to George and Izzie (who we call O'Stevens btw as the name Gizzie sucks), they don't want to know the backlash there is going to be if they are dropped like that after making us fall in love with them
35Izzie and George are my favorite couple on TV right now. They are sweet, they are cute, they are hot and they are totally in love. Best friends definitely make the best lovers, and I hope Shonda doesn't drop those two.
36I certainly hope Gizzie is dropped.
Many of the passionate Gizzie fans are spamming all over the place making it seem like there is lots of love for the couple. The Gizzie fans register under several different names so there seems to be lots of fans. Gizzie fans are so full of hate that they spend most of their time on Gizzie sites talking about the Gizzie haters. Too funny!!
37Gizzie is the best that happen to the show and I hope Shonda doesn't dropped them.
About the comment ohdreamon said, I don't agree with her. We don't spam sites and yes, we do talk about the haters but the haters also talk about us so I think we're being equal there.
38The George and Izzie fans are spamming the boards, LOL, and the haters are pure little saints who never spam any polls or pos under different ames? Yay, right! I still remember someone on Television without Pity encouraging all the members there to send multiple comments on the Grey Matter blog using different names so there would seem to be so much hate for the couple.
But, I forgot, when George and Izzie win popularity polls or have many fans on a specific board, they are spamming or lying. But when they lose, it is legit and everyone hates the couple.
And the fans bash the haters? I have been called everything from insane to stupid to immoral, to a brainless teenage girl twit for loving a TV couple, which is funny since I am a guy, and the George and Izzie fans are doing the bashing, hmm, ok.
I love Geore and Izzie, have since the first time I saw them together when George yelled he wasn't her sister. I thought they would make a fabulous couple and I still do.
39Do conduct your own Grey's focus group, BuzzSugar. That could be interesting.
40As for me... I'm seriously NOT a fan of adultery (ick), but a HUGE fan of George and Izzie (their characters respectively, their characters' friendship, and the actors chemistry) and I'm cheering for their happily ever after (beit together or apart). As a fan of the show, it's cast, the writers, and producers, I trust that Shonda and Betsy will work out the storyline for Gizzie.
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