Grey's Anatomy - November Sweeps

Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy saw Katherine's character Izzie Stevens fired from her job at Seattle Grace / Mercy West hospital and it was the last Katie shot before her hiatus from the show to film her new movie "Life As We Know It".

With production on the new movie in Atlanta scheduled into November, TV Guide Magazine reports that Katherine will only appear in one episode during the forthcoming sweeps. However, creator Shonda Rhimes is already excited about the story, which will feature veteran actor Joel Grey making a guest appearance as Izzie's old high school teacher.

"It’s a pretty amazing episode," Rhimes said, "he (Joel Grey) was the teacher who convinced Izzie (Katherine Heigl) she was more than a girl from the trailer park. And now he’s in need of her help."

Rhimes is also considering bringing back Sharon Lawrence as Izzie’s trashy mama, Robbie Stevens, who was last seen at her ailing daughter’s bedside towards the end of last season.

Guinness World Records 2010

Katherine has made the record books with an appearance in the current edition (2010) of the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's highest earning TV actress. She tops the list compiled by Forbes, thanks to her successes in both film and television as well as commercial endorsements.