'' Private Practice'' is an American medical drama series created by

Shonda Rhimes Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama '' Grey's Anatomy'', ...

and produced and broadcast by ABC. The series is a spin-off from Rhimes' other series, ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into s ...

''. The two-part episode "The Other Side of This Life" (which aired as the twenty-second and twenty-third episodes of ''Grey's Anatomy'' third season in the Spring of 2007) served as the

backdoor pilot A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distri ...

for this series. The story follows Dr. Addison Montgomery as she relocates from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in

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to the Oceanside Wellness Group in

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. A total of 111 episodes of ''Private Practice'' were aired over six seasons, between September 26, 2007 and January 22, 2013.

Series overview

Episodes

Backdoor pilot (2007)

An expanded two hour broadcast of ''

'' served as a

for ''Private Practice''. In the two episodes from ''Grey's Anatomy'''s third season, Addison Montgomery visits friend and

reproductive endocrinology and infertility Reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) is a surgical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology that trains physicians in reproductive medicine addressing hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction as well as the issue of infer ...

specialist Naomi Bennett in Los Angeles to discuss whether or not she could have a baby. During her trip, Addison becomes acquainted with the Oceanside Wellness Center, the medical practice in which a majority of ''Private Practice'' takes place, and its staff. The two episodes serve to explain the reasons behind Addison's move from Seattle to Los Angeles.

Season 1 (2007)

Season 2 (2008–09)

Season 3 (2009–10)

Season 4 (2010–11)

Season 5 (2011–12)

Season 6 (2012–13)

Webisodes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Private Practice episodes, List of Lists of American drama television series episodes Private Practice (TV series)