Much-Missed Grey’s Anatomy Vet Finds ‘the Way Home’ to Our Screens

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A primetime favorite is heading to the Hallmark Channel for its much-anticipated upcoming family drama.

The cast of the Hallmark Channel’s new multigenerational drama The Way Home just got a little bigger. Back in June, we reported that Andie MacDowell, who headlined the network’s series Cedar Cove, had landed the leading role as Del Landry and now we’re excited to pass along news that Grey’s Anatomy sweetheart Chyler Leigh has been cast as Del’s daughter Kat Landry.

Our sister site Deadline reported the exclusive and gave Hallmarkies a little backdrop on Leigh’s character. Having moved away from the small Canadian farm town years ago, following a family tragedy, Kat’s life is now in turmoil. However, a letter from her estranged mother Del, urging her to return home, sets her and her 15-year-old daughter Alice on a journey back to where it all began.

Kat recently had to say goodbye to her marriage, plus Alice isn’t too thrill about the move, and on top of that, their family reunion isn’t at all what Kat expected. But that’s just the beginning… the life journey of these three generations of strong women will not only be enlightening, it’ll be one that none of them anticipated.

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“Chyler Leigh and Andie MacDowell are the perfect mother-daughter pairing for our new series, The Way Home,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, the executive vice president of programming for Crown Media Family Networks. “We at Hallmark Channel cannot wait for her to grace our screens as a member of this cast.”

Leigh is known to our on-site Grey’s Anatomy fans for her role as Meredith Grey’s younger sister Dr. Lexie Grey, who fell in love with Mark “McSteamy” Sloan. Though Lexie died in a plane crash, she paid her sister a visit on the “beach” in the afterlife when Meredith nearly died from Covid.

The Way Home begins production later this month and will premiere in 2023.

While we’re reflecting on Leigh playing a doctor in primetime, take a look at our gallery below filled with photos of soaps’ all-time greatest doctors.

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Kathleen Gati "General Hospital" Set The Prospect Studios ABC Studios 01/23/15 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13250 U.S. Airdate 02/26/15

rolf William Utay"Days of our Lives" SetNBC StudiosBurbank05/16/18© XJJohnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 13459U.S.Airdate 10/31/18

finn Tanner Novlan"The Bold and the Beautiful" SetCBS Television CityLos Angeles, Ca.10/20/20© Howard Wise/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 8417U.S.Airdate 12/10/20

Katherine Kelly Lang, Ashley Jones"The Bold and the Beautiful" SetCBS Television CityLos Angeles9/19/07©Aaron Montgomery/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 5169Air Date 10/18/07

GENERAL HOSPITAL, Richard Dean Anderson, (1976-81), 1963-, (c)ABC/courtesy Everett Collection

RYAN'S HOPE, from left: Randall Edwards, Ron Hale, (ca. 1979), 1975-89.

GENERAL HOSPITAL, noah Rick Springfield, (1982), 1963- , ph: Mario Casilli/©ABC /Courtesy Everett Collection

Vincent Irizarry "All My Children" Set The Andrita Studios ABC Studios Los Angeles 01/12/11 ©Paul Skipper/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 10552 U.S.Airdate 02/07/11

NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS, Grayson Hall, 1971

Michael Easton, Rebecca Budig "General Hospital" Set The Prospect Studios ABC Studios 11/28/16 ©Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13709 U.S. Airdate 12/22/16

Paul Telfer, Linsey Godfrey "Days of our Lives" Set Wedding

nate Sean Dominic "The Young and the Restless" Set CBS television City Los Angeles 12/2/20 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 12024 U.S. Airdate 1/06/21

Jason Thompson, Rebecca Herbst"General Hospital" SetThe Prospect StudiosABC Studios06/18/15© Sean Smith/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 13351U.S. Airdate 07/20/15

ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Michael Storm, (ca. 1978), 1968-. © ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

GENERAL HOSPITAL, Brad Maule, 1990s, 1963- . © ABC /Courtesy Everett Collection

Mary Beth Evans, Eric Martsolf, Christopher Sean"Days of our Lives" SetNBC StudiosBurbank04/05/18© XJJohnson/jpistudios.com310-657-9661Episode # 13418U.S.Airdate 09/04/18

GENERAL HOSPITAL, Stuart Damon, Leslie Charleson, (1983), 1963-. © ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

ALL MY CHILDREN, from left: Mary Fickett, Ray MacDonnell, 1973, 1970-2011. © American Broadcasting Company /Courtesy Everett Collection

Kimberly McCullough "General Hospital" Set The Prospect Studios ABC Studios Los Angeles 9/23/10 ©Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 12167 U.S.Airdate 10/20/10

ALL MY CHILDREN, Debbi Morgan, Cornelius Smith, (airing week of January 21, 2008), 1970-. photo: Lou Rocco / © ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

DAYS OF OUR LIVES, MacDonald Carey, 1965-. © NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection

GENERAL HOSPITAL, John Beradino, (ca. early 1970s), 1963-. © ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection

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