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The behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the high-profile firing of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl's fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey's shocking death episode. The show continued to haemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLynette Rice's \u003ci\u003eHow to Save a Life\u003c\/i\u003e takes a deep dive into the show's humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures, and the more polarizing plotlines. It's the perfect gift for all \u003ci\u003eGrey's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e stans out there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It's incredible how this show just keeps resonating with the young generation. 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A medical student who dreamt of a career in Hollywood, Crichton did what any aspiring writer would: he mined his own life to create a script based on his time working in a high-octane hospital emergency department. Of course, nobody wanted it. It wasn't until Crichton turned his attention to dinosaurs and his 1990 novel \u003cem\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/em\u003e became a mega-hit—and a mega-movie franchise—that Steven Spielberg asked the former doctor what other ideas he was kicking around. Producers weren't interested in Crichton's feature film idea. But, they were looking for new television series programming and thought there might be something even bigger in the concept than a movie. And, thus, \u003cem\u003eER\u003c\/em\u003e was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite some resistance from NBC's top brass, the Warner Bros. 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