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Ellen Pompeo's star is unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. bit.ly/4lTDIhz

#GreysAnatomy is a multi-billion-dollar franchise for ABC and Disney, but Ellen Pompeo says the actors still receive little-to-no residual payments on streaming. “Them having the ability to use my voice, my likeness, my image, 47 billion minutes a year and not paying me a penny wouldn’t really feel great to me,” she says. “People don’t stream the last 10 years more than they stream the first 10 years. Most people stream the first 10 years the most, and there’s no residual structures for any of those writers, actors, directors. That, to me, is really s----y and really unfair. So, me being on the show a little bit and still getting to at least make money from them profiting off of us is more digestible for me. That’s why I stay on, to be honest.” variety.com/2025/tv/news/ell…