Karla Souza to Lead Grey’s Anatomy Texas Spinoff

Karla Souza will lead Grey’s Anatomy’s untitled West Texas spinoff, playing a doctor who runs a rural medical center as the series moves to a later broadcast season and production shifts to New Mexico.

Souza will portray Carolina “Lina” Hall, described as a haunted and cynical physician at the helm of a medical center in a small West Texas town. She is the first cast member announced for the series, which is being developed for ABC by 20th Television and Shondaland.

The spinoff is now expected to debut in the 2027-28 broadcast season, after an earlier plan for a midseason 2027 launch. ABC’s initial target had been the 2026-27 season, according to one account. No exact premiere date has been announced.

The show is set in West Texas but is in preproduction in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It had been intended to film in Los Angeles, but the production did not secure a California tax credit. The series is described as the first Grey’s Anatomy franchise production to film outside Los Angeles.

Production is expected to begin around February or March 2027, according to sources cited in reports. That timing has not been presented as an official production schedule. The series’ revised...