Perhaps, the major factor why Grey’s Anatomy has become really popular is because a lot of people can relate to the story.  From the forbidden love tragedy of Meredith and Dr. Derek Shepherd, the love stories that did not end with a happy ending, the tragedies of various people who goes to hospitals, the pain of losing someone you love - all these are real life dramas that each of us experience even once in our lives.

However, in spite of these truths, the show still has some false representations of facts specially in the field of medicine.   The show is also widely criticized by various groups, many of them medical, for the innacurate presentation of medical situations and the exaggeration of the way which doctors and medical professionals relate to one another.   In defense, supporters of the show says that with too much medical realism, the show will lose its appeal.