The TV Zone

The big news out late today: Katherine Heigl musing about staying on "GA;" the story was based on an AP account from a 100 episode party. But I'm not so sure about this...My interpretation follows...

Here's the piece, as it ran in HuffPo::

"LOS ANGELES — Katherine Heigl said Friday she's ready to stay with "Grey's Anatomy" and the decision rests with the show.

Attending a studio party to mark the ABC medical drama's 100th episode, Heigl said it's premature to think her days as Dr. Izzie Stevens are numbered.

"I was assuming that at one point and I got a lot of shrugged shoulders and shakes of the head, so I don't know if that's a yes or a no. No one will tell me and I don't know how this is going to go," Heigl said, noting series creator Shonda Rhimes' passion for plot secrecy.

"I don't know if I live or die. I don't know how Izzie fares," said the actress, who's played the character since the show debuted in 2005.

"I'm there" if Izzie remains part of "Grey's Anatomy," Heigl said. She called the set "one of my favorite places to be" and said her colleagues are also friends.

She and fellow cast members, including Ellen Pompeo (Dr. Meredith Grey) and Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd), were on hand for the celebration that included a cake decorated with scalpels and syringes made out of icing.

Rhimes, who's also an executive producer for the show, called the milestone a "huge accomplishment" and thanked the cast and crew for their efforts.

In an interview, she dropped a tantalizing clue about the episode airing May 7."

My interpretation: Honestly, what would anyone expect her to say? Heigl's been outspoken before and it got her nowhere; best to play the game, which is what she's doing here. But it's still intriguing. I've been thinking that the cancer plotline (surgery last week) may be a set-up for something else entirely; Shonda Rhimes is too smart to let this thing play out according to standard soap opera script, so maybe KH is being absolutely truthful - she has no clue how this'll play out, and would be happy to just keep on truckin'.

But still, it's a fair-to-solid bet she'll be gone by the end of the season, with POSSIBLE future cameos - and I don't mean ghost cameos either. Izzy may leave and return too...But the big screen career is the future...

(AP Photo/Chris Weeks)