Station 19 is an American action-drama television series that premiered on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement on March 22, 2018. The series has aired for five seasons, and focuses on lives of the firefighters working on the fictional Station 19, while trying to maintain personal lives. The show is a spin-off series of long running medical drama Grey's Anatomy. The story was introduced with an episode of Grey's Anatomy (originally planned to air in fall 2017) serving as a backdoor pilot. The backdoor pilot episode also featured the introduction of the lead character of the spin-off, Andy Herrera, "as a story within the episode" and "showcase a really lovely story for Ben, where we get to just juxtapose his two worlds and see his reaction as he transitions from o