‘Anatomy Of Lies’: Debut Date & Trailer Revealed For Doc About Former ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scribe Elisabeth Finch

NBCU’s streamer Peacock is taking a shot at Disney’s crown jewel.

On Oct. 15, it will debut Anatomy of Lies, a docuseries about the “rise and fall” of Grey’s Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch, whose “jaw-dropping lies fooled Hollywood for years, and became fodder for many high-profile episodes of Grey’s.”

The story, the streamer promises, is told by some of her “closest contacts, many speaking for the first time.”

Using the Vanity Fair article “Scene Stealer” as source material, the docuseries promises to reveal how Finch, a “master of manipulation, saved her best fiction for her own life story and exploited the empathy of those around her.” It also addresses how Finch leaned into trauma survivor Jennifer Beyer and used her “deepest secrets” to her benefit.

Finch, who is best known for penning “Silent All These Years,” a 2019 episode about a rape victim that also featured Finch in a non-speaking role as a nurse, left the show in 2022 after revelations about her behavior behind the scenes became public. Among the allegations were how she lied about her medical history, like how she was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, how she lost a kidney and part of her leg but was then misdiagnosed, and how she had endured verbal and sexual abuse by a male director while writing for The Vampire Diaries.

At the time, the Los Angeles law firm of Lavely & Singer, which represented Finch, said that “Ms. Finch will not disclose her private health matters.”

Anatomy of Lies is directed and executive produced by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall. It is produced by Vanity Fair Studios and Dorothy St. Vicki Cooper, Melanie Archer and Julia Nottingham of Dorothy St. Pictures; Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos, Claire Howorth and Samantha Smith of Vanity Fair Studios serve as the executive producers.