It's officially official: T.R. Knight is officially off "Grey's Anatomy"

Bye bye George! (Pic: Getty)

In what may be the most redundant news since Adam Lambert's big announcement, gay reporter sprite Michael Ausiello has confirmed what most people have been speculating: out actor T.R. Knight will not be returning to the role of George on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that T.R. Knight's wish to be released from his contract has been granted. The official decision, I'm told, came down in the past few days, just as many of his castmates began receiving their formal pickup letters from ABC.

So where will T.R. go from here? According to Ausiello, the Great White Way beckons:

What will Knight do now? Per an insider, the theatrically-trained thesp is in talks to start 2010 by headlining a Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor, the classic farce he recently did a reading of with Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, and Marian Seldes.

So now that it's "official", what do you Grey's fans think of the decision, and what do you think this will mean for T.R.'s career?