'Grey's Anatomy' actor James Pickens joins Twitter, Instagram

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Actor James Pickens has joined social media and his skills are improving quickly thanks to his Grey's Anatomy co-stars.

Just after Time, Inc. published a group photo including himself alongside all of the stars from showrunner Shonda Rhimes' current ABC series' -- including Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder -- Pickens signed on to Instagram and Twitter to share more selfies.

"Had time shooting with everyone from @ShondalandTV" Pickens wrote in his frist tweet Wednesday including a retweet of a link from Entertainment Weekly's piece on the epic group photo.

Pickens then went on an Internet sharing spree, posting commentary and photos from the Grey's Anatomy set, including a selfie with co-star Kevin McKidd and others. To keep fans from believing his account was fake, Pickens posted a photo of himself holding a piece of paper with "It's Jim Pickens 9/2/15 Time: 315 PST" scribbled on it in black ink.

Grey's Anatomy returns to ABC Sept. 24.

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James Pickens' first Tweet. By therealjpickjr/Twitter