Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes Doesn't Care Why You Watch 'Scandal' But Just Don't Call It A 'Guilty Pleasure'

Asked to speculate on the show’s breakout success, Rhimes said: “I don’t dare or bother to speculate. I’m just supposed to make the shows.” She added, however, that the success of Grey’s Anatomy gave producers “the capital” to take some risks with...

'Scandal' Hits New Series Highs, Dominates & Finishes #1 In Its Time Slot

It seems as if the show continues to attract new audiences with every episode.

Answer of the Day: Shonda Rhimes on Why She Has Many Gay Characters on Her Shows

Shonda Rhimes got asked this question from a clearly idiotic viewer and being Shonda Rhimes she took the opportunity to use the question to answer a much larger societal question.

Audra McDonald Will Return To 'Private Practice' Season Finale (For A Death, Babies, Or A Wedding?)

It was in August when showrunner Shonda Rhimes stated in an interview with TVGuide.com, talking about her medical drama Private Practice, that she would love to feature a musical episode in what is the final season of the ABC medical drama, as she did with Gre...

Women Created and Centric TV News Roundup - November 1

With every roundup we do, we get more excited and hopeful for the upcoming crop of future TV shows by and about women. With projects from Jennifer Garner, Shonda Rhimes and Oprah—there is bound to be some interesting and nuanced portrayals of women headed to your TV screen. (We hope)

Shonda Rhimes' 'Scandal' Gets a Full-Season Order From ABC

"Scandal," Shonda Rhimes' cynical and soapily entertaining political drama about crisis management firm owner Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), her team, her involvement in D.C. dealings and, of course, her thwarted relationship wtih her secret ex-boyfriend the President o...

'Awkward Black Girl' Creator Issa Rae Heads to ABC With a New Comedy Series

Inspired to come up with a platform for a kind of character she felt was absent on the screen, Issa Rae launched YouTube series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" in February of 2011. With the help of collaborators, Rae writes, directs, produces and stars in the story of J...

Don't Call Her Shirley. Or Hillary. Sigourney Weaver in 'Political Animals'

Politics can be sleazy, but might just be out-sleazed by 'Political Animals,' the melodrama a clef that unimaginatively, nastily leeches off the Clintons. Even the great Sigourney Weaver, in the don’t-call-her-Hillary role, can’t save this tacky, leaden miniseries, whose clu...

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