Variety has done the stats on the new scripted TV shows signed to the Fall 2016-2017 season at ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW, and the landscape is looking all too familiar: 90% white, and 80% male. The publication writes:
In today’s Tweet Beat, Bill Clinton runs wild on Snapchat, Shonda Rhimes is a superhero and Kat Dennings has an interesting perspective on bears.
Last month, Sara Ramirez sent her fans into a tizzy when she tweeted something vaguely resembling a farewell to Grey’s Anatomy, where she has been a principal character since the show’s third season. As it turns out, the concern was justified. On May 20, Ramirez announced her departure on Instagram, just a few days…
On Thursday night, Sara Ramirez tweeted an ambiguous message implying that her days playing Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy are numbered.
In today’s Tweet Beat, Steve Martin has done it all, Natasha Lyonne, like you I, does not understand Snapchat and Shonda Rhimes goes in.
Kerry Washington has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios, hopefully joining her boss Shonda Rhimes in churning out hit shows for the network.
One month ago, executive producer Shonda Rhimes starred in a campaign ad for Hillary Clinton together with Shondaland stars Kerry Washington (Scandal), Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy), and Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder). Now cast members of Scandal will appear at a Washington D.C. fundraiser for the…
When the first promo for ABC’s The Catch was first released almost a year ago, the latest addition to Shondaland’s TGIT lineup looked a little different. The lead was still Mireille Enos as Alice, an investigator who gets conned by her fiancé Benjamin, but the fiancé wasn’t Peter Krause; he was played by Damon Dayoub.…
Long ago, during that hazy time before Jennifer Lawrence rode into town, Katherine Heigl was one of Hollywood’s Golden Girls. She won an Emmy for her work on Shonda Rhimes’s Grey’s Anatomy! She starred in a string of box office smashes, including Knocked Up and 27 Dresses! But shortly after the release of her final…
Olivia Pope was shown getting an abortion in last year’s Scandal winter finale. Maybe President Fitz got her pregnant or maybe not. And maybe he’ll find out about it, but Shonda Rhimes’ thinking is: “Does he have to?”
Shonda Rhimes and the all-female stars from her blockbuster #TGIT lineup have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in a video released on Thursday evening.
In today’s Tweet Beat, Shonda Rhimes is the champ, ICE T does not like the state of US politics and Jaden Smith has a boo
Shondaland will once again remain the most illustrious amalgamation of TV shows in all the land, because all of them have been renewed for another season on ABC.
Finally, we have a black woman running a major network. Channing Dungey has been promoted to replace Paul Lee as head of ABC entertainment, making her the first black person in such a position.
Greetings, it’s been a minute since we’ve all gathered to willingly and enthusiastically allow Shonda Rhimes to manipulate our feelings and heart rates.
As part of the new Shonda World Order that’s been set in motion, Shonda Rhimes is introducing yet another TV series—an ABC comedy from Scandal’s Jake bae Scott Foley.
When, at the Producer Guild Awards, Shonda Rhimes accepted the Norman Lear Award for Achievement in Television, she took ownership of her success in a way we scarcely see. “I’m going to be totally honest with you,” Rhimes told the audience, “I completely deserve this.”
It looks like Shonda Rhimes will definitely have a fifth show on ABC. Yesterday, ABC confirmed that it had ordered a pilot of Still-Star Crossed, a sort of sequel to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The show is based on Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel of the same name.
In today’s Tweet Beat, Waka Flocka makes you think, Nick Offerman pulls at the heartstrings of Parks and Recreation fans and Shonda Rhimes was born.
On Monday, Time announced its annual shortlist for 2015’s Person of the Year, an honor annually bestowed to someone who has changed the narrative, or some shit.
