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{{official websitewww.shondaland.com}}}}Shondaland (stylized as ShondaLand from 2005 to 2016 and shondaland thereafter) is an American television production company founded by television writer and producer Shonda Rhimes.NEWS, Jordan, Lebeau, The Angry Black Women of Shondaland: What The New York Times (and Slate) Got Wrong,www.boston.com/entertainment/tv/2014/09/22/the-angry-black-women-shondaland-what-the-new-york-times-and-slate-got-wrong/w0qFtBv5sHZICbFrKmw4UM/story.html, The Boston Globe, September 22, 2014, September 23, 2014, She founded it to be one of the production companies of her first series, the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy in 2005. It has since gone on to produce Rhimes’s other creations, Grey’s spinoff Private Practice and the political drama Scandal, and her other productions—the short-lived Off the Map, the Viola Davis-starring legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder, and the crime thriller The Catch—all of which are co-produced with ABC Studios and air on ABC. As of 2017, it has a partnership affiliation with Netflix creating shows like Bridgerton and the spin-off (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story).

History

Programming block

In 2014, the ABC network programmed its entire Thursday primetime lineup with television series produced by Shondaland, then branded the Shondaland-filled programming block as “Thank God It’s Thursday,� also referred to in its shortened form, TGIT.MAGAZINE,insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/21/tgit-greys-scandal-murder-video-abc/, See how ABC is promoting Shonda Rhimes’ Thursday takeover, Abrams, Natalie, August 21, 2014, Entertainment Weekly, September 28, 2014, This echoes ABC’s former TGIF branding of its Friday night family sitcomsNEWS, TV Upfront: Any Given Thursday: ABC May Not Have the NFL As It Heads to the Upfront, But It’s Got Shonda Rhimes, Poggi, Jeanine, Advertising Age, 87, 10, May 16, 2016, 14–17, and NBC’s Must See TV promotion of formidable Thursday night television hits in the 1990s. Thursday is an especially important night for American television networks because it is the last chance for advertisers of weekend purchases, like movies and cars, to reach a large TV audience, and networks schedule highly rated programming for the night to attract those advertising dollars.NEWS, McFarland, Melanie, On TV: Thursday night throwdown,www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/On-TV-Thursday-night-throwdown-1215085.php, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 28, 2014, The Associated Press called Rhimes’ reign of an entire night of network television “unmatched in TV history.“WEB, Moore, Frazier, Shonda Rhimes Lays Claim To Thursday Nights On ABC,bigstory.ap.org/article/bcbcab2541bf4e50ad7ea709de767de5/shonda-rhimes-lays-claim-thursday-nights-abc, Associated Press, September 28, 2014,

Productions

The first series produced by Shondaland is Grey’s Anatomy, which premiered on March 27, 2005, and currently is broadcasting its nineteenth season.WEB,tvline.com/2017/02/10/greys-anatomy-renewed-scandal-htgawm-renewals/, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and HTGAWM Renewed for 2017–18 Season, Swift, Andy, February 10, 2017, TVLine, February 14, 2017, In 2007, Private Practice premiered, and lasted for six seasons, until its final broadcast, on January 22, 2013.WEB,tvline.com/2012/10/19/shonda-rhimes-announces-private-practice-end-date/, Shonda Rhimes Announces Private Practice End Date, Calls Decision ‘Heartbreaking’, Mitovich, Matt Webb, October 19, 2012, TVLine, October 19, 2012, The third installment, Off the Map, was created by Jenna Bans and lasted for only one season, in 2011.WEB,tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/v-cancelled-brothers-sisters-cancelled-by-abc-too/92307/,tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/v-cancelled-brothers-sisters-cancelled-by-abc-too/92307/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170213160828tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/v-cancelled-brothers-sisters-cancelled-by-abc-too/92307/,">web.archive.org/web/20170213160828tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/v-cancelled-brothers-sisters-cancelled-by-abc-too/92307/, dead, February 13, 2017, ABC: ‘V’ Cancelled, ‘Brothers & Sisters,’ ‘Mr. Sunshine,’ ‘Detroit 187,’ ‘Off The Map,’ ‘No Ordinary Family,’ ‘Better With You’ Cancelled Too, May 13, 2011, TV by the Numbers, Zap2it, November 20, 2017, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, premiered in 2012 and 2014, respectively, with Scandal airing its final episode on April 19, 2018, and How to Get Away with Murder airing its final episode on May 14, 2020. The comedy-driven crime drama The Catch aired for two seasons and received generally positive reviews from critics.WEB,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-cancels-american-crime-dr-ken-imaginary-mary-1002896/, ABC Cancels ‘American Crime,’ ‘Dr. Ken,’ ‘Imaginary Mary,’ ‘Secrets and Lies,’ ‘The Catch, ‘The Real O’Neals’, May 11, 2017, The Hollywood Reporter, November 20, 2017, Stanhope, Kate, Goldberg, Lesley, O’Connell, Michael, The period drama Still Star-Crossed premiered on May 29, 2017, and was cancelled after one season.WEB,tvline.com/2017/06/22/still-star-crossed-cancelled-abc-no-season-2-shonda-rhimes/, Still Star-Crossed Essentially Cancelled as ABC Banishes Drama to Saturdays, Nemetz, Dave, June 22, 2017, TVLine, November 20, 2017, The legal drama For the People, created by Paul William Davies and set to premiere in the 2017–18 television season,WEB,variety.com/2017/tv/news/abc-series-orders-2017-2018-shondaland-for-the-people-1202421771/, ABC Greenlights Shondaland Show, Zach Braff Comedy, Freddie Highmore Medical Drama, Three More Series, Wagmeister, Elizabeth, May 11, 2017, Variety (magazine), Variety, November 20, 2017, is the eighth television series produced by Shondaland. In May 2019, it was cancelled after two seasons.WEB,tvline.com/2019/05/09/for-the-people-cancelled-no-season-3-abc/, For the People Cancelled at ABC, TVLine, Charlie, Mason, May 9, 2019, May 9, 2019, It was announced on January 3, 2018, that Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder would crossover with one another in Shondaland’s first crossover event (excluding spin-offs).WEB,www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/pressrelease/abc-announces-a-special-tgit-event-with-how-to-get-away-with-murder-and-scandal-crossover-episodes/, ABC Announces a Special TGIT Event with ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ and ‘Scandal’ Crossover Episodes, www.disneyabcpress.com, 17 January 2022,www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/pressrelease/abc-announces-a-special-tgit-event-with-how-to-get-away-with-murder-and-scandal-crossover-episodes/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180104073245www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/pressrelease/abc-announces-a-special-tgit-event-with-how-to-get-away-with-murder-and-scandal-crossover-episodes/,">web.archive.org/web/20180104073245www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/pressrelease/abc-announces-a-special-tgit-event-with-how-to-get-away-with-murder-and-scandal-crossover-episodes/, 4 January 2018, dead,

Website

In 2017, Shondaland launched the lifestyle website Shondaland.com in partnership with Hearst.WEB, Faircloth, Kelly, Shondaland.com Has Arrived, Jezebel, 2017-12-08,jezebel.com/shondaland-com-has-arrived-1818506403,

Initiatives

Shonda Rhimes shares her knowledge with aspiring screenwriters and producers through ShondaLand and initiatives for her MasterClass.com program.WEB,medium.com/@DanaAbulaban/making-television-great-again-a-shondaland-specialty-70563f206125, Making Television Great Again: A “ShondaLand� Specialty, Abulaban, Dana, 2018-04-16, Medium, en, 2020-01-12, Shondaland partnered with SeriesfestWEB,www.seriesfest.com/, Season 6: June 18-24, 2020. {{!, SeriesFest|website=SeriesFest {{!}} Season 6: June 18–24, 2020.|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}} in 2019 to launch the Women’s Directing Mentorship,WEB,variety.com/2018/tv/news/shonda-rhimes-shondaland-partners-with-seriesfest-for-female-director-initiative-1203048176/, Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland Partners With SeriesFest for Female-Director Initiative, 2018-11-29, Variety, en, 2020-01-12, a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors.WEB,www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/11/218135/shonda-rhimes-directing-mentorship-series-fest-2019, If You’ve Always Wanted To Direct, Romero, Ariana, www.refinery29.com, en, 2020-01-12, WEB,www.seriesfest.com/artist-initiatives/women-directing-mentorship, Season 6: June 18-24, 2020. {{!, SeriesFest|website=SeriesFest {{!}} Season 6: June 18–24, 2020.|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}} The Seriesfest panel included Shondaland’s Head of Fiction Alison Eakle, Akua Murphy, Katie Lowes and Anna Deavere Smith.{{Citation|title=SeriesFest: Season 5 {{!}} Shondaland 2.0|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xKc2oPgFR0|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}} The first Shondaland Women’s Directing Mentorship was awarded to Rachel Myers.WEB, Turchiano, Danielle, 2020-04-17, SeriesFest Renews Partnership With Shondaland, Introduces Executive Elevation Mentorship Program (EXCLUSIVE),variety.com/2020/tv/news/seriesfest-shondaland-partnership-renewal-executive-elevation-mentorship-program-exclusive-1234582857/, 2020-09-10, Variety, en, In January 2020, it was announced that Shonda Rhimes had partnered with iHeartMedia to launch Shondaland Audio.WEB,www.nasdaq.com/press-release/shondaland-partners-with-iheartmedia-to-launch-shondaland-audio-2019-10-16, Shondaland Partners With iHeartMedia to Launch Shondaland Audio, www.nasdaq.com, en, 2020-01-12,

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