Shondaland

Shondaland (stylized as ShondaLand from 2005 to 2016 and shondaland thereafter) is an American television production company founded by television writer/producer Shonda Rhimes.[1] She founded it to be one of the production companies of her first series Grey's Anatomy in 2005. It has since gone on to produce Rhimes's other creations, Grey's spinoff Private Practice and the widely popular 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, and before that Disney-ABC.

Shondaland
TypePrivate
IndustryTelevision
Founded2005 (Los Angeles, California)
FounderShonda Rhimes
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California
Key people
Shonda Rhimes (Chairwoman/CEO)
Betsy Beers
ProductsGrey's Anatomy
(2005–present)
Private Practice
(2007–2013)
Off the Map
(2011)
Scandal
(2012–2018)
How to Get Away with Murder
(2014–2020)
The Catch
(2016–2017)
Still Star-Crossed
(2017)
For the People
(2018–2019)
Station 19
(2018–present)
Bridgerton
(2020–present)
OwnerShonda Rhimes

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.[2] This echoes ABC's former TGIF branding of its Friday night family sitcoms[3] 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.[4] The Associated Press called Rhimes' reign of an entire night of network television "unmatched in TV history."[5]

Productions

The first series produced by Shondaland is Grey's Anatomy, which premiered on March 27, 2005, and currently is broadcasting its seventeenth season.[6] In 2007, Private Practice premiered, and lasted for six seasons, until its final broadcast, on January 22, 2013.[7] The third installment, Off the Map, was created by Jenna Bans and lasted for only one season, in 2011.[8] 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.[9] The period drama Still Star-Crossed premiered on May 29, 2017, and was cancelled after one season.[10] The legal drama For the People, created by Paul William Davies and set to premiere in the 2017–18 television season,[11] is the eighth television series produced by Shondaland. In May 2019, it was cancelled after two seasons.[12] 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).[13]

Website

In 2017, Shondaland launched the lifestyle website Shondaland.com in partnership with Hearst.[14]

Initiatives

Shonda Rhimes shares her knowledge with aspiring screenwriters and producers through ShondaLand and initiatives for her MasterClass.com program.[15]

Shondaland partnered with Seriesfest[16] in 2019 to launch the Women's Directing Mentorship,[17] a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors.[18][19] The Seriesfest panel included Shondaland's Head of Fiction Alison Eakle, Akua Murphy, Katie Lowes and Anna Deavere Smith.[20] The first Shondaland Women's Directing Mentorship was awarded to Rachel Myers.[21]

In January 2020, it was announced that Shonda Rhimes had partnered with iHeartMedia to launch Shondaland Audio.[22]

Shondaland overview
SeriesTelevision seasonsNo. of
episodes
2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–21
Grey's Anatomy1234567891011121314151617363
Private Practice123456111
Off the Map113
Scandal1234567124
How to Get Away with Murder12345690
The Catch1220
Still Star-Crossed17
For the People1220
Station 19123443
Bridgerton18

Recurring actors

Some actors appear in more than one television show produced by Shondaland. Currently, Liza Weil, Mimi Kennedy, John Getz, José Zúñiga, and Cynthia Stevenson are the only actors to make appearances in four shows.

  = Main role    = Recurring role
Actor Grey's Anatomy Private Practice Off the Map Scandal How to Get Away with Murder The Catch Still Star-Crossed For the People Station 19 Bridgerton
Mark Adair-RiosDavid MorrisArmando CruzDr. Erik Turner
Paul AdelsteinCooper FreedmanCooper FreedmanLeo Bergen
Kevin AlejandroOfficer Dan PruittNathan Ashmore
Amrapali AmbegaokarIntern DaniJessica
David AndrewsGeorge ReedTony Ellis
Juan AntonioHot guyLevi
Michael ArdenNeal HanniganPher
Wes ArmstrongChris ArmstrongBill
Mackenzie AstinDanny WilsonDan MeyerNoah Baker
Laila AyadLaura MorganCharlotte Reid
Steven W. BaileyJoe/JeremyJoeNoah Elliot
Michael BeachMr. BakerDouglas Delap
Alexandra BillingsDonna GibsonJill Hartford
Nazanin BoniadiAmritaAdnan Salif
Jake BorelliDr. Levi SchmittDr. Levi Schmitt
Jayne BrookGwen GraberDr. Meg PorterLynn
Alan BrooksChairman Mike SnedekerGrant Hapstall
Jasmin Savoy BrownAmanda JosephAllison Adams
Dan BucatinskyJeffreyJames Novak
David BurkeDonMr. SpencerMr. Thomas
John BurkePaul MosleyADA Vince Travers
Jere BurnsBen BoscoRichie Salerno
Kate BurtonEllis GreySally Langston
Tisha Campbell-MartinLila's motherPam Reiter
Catherine CarlenGovernor Kelly RauchJudge Emily Hargrove
Justin ChambersAlex KarevAlex Karev
Jennifer ChristopherCivilianGemma Walsh
Shannon CochranMary SingletonMarian CooperSusan Sawyer
Josh CrottySecret Service agentEvan Connors
Valerie CruzZona CruzDr. Zee AlvarezCarolina Flores
Steven CulpDr. Darren ParkerVictor Lesher
Eric DaneDr. Mark SloanDr. Mark Sloan
Viola DavisAnnalise KeatingAnnalise Keating
David DenmanRick JacobsKevin Murphy
Sharmila DevarFemale InternLisa
Taye DiggsDr. Sam BennettDr. Sam Bennett
Julie DretzinCarmen HallFBI AgentJudge Diane Barish
Sarah DrewApril KepnerJudy
Patrick DempseyDerek ShepherdDerek Shepherd
Kiran DeolYoung womanDr. Lira
Jeff DoucetteWarren StermanWardenJudge George Danvers
Matthew DownsFrankAgent Anthony Fain
Stacy EdwardsKathleen WheelerMaria WilsonGretchen Thomas
Tony EliasCollinJimmy Wordshaw
Scott FoleyHenry BurtonJake Ballard
Amanda ForemanNoraKatie KentSusan Bailey
Jason GeorgeDr. Ben WarrenDr. Otis ColeDr. Ben Warren
John GetzMichael BreyersMr. KentPatrick KeatingDavid Dolan
Zach GilfordCharlie LowellDr. Tommy Fuller
Erica GimpelBethany AndersonRenée Etheridge
Mary Pat GleasonMarge WalkerBetsy RayRobin Laforge
Misha Gonz-CirklSocial workerDetective Lana Ramos
Nicholas GonzalezClark WestMateoDominic
April GraceGreta's SisterFranJudge Renee Garret
Jake GreenPete GibsonSeth Hamilton
Tim GriffinRonny O'MalleyAUSA Caleb Abernathy
Caitlainne Rose GurreriLoriMarie Sherwood
Barbara Eve HarrisMelinda StinsonJudge Fiona Pruitt
Roxanne HartDana SeaburyEllen MillerSylvia Mahoney
Jay HaydenDanny YoonTravis Montgomery
Pat HealyTom RussellDennis
Martin HendersonDr. Nathan RiggsDr. Ben Keeton
Anthony HillNoahGuy Watson
Jerrika HintonStephanie EdwardsHannah
Judith HoagRhada DouglasAngie McConnellMargie Packard
Joe HoltSteve BeckDefense Secretary
Leslie HopeLindaBridget ClemmonsBattalion Chief Frankel
Eamon HuntJudgeJudge Colton Lee
Jackson HurstThomas ArchibaldCongressman Jacob ShawMario Visconti
Jay JacksonMike Waters/News anchorBNC News anchor
Anne-Marie JohnsonJudge Madeline KaneSenator Knox
Danielle KennedyAngry womanNurse
Mimi KennedyVerna BradleyEleanor BerginSharon MarquetteVirginia Foster
Anna KhajaCooper's LawyerVera Simmons
Aja Naomi KingMichaela PrattMichaela Pratt
David L. KingDr. BelridgeWilliam Etheridge
T. R. KnightDr. George O'MalleyTommy Vaughan
Nicola LamboSienna RogersSaleswoman
Damien LeakeJudge Leo TherouxDr. Healy
Chyler LeighDr. Lexie GreyDr. Lexie Grey
Katie LowesBlood donorKendra Walker/KiraQuinn Perkins
Justina MachadoAnna NylesStephanie KempTeresa
Roma MaffiaRoberta ThompsonMatilda
Joshua MalinaSeth HammerJason WindsorDavid Rosen
Cheech MarinOtis SharonPapa Ucumari
Nelson MashitaProctorJudge Gene Escobar
Susan May PrattBarbaraBecky
Mary McCormackLisa ElliotChloe Daniels
Kelly McCrearyMaggie PierceClare Tucker
Michael McGradyStanley SingerAUSA Hobbs
Thomas G. McMahonGovernment goonLloyd
Joan McMurtreyZoey GlassJennifer DebrayHelena Hapstall
Abby MillerKate ShawSimone ParkerGwen Ericsson
Dylan MinnetteRyanJerry Grant Jr.
Debra MooneyEvelyn HuntSylvieVerna Thornton
Judith MorelandMrs. BaerJudge Virginia Wilder
George NewbernStan MercerBrian ReynoldsCharlie
Paula NewsomeMrs. SturgeonJoyce Robinson
Dean NorrisVinceMorris Cooper
Amy OkudaChelsea AnsellCatherine Hapstall
Enuka OkumaTeresa BrothertonNia Lahey
Regé-Jean Page Leonard Knox Simon Basset
April Parker JonesDoctorDetective Claire Bryce
Jeff PerryThatcher GreyCyrus Beene
Zoe PerryKaty NoonanLisaSamantha Ruland
Rick PetersSean GreeneDetective
Nicole PettisCourt crierRobin
James Pickens Jr.Richard WebberRichard Webber
Amy PietzIsabelleSharon Remini
Ellen PompeoMeredith GreyMeredith Grey
Adina PorterDr. RamseyStacy HatcherFBI Agent Emily Clark
Sally PressmanYoung Dr. Ellis GreyCandace MarcusStephanie Duncan
Medalion RahimiPrincess Zara Al-Salim Princess Isabella
Dalila Ali RajahLeanneJudy
Jill RemezApril's examinerLucinda Blair
Ron RoggéFire captainDetective Paul Reed
Cristine RoseMrs. FreedmanJudge Wenona Sansbury
Jeffrey D. SamsAndre BarrettDistrict Attorney
Caterina ScorsoneAmelia Shepherd
Kelsey ScottKarenRose
Ben ShenkmanRob Harmon Roger Gunn
Samantha SloyanPenelope "Penny" BlakeER NurseJeannine Locke
Cornelius Smith Jr.Marcus WalkerMarcus Walker
Lauren StamileNurse RoseCarla Steele
Darby StanchfieldTess MilfordAbby Whelan
Cynthia StevensonRuthie CarlinKarenCharleneMary Nesbitt
Patrick St. EspritPeter FosterPhillip Thompson
Faran TahirIsaacCharlesPresident RashadDetective Terrence Amos
BJ TannerTuck JonesTuck Jones
Adria TennorDr. BermanBrenda SwanSusan Womack
Tessa ThompsonCamille TravisZoe SalterSydney
Tamlyn TomitaKatie's lawyerJudge Carol Morrow
Jamie TompkinsFemale corporate executiveTammi Ingram
Mageina TovahRebecca HobartMolly AckermanJolene Samuels
Jim TurnerDr. SchacterGeorge Gabler
Nia VardalosKarenLeah Wells
Tom VericaMichael NorrisCo-executive producerSam Keating Executive producer
Tracy VilarBecca McMurdoProsecutor BarkerLydia Perez
Sonya WalgerKatherine WinslowMargot Bishop
Kate WalshAddison Montgomery
Nick WarnockSWAT Guy #2Attorney Trent Stockton
Kerry WashingtonOlivia PopeOlivia Pope
Derek WebsterPaul AndersonDr. Richard Watkins
Liza WeilAlison ClarkAndiAmanda TannerBonnie Winterbottom
Michael WelchOfficer NewtonTeddy Seavers
Wayne WildersonBill AdamsNeil DenhomEastham
Chandra WilsonMiranda BaileyMiranda BaileyMiranda Bailey
Bellamy YoungKathyMelody "Mellie" Grant
José ZuñigaAnthony MeloyJulioGeneral Benicio FloresJorge Castillo

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