Articles about ShondaLand
Leading Lady
With season four of Bridgerton now wrapped, actor Adjoa Andoh discusses what’s next for Lady Danbury, her own creative ambitions and why she’s happy to be best known for her part in the Netflix period piece.
Netflix moves into The Residence
TRAILER: Orange is the New Black star Uzo Aduba leads The Residence, a new Netflix series that sets up an unpredictable whodunnit set inside the White House. It debuts on March 20.
Back to Bridgerton
As the third season of Bridgerton arrives on Netflix, DQ hears from executive producer Shonda Rhimes, showrunner Jess Brownell and author Julia Quinn about returning to Regency London for a new social season.
Building Bridgerton
Bridgerton, the first Netflix series from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, upends costume drama traditions in a romantic, scandalous take on Regency England.
Creative arms race
As Netflix and Amazon continue to flex their financial muscles, battle lines are being drawn between network, cable and digital channels in the fight for top writing talent.
A stroll through Shondaland
Showrunner extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes walks back through her career, from her start in films to launching Grey’s Anatomy and bringing through new writers at her production label Shondaland.
Anthologies continue Amazing advance
In the latest example of the trend toward anthology shows, Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller is rebooting NBC’s 1980s series Amazing Stories. Meanwhile, a Belgian scripted format is being adapted for the US and Shondaland is taking a novel to TV.
A journey through ShondaLand
A Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity panel featuring key figures from ShondaLand — the production stable responsible for such hits as How to Get Away with Murder — provided fascinating insight into what makes the firm’s shows so successful. Andy Fry reports.