Shonda Rhimes and Shondaland Announces Eight New Netflix Series

On August 17 2017, Shonda Rhimes and her production company Shondaland left ABC for Netflix. One year later, Shonda Rhimes and Shondaland announces eight new Netflix series. Who is Shonda Rhimes? Shonda Rhimes is the writer and producer of hit TV series like Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, and Private Practice. 

Shonda Rhimes and Shondaland Announces Eight New Netflix Series

Four of the eight series are based on best-selling books. Read the books now, before the series come out!

Untitled Shonda Rhimes Project

Based on the New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People by Jessica Pressler. Manhattan makes a new friend like no other. But is she the stuff American dreams are made of or is she New York’s biggest con woman? Is it a con if you enjoy being taken?

Untitled Bridgerton Project

Based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling series of novels, this smart feminist take on Regency England romance unveils the glittering, wealthy, sexual, painful, funny and sometimes lonely lives of the women and men in London’s high society marriage mart as told through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

The Warmth of Other Suns

Based on Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s award-winning book of the same name, this powerful groundbreaking series tracks the decades-long migration of African-Americans fleeing the Jim Crow South in search of a better life in the North and the West between 1916 and 1970.

Pick & Sepulveda

Set in the 1840s against the surreal and sensual backdrop of the then-Mexican state of California, the series tracks the end of an idyllic era there as American forces threaten brutality and war at the border to claim this breathtaking land for its own.

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

Netflix and Shondaland have acquired the rights to Ellen Pao’s groundbreaking memoir detailing her life and career, including the lawsuit she brought against her former employer that sparked intense media scrutiny, shook Silicon Valley to its boys’ club core and pre-saged the Time’s Up movement.

The Residence

Netflix and Shondaland have acquired the rights to Kate Andersen Brower’s brilliant nonfiction book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which offers a vividly accurate insider’s account of White House residence staffers and the upstairs downstairs lives they share with the First Families at one of the most famous homes in history.

Sunshine Scouts

In this darkly comedic half-hour series, an apocalyptic disaster spares a rag-tag group of teenage girls at sleepaway camp who must then summon their moxie and survival skills to weather the fallout and ensure all that remains of humanity abides by the Sunshine Scout Law.

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

This documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy’s award-winning reimagining of the classic ballet, The Nutcracker. This staged contemporization – with its inclusive cast of all ages and its blend of dance traditions – has further cemented Debbie Allen’s legacy as one of the greatest forces for good in dance.

Shonda Rhimes Awards and Nominations

Listed are some of Shonda Rhimes awards and nominations.

• Primetime Emmy Awards, Nominated, Outstanding Drama Series: Grey’s Anatomy (2007)
• Primetime Emmy Awards, Nominated, Outstanding Drama Series: Grey’s Anatomy (2006)
• Banff Television Festival – Banff Rockie Award, Nominated, Outstanding Drama Series: Grey’s Anatomy (2011)
• Black Reel Awards, Nominated, Best Screenplay, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
• PGA Awards, Won, Lifetime Achievement Award in Television (2016)
• PGA Awards, Won, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama, Grey’s Anatomy (2007)
• Women in Film Lucy Awards, Won, Lucy Award (2007)
• Writer’s Guild of America, Won, Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement (2015)