Shondaland

Company type	Private
Industry	Television production
Founded	2005; 21 years ago (2005), inLos Angeles,California
Founder	Shonda Rhimes
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people	Shonda Rhimes (CEO) Betsy Beers
Products	Grey'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 (2018–2024) Bridgerton (2020–present) Inventing Anna (2022) Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) The Residence (2025)
Owner	Shonda Rhimes
Website	Official website Official website

Shondaland (stylized asShondaLand from 2005 to 2016 andshondaland thereafter) is an Americantelevisionproduction company founded by television writer and producerShonda Rhimes.^[1] She founded it to be one of the production companies of her firstseries, themedical dramaGrey's Anatomy in 2005. It has since gone on to produce Rhimes's other creations,Grey's spinoffPrivate Practice and thepolitical dramaScandal, and her other productions—the short-livedOff the Map, theViola Davis-starringlegalthrillerHow to Get Away with Murder, and thecrime thrillerThe Catch—all of which are co-produced withABC Studios and air onABC. As of 2017, it has a partnership affiliation withNetflix creating shows likeBridgerton and the spin-offQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

In 2014, theABC network programmed its entire Thursdayprimetime 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 formerTGIF branding of its Friday night family sitcoms^[3] andNBC'sMust 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]

The first series produced by Shondaland isGrey's Anatomy, which premiered on March 27, 2005, and was recently renewed for its 22nd season.^[6][7] In 2007,Private Practice premiered, and lasted for six seasons, until its final broadcast, on January 22, 2013.^[8] The third installment,Off the Map, was created byJenna Bans and lasted for only one season, in 2011.^[9]Scandal andHow to Get Away with Murder, premiered in 2012 and 2014, respectively, withScandal airing its final episode on April 19, 2018, andHow to Get Away with Murder airing its final episode on May 14, 2020. Thecomedy-drivencrime dramaThe Catch aired for two seasons and received generally positive reviews from critics.^[10] Theperiod dramaStill Star-Crossed premiered on May 29, 2017, and was cancelled after one season.^[11] The legal dramaFor the People, created by Paul William Davies and set to premiere in the2017–18 television season,^[12] is the eighth television series produced by Shondaland. In May 2019, it was cancelled after two seasons.^[13]It was announced on January 3, 2018, thatScandal andHow to Get Away With Murder would crossover with one another in Shondaland's first crossover event (excluding spin-offs).^[14] In March 22, 2018, a second Grey's Anatomy spin-off,Station 19, premiered. This firefighter procedural drama lasted for seven seasons, broadcasting its final episode on May 30, 2024.^[15]

In 2017, Shondaland launched the lifestyle website Shondaland.com in partnership withHearst.^[16]

Shonda Rhimes shares her knowledge with aspiring screenwriters and producers through Shondaland and initiatives for her MasterClass.com program.^[17]

Shondaland partnered with Seriesfest^[18] in 2019 to launch the Women's Directing Mentorship,^[19] a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors.^[20][21] The Seriesfest panel included Shondaland's Head of Fiction Alison Eakle, Akua Murphy, Katie Lowes and Anna Deavere Smith.^[22] The first Shondaland Women's Directing Mentorship was awarded to Rachel Myers.^[23]

In January 2020, it was announced that Shonda Rhimes had partnered with iHeartMedia to launch Shondaland Audio.^[24]

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

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