One of TV's Best Producers Is Moving to Netflix

Shonda Rhimes is jumping ship from ABC
By Newser Editors,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 14, 2017 7:21 AM CDT
Netflix Just Got One of TV's Most Successful Producers
Shonda Rhimes is moving to Netflix.   (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Netflix has scored a major coup by landing one of the top producers in television. Shonda Rhimes, the force behind such hit series as Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder, will jump ship from ABC Studios, reports the Wall Street Journal. Under the multi-year deal, Rhimes' production company, ShondaLand, will produce original content for Netflix, though Rhimes will continue to shepherd her ABC series still in production.

The deal follows another in which Netflix lured filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen and is another sign that the streaming company thinks its future is in original content, notes Variety. The financial terms weren't disclosed, but Rhimes is believed to have gotten a healthy bump from her current salary of about $10 million a year from ABC. (More Shonda Rhimes stories.)

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