A Diva State of Mind

Shonda Rhimes is killing the television game right now!  You may not be familiar with her, but I’m sure you have heard of her very popular television shows!

Rhimes is the creator of one my favorite Thursday night TV lineup, Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.  And she is not slowing down!   She recently sold three shows to various networks.  Her new show Scandal, which will premiere next year, is the one I’m looking forward to the most.  The show stars Kerry Washington and is based around a crisis management firm in Washington, DC.  After looking at the trailer, the show looks like it’s going to be another success for Rhimes!

Along with being named Time Magazine’s 100 Top 100 people who help shape the world in 2007, Rhimes has received a number of awards including:

• Won four NAACP Image Awards
• Rhimes was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 and 2007 for a dramatic series and writing a dramatic series.
• Rhimes was nominated by PGA awards for the “Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic” for Drama in Grey’s Anatomy in 2006, 2007 and 2008; she won in 2007.
• Rhimes and fellow co-workers were nominated in 2006 and 2007 by the Writers Guild of America, USA for the WGA Award (TV); she won in 2006.
• In 2007, Rhimes, along with the cast of Grey’s Anatomy, was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.

 Source: Clutch Magazine & Wikipedia