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‘The Catch’: Shondaland ABC Drama To Get New Showrunner As Creator Exits
There is a behind-the-scenes shakeup on ABC’s midseason drama series The Catch. Executive producer/co-showrunner Jennifer Schuur, who created the series for ABC Studios and Shondaland, and Josh Reims,...
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ABC Buys ‘Splitsville’ Comedy From ‘Trophy Wife’ Creators & Shondaland
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland has opened its 2015 development season with a comedy sale at ABC. Titled Splitsville, the project is being written by Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern &...
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ABC Buys Convent Drama From Shondaland & Writer Alison Schapker
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland has sold its first drama project this season, and it’s very much in the company’s wheelhouse of soapy, twisty shows. The untiled one-hour is written by former...
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Medevac Baghdad Drama From Shondaland &’Grey’s Anatomy’ Writer Set At ABC
The medical drama genre put Shondaland on the TV map with the breakout success and staying power of Shonda Rhimes’s Grey’s Anatomy. Now the company is taking a different take on the medical soap arena...
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Disney Racks Up Strong Sales For Shondaland’s ‘The Catch’ And ABC Studio’s...
Disney Media Distribution has racked up strong sales on a clutch of projects. ABC Studios' latest Shondaland drama series, The Catch, has been licensed to broadcasters in 186 territories worldwide with...
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Romeo & Juliet Drama From Shondaland &‘Scandal’s Heather Mitchell Set At ABC
Shonda Rhimes is getting behind another series project from a key writer-producer on one of her shows. In a competitive situation, ABC has nabbed Still Star-Crossed, a Romeo and Juliet sequel drama...
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New Shondaland Trailers: ‘Scandal’&‘How To Get Away With Murder’ Return...
Shondaland shows Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder are still on haitus. That’s the bad news. But the good news is that they’re both returning on February 11, and to prove it, ABC has released a...
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Romeo & Juliet Sequel ‘Still Star-Crossed’ From Shondaland Gets ABC Pilot Order
It has become an annual tradition one of ABC’s first drama pilot orders to go to a Shondaland project. This year, it is Still Star-Crossed, a Romeo and Juliet sequel drama from Heather Mitchell,...
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ABC Pilot Orders: Drama ‘Notorious’, 4 Comedies, Including Shondaland’s ‘Toast’
ABC is wrapping the bulk of its pilot pickups today with several more orders, to drama Notorious, based on Mark Geragos, from Josh Berman and The Firm; and four comedies: Shondaland’s Toast, written by...
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Gail Mancuso To Direct Shondaland ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Toast’
Emmy-winning director Gail Mancuso has booked a second comedy pilot this season. The Emmy-winning helmer, who is directing and executive producing Fox’s single-camera female buddy comedy pilot The...
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Shondaland ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Toast’ Taps Gregg Mettler As Showrunner
The Muppets co-executive producer Gregg Mettler has been tapped as showrunner on Toast, ABC's hybrid comedy pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' Shondaland as well as actors and long-time friends...
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‘Toast’: Jono Kenyon To Star, Tessa Ferrer To Co-Star In Shondaland ABC Pilot
Jono Kenyon (Step Dave) has landed the male lead in Toast, ABC's hybrid comedy pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg. Also cast in the project is Grey’s...
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Shonda Rhimes To Receive International Emmy Founders Award – MIPTV
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present Shonda Rhimes with the 2016 International Emmy Founders Award at its ceremony in New York on November 21. The prolific writer,...
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‘Toast’: Frankie Faison Joins Shondaland ABC Pilot
Banshee’s Frankie Faison has booked a series regular role on Toast, ABC's hybrid comedy pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg. The project revolves around...
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Shondaland Double: ‘The Catch’ Renewed For Season 2; ‘Still Star-Crossed’...
It is the day of the TV uber producers. Minutes after Greg Berlanti expanded its CW holdings to five drama series, and Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise at NBC grew to four series, Shonda Rhimes’ portfolio...
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T.R. Knight Returning To Shondaland In ‘The Catch’ Season 2
Grey’s Anatomy alum T.R. Knight is returning to the Shondaland fold. Knight has joined the second-season cast of ABC's The Catch, from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland, as a recurring. As-per-usual, there are...
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Shondaland Expands With Executive Hires In Production, Marketing & Branding
With its portfolio growing to five series, Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland is staffing up in a big way, going from one staff executive to four with the hire of Sara Fischer as Head of...
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Pundits Weigh In On Degree Of Desperation In ABC’s ‘Scandal’-less Thursday...
A new promo for ABC’s Thursday night lineup which, this fall will include a drama not produced by Shonda Rhimes, has TV pundits arguing as to whether it’s too desperate. To recap: It’s a promo....
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‘The Catch’: Gina Torres Joins Season 2 Of Shondaland ABC Drama As Recurring
Gina Torres has booked her first post-Suits gig — a recurring role on the second season of the ABC drama series The Catch, from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland and ABC Studios. As-per-usual when a Shondaland...
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Liz Tuccillo Comedy From Shondaland In Works At ABC
Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland has emerged as one of the top suppliers of drama series on television. With five dramas on the air, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How To Get Away with Murder, The Catch and...
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