can you just take us back to the beginning as you were starting to conceive these various shows and what was your inspiration, what was your mission at the time? at the time i was really wanting to make shows i wanted to watch. i felt like i wanted to see shows that represented me, represented the women i knew, that showed women in various stages of being competitive or angry or dark or joyful. you wanted to see everything. if we look at three of your biggest hits of the 2010s, grey s anatomy, which of course is still running now in its 19th season. and for scandal that introduced viewers to its first black leading lady in a drama in decades. and how to get away with murder, which egot winner viola davis says put her on the map. epe of these shows is groundbreaking in its own way. is there a through line that you would say contributed to their success? i think part of the through line really was portraying these
at the transformative decade. up first we examine the rise of peak tv and its impact on pop culture america. here s a preview. the 2010s have ushered in a new era called peek tv. the like button was a mark of genius. it can be frustrating this business of democracy. i am running for president of the united states. it was a moment that said we have to tell our stories. i may be the voice of my generation or at least a voice. joining us now is the creative mastermind of some of the biggest tv and streaming hits of the 2010s and beyond including grey s anatomy, scandal, bridgerten, and the upcoming queen charlotte, the shonda rhimes. it is great to see you. hello. i m so glad to be here. your body of work is obviously so successful.
to. they re both here. they re both here. we walked to work in the morning, and when we climb the fountain, we re a little out of breath, and so were they. one day i said to them, i feel a little pressure in my chest. do you? and they said no. and when i went to the doctor, he said, you know, that s a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because that s when the residents change. grey s anatomy it isn t. i was going to go in in august. then i had such a big may. i was either giving an award or presenting something, and i said to my cardiologist, well, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because, you know, it didn t seem to look good. and he said, you can wait, but there s a small risk that you
hollywood celebrities are just so outraged that elon musk is taking over twitter, they re ditching it. grey s anatomy creator shonda rhimes is among those announcing to the world they re quitting twitter. he vowed to make sweeping changes, including restoring free speech and potentially reversing the ban on former president trump. piers morgan said he exposed a bunch of liberal cry babies and said that he go be back. we saw the same hysteria when donald trump became president in 2016 shgz and the likes of these celebrities vowed to leave america in fury and despair and all stayed. i delta variantly predict none of those screaming i quit will stop themselves from tweeting for long. they re too addicted to the approving attention and sound of their own permanently whiney vowses.
we talked about it being over for the last three years and we can t because the fans. we have more fans now than ever. and grey s anatomy is important because shonda rhimes has a show that only endears you to the human factor and the personal stories of people, the humanness. we re certainly going to address all of what s happening with women today. our show is very female driven. the flight of our country it s remarkable what is happening. and what lays ahead of us and what battles we will have to wage to not go into back into some dark age. it s frightening. nothing has scared allen away from controversial subjects. in fame, rape, abortion and sexuality in the 1980s to blasting stereotypes in another