Shonda Rhimes leaves ABC, signs multi-year deal with Netflix

TV mogul Shonda Rhimes leaves ABC as she heads to digital platform Netflix.

Rhimes signed a multi-year deal with Netflix where she will be using her production company to produce new programming for Netflix.

Shonda Rhimes Leaves ABC

THR reports:
Under the multiple-year deal, Rhimes and her Shondaland banner will create and produce new projects for the streaming giant.

Rhimes’ longtime producing partner Betsy Beers will continue to head Shondaland in the move to Netflix. Under what is said to be a rich four-year pact, Rhimes is expected to score a percentage of the back-end on programming she creates for Netflix.

Netflix on the partnership

“Shonda Rhimes is one of the greatest storytellers in the history of television,” Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said.

“Her work is gripping, inventive, pulse-pounding, heart-stopping, taboo-breaking television at its best. I’ve gotten the chance to know Shonda and she’s a true Netflixer at heart — she loves TV and films, she cares passionately about her work, and she delivers for her audience. We’re so excited to welcome her to Netflix.”