Shonda Rhimes On The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘Scandal’ Spinoffs That Never Materialized: “We Thought About A Lot Of Things”
Shonda Rhimes has produced some of the most successful television series, like Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and Bridgerton.
Grey’s Anatomy yielded two spinoffs with 2007’s Private Practice and 2018’s Station 19, which were equally successful. Rhimes’ most recent spinoff was Queen Charlotte, a prequel to Netflix’s Bridgerton.
In a new interview, Rhimes explained what she looks for in creating a spinoff and revealed some ideas that never materialized.
“On Grey’s, there were a bunch,” Rhimes told Entertainment Weekly. “I felt like we could have done Chicago Anatomy, Boston. We could have done that. It just didn’t appeal to me to rebuild the same world. And then we thought about a lot of things.”
Rhimes noted that she thought there was an idea with Caterina Scorsone’s character Amelia, Derek’s (Patrick Dempsey) sister on Grey’s Anatomy.
“I thought that there could be a spinoff with Amelia that was the Shepherd sisters,...
Grey’s Anatomy yielded two spinoffs with 2007’s Private Practice and 2018’s Station 19, which were equally successful. Rhimes’ most recent spinoff was Queen Charlotte, a prequel to Netflix’s Bridgerton.
In a new interview, Rhimes explained what she looks for in creating a spinoff and revealed some ideas that never materialized.
“On Grey’s, there were a bunch,” Rhimes told Entertainment Weekly. “I felt like we could have done Chicago Anatomy, Boston. We could have done that. It just didn’t appeal to me to rebuild the same world. And then we thought about a lot of things.”
Rhimes noted that she thought there was an idea with Caterina Scorsone’s character Amelia, Derek’s (Patrick Dempsey) sister on Grey’s Anatomy.
“I thought that there could be a spinoff with Amelia that was the Shepherd sisters,...
- 3/27/2025
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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