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Shonda Rhimes Sticking Around ABC Until 2018

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Producer Shonda Rhimes attends the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) Presents The 51st Annual Publicists Awards Luncheon at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 28, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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ABC’s Shonda Rhimes dynasty is safe: After months of negotiations and offers from multiple suitors, the Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy creator has closed a four-year deal to stay at the Alphabet’s sister studio, ABC Studios, through 2018. No details on the specifics, but given Rhimes’s track record and importance to ABC, it’s safe to say the deal will pay Rhimes scads of money. (Or maybe boatloads — whichever is bigger.) Rhimes and her Shondaland production company just snagged an order for a third series on ABC, How to Get Away With Murder.

Shonda Rhimes Sticking Around ABC Until 2018