Shonda Rhimes
18 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 17, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Dec 17, 2019
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Streaming platforms require driving subscriptions rather than capturing scheduled viewers
“Like, the idea for Netflix is, my job is to make shows that make people want to Subscribe to Netflix, which is very different than keeping people watching, you know what I mean, it's just different bringing people to the show for a specific hour of time.”
Dec 17, 2019
Shonda Rhimes ended Scandal because real-world Washington politics became too crazy
“And then at a certain point we thought we can't surpass what's happening in Washington. Like there was a moment when I just thought, I don't even know how to surpass what's happening in Washington. We did our inauguration and it just felt like what's happening…”
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Network television testing measures subjective opinion, unlike Netflix's behavioral streaming data
“But it's never been a thing that I've really paid attention to in a real way in network television because testing in network television is really about opinion. I'm very excited about it at a place like Netflix because that, the data is very different than te…”
Dec 17, 2019
Shonda Rhimes created Grey's Anatomy without any television staff writer experience
“You know, for a lot of people, it's They started as a staff writer, and they worked their way up, they worked their way through the business, and then they get their own show. I thought I'd been writing movies, and I thought I'd like to write a television show…”
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Promoting internal talent yields better showrunners and uncovers hidden creative talent
“I like to raise the people who are going to be our next group of writers, mainly because they already know how to do everything, but also because there's so many interesting people who come through who are the next great purveyors of ideas who sometimes get ov…”
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Streaming shows often suffer from slow pacing, unlike Shondaland's fast-paced productions
“A lot of streaming shows get really slow because they know they can, because they know you're streaming them. I don't think that's for me, in terms of the way I write things. I enjoy watching them, but I don't think it's for me. So we're still moving at a pace…”
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Forty-five minute episodes remain Shonda Rhimes's creative sweet spot on streaming
“I know that for me, Writing something that's about 60 pages long, which is about 45 minutes long on television, feels right. It's what I know how to do. And it feels good to me. I have not reached a point now where I'm thinking, like, I need to write something…”