Tonight television writer, show creator and producer, Shonda Rhimes will make television history by having three prime time television shows airing on the industry’s most popular night - Thursday night- or as ABC has deemed it, TGIT(Thank God It’s Thursday). Perhaps tonight should be deemed TGFSR - Thank God For Shonda Rhimes!

Shonda Rhimes has garnered the title as today’s hottest show producer & creator with three concurrent shows airing on television. Her outstanding accomplishment has not been duplicated by anyone since Aaron Spelling’s reign in 1978 when he was producing one-third of ABC’s programming. Rhimes accomplishment has pushed the doors wide open not just for women or African Americans, but all underserved writers and producers who want a chance to get their ideas realized.

Rhimes night of television shows - also known as Shondaland - begins with her previously running,  first major prime-time show, Grey’s Anatomy. This show is a medical drama featuring the ever changing lives of the doctors at Grey Sloan hospital. The main character, Meredith Grey, endures personal highs and lows while maintaining a ceaseless dedication to her profession.

Scandal, the second show in the Shondaland’s line up, is a hot, multi-story, drama unveiling the unscrupulous and convoluted private lives of the political community including the scandalous affair of Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grand - the President of the United States. While their public roles are clearly defined, their lives portray a different story behind closed doors.

Rhimes newest venture, How To Get Away With Murder, is billed by ABC as a “masterful, sexy, suspense-driven, legal thriller”. The network’s promotions tantalize the viewer with intense and interesting previews that have us waiting with baited breath for the pilot airing tonight at 10pm. In this show, teacher Annalise Keating, takes her students and the viewers on a mental ride of the under-publicized and dirty side of the law.

Shonda Rhimes, has opened the industry’s door wide open for many future writers and producers. She will be remembered in history as the woman who helped to break the network “glass ceiling”. We applaud her dedication to her craft and most of all - her calling. She has shared her gift and for that we are grateful. Congratulations Ms. Rhimes! You are our "she-ro"!

Written by Kennan Cooley, television and video producer for Oasis Productions.