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The Netflix period romp’s creator is back with Queen Charlotte, a hugely watchable spinoff about the Black monarch as a teen. She talks angry fans, fun TV – and her most personal show yetShe’s sheepish about it now, but it’s true: when Shonda Rhimes started out, she had big ambitions – and no problem speaking them aloud: “This always sounds crazy, but I would say to my friends and to my agent: ‘I want to take over the world through television.’”Twenty-eight years on, it doesn’t sound odd at all. Rhimes is the powerhouse behind production company Shondaland and its string of zeitgeist-making TV shows, which hook millions worldwide. Her hits include medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, still going strong after 19 seasons. Political thriller Scandal (2012-2018), which starred Kerry Washington as “TV’s most glamorous antihero” and showcased Trump-era skulduggery while it was still just a twinkle in the Donald’s eye. And sexy legal thriller How to Get Away With Murder (2014-2020), which the Egot-winning actor Viola Davis credits with “putting me on the map”. Continue reading...