Shonda Rhimes on Ruling the World Through Television

Season 2 Episode 216
Aired on 12/09/2012 | CC

Shonda Rhimes says that when she was first approached to create a television series about a powerful Washington, D.C., fixer, she didn't want to do it. But after meeting Judy Smith, the real-life inspiration for the series Scandal, for the first time, Shonda had a change of heart. Watch as Shonda shares how she got her start in Hollywood and reveals which of her characters is most like her.