Shondaland is the production company that lists Grey’s Anatomy as its first series.
Shonda Rhimes founded the company in 2005 to produce the medical drama, which premiered on ABC on March 27, 2005. The company was originally styled “ShondaLand” before adopting the current “Shondaland” spelling in 2016. Grey’s Anatomy became the foundation of Rhimes’s television career and the starting point for a much larger production slate.
Shondaland later produced or co-produced series including Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, Station 19, Bridgerton, Inventing Anna, and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. A common mix-up is treating Grey’s Anatomy as merely a show associated with Rhimes rather than the first series produced through her company. The company’s name refers directly to its founder, not to a fictional hospital or character.