thursday night, shonda's night. >> i'm excited. >> how to get away with murder. >> shonda invited us behind the scenes at the mother ship here in hollywood. the studios for her production company called shondaland. >> just like i imagined. it's the place that holds all the secrets where so many of those complex characters and legendary lines have come to life. >> what did you do? >> you have a way of really connecting with people. >> you know sometimes i'm really amazed because a lot of the times, when i'm writing, it feels a little bit like i'm writing for myself or just for my friends, you know i remember my first experience with grey's i felt like i was writing in my diary. it felt really surprising me to me. >> for last november's winter finales, a combined 28 million people watched the three shows. and when scandal first premiered two years ago, viewers witnessed a historic shattering of that glass ceiling. >> it's handled. >> as kerry washington became the first african-american actress in nearly 40 years to star in a leading role in a network primetime show. the last being ter

shonda rhimes.ttle busy. >> i am a little busy. >> busy atop a tv empire that includes abc's grey's anatomy, scandal and fall's runaway hit, how to get away with murder. she's the first creator since aaron spelling to oversee three back-to-back primetime shows, all on one network, all on thursday night. thursday night, shonda's night. >> i'm excited. >> how to get away with murder. >> shonda invited us behind the scenes at the mother ship here in hollywood. the studios for her production company called shondaland. >> just like i imagined. it's the place that holds all the secrets where so many of those complex characters and legendary lines have come to life. >> what did you do? >> you have a way of really connecting with people. >> you know sometimes i'm really amazed because a lot of the times, when i'm writing, it feels a little bit like i'm writing for myself or just for my friends, you know i remember my first experience with grey's i felt like i was writing in my diary. it felt really surprisi

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thank you, shonda jackson. i wanted to read that into the record on behalf of shonda. >> good afternoon. i want to get something straight. you have folks standing up here talking about an issue that seems to be a burden that has to do with a crisis when it comes to the black community. shame on us to come appearing error that because if you turn on the lights in the whole city of san francisco, [indiscernible]. at the end of the day, the problem is this. ella hill hutch community center has great lighting, great lights inside, the kids don't play tennis at midnight and the reference don't [indiscernible]. i live right across the street. let me give you an example of where you need to take into consideration. i had a [indiscernible] and one of the staff person walked over, stabbed me in the neck and now i am that in litigation with collective impact. at the end of the day, what i want you to think about is that everybody in here once in betterment for our community. we don't need to be down here explaining one w

shonda rimes fans, buckle up, abc announced they have picked up another pilot from the queen of thursday night tv called "the catch," which focuses on a female forensic accountant whose career specialty is exposing fraud for a living. rimes will executive produce this crime thriller with three other women. a release date has not been announced but we will keep you posted. >> you would think the accountant would be the altar ego. >> there is a lot going on in just that one sentence. but you know with her it's going to be good. >> she solves murders working out of the white house office. >> wearing stilettos. >> sounds easy right? we have a forecast you don't want to mix, winter weather on the way again for the end of the weekend the upcoming weekend. tim brant is in the corner shaking his head already. 37 degrees was the high earlier today at reagan national. the record of 75, 1974. weird --we are not looking at anything like that anytime soon. we have higher wind gusts, which will add to the windchill factor overnight into the day tomorrow. already windchill factors in the teens ashburn

shonda ryan said this episode titled "run" is her favorite episode of tv she's written and done overall and at 10:00, it's "how to get away with murder" with the sag award winner viola davis and stick around for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> doug is back with the final check of this winter weather >> doppler radar showing the area of rain and sleet moving quickly from the appalachians our way. when we join you at 4:00 it will be hitting the ground oochlt you'll hav [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ >> yeah! hey! [laughs] uh. uh. oh. [cheers and applause] i'm terry crews, and i'm in the mood to give some money away today on millionaire! [cheers and applause] after a recent apartment fire, today's first contestant had to learn what it takes to start over from scratch-- a lot of family support. he's here today to give back to the people who've helped him rebuild his life. from jersey city, new jersey please welcome brandon echter! [cheers and applause] yeah! yeah! yeah! [laughs] how you doing? oh, brandon, come on over here

i mean all of her work and shonda herself, she's such -- she's just never ceases to amaze me.ppy to see her being celebrated in the way she is particularly this year. she has been for a long time but, you know she's getting every honor that a person can get and really establishing the idea that you know we are long overdue for women to be kind of like showing their power and i mean you're an amazing example of that. >> you're very kind. >> it becomes the new normal. that's what she's all about. what does she say, i portray the world the way it is and the way it should be as opposed to you know know you know she doesn't waste time complaining. she just gets out there and does scomblit a high compliment from anyone but especially you. you come from a long line of people in this business and please accept our kuala lumpurs. we know you lost your father. >> yeah thank you very much. >> you are the "g" in mgm studios and what did your father and grandfather -- how did being around them influence your career? >> i think the biggest thing i sort of inherited from my grandpa and my da

so i would like to thank pauly, shonda rhimes.messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old dark skin african-american woman. >> this role has been a challenge for me. and it's woken me up like any challenge wakes someone up. >> do you have your speech or are you going to wing it? i don't see a purse. >> you know i never make assumptions. >> julianne moore earning a best actress win for her work as a alzheimer's patient. and thanks to the theory of everything stars mind-blowing wins. >> it's kind of weird -- it's like -- kind of like a youeuphoric white noise. >> patricia arquette thanked her family after her best supporting actress award. >> i can't tell you what this means to me. my daughter texted me and it means a lot when you get an 11-year-old girl to say i'm proud of you mom. >> no one seemed happy yr than the orange is the new black cast and their comedy cast win. some on the red carpet were wonder rouse in white. maggie gyllenhaal and reese witherspoon. for "good morning america" chris connelly abc news los angeles. >> t

"shake is off" because it's owned by another company and finally, tgit, if you are suffering from shonda reims withdrawal, we have the trifecta tonight. what will happen to meredith and derek and who took olivia pope and dying to know and how much did keating know about her husband -- and the man that plays viola davis's husband is from havertown and she is also directing tonight's episode of scandal. >> local connection. they are all over. >> thanks very much we have more to come in the next 30 minutes of "action news" at 4:00 including the latest on the white snow that adam mentioned is moving into our area. >> light? >> light. >>> and a fire claims two lives in philadelphia despite a police officer's heroic efforts to save them. we have the latest on this investigation. >> and this video shows animal friends captivating people on the internet. why they are now studying these viral videos.twork. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house. you get more from verizon fios the tv

show creator shonda rooims hinted that olivia may stay kidnapped for more than one episode. she told tv "it's definitely not going to be a one episode short little thing." she went on to say tonight's episode is probably my favorite episode that we've done ever. this by the way a little heads-up. tonight's episode was directed by the one that plays the character sam, viola davis' husband on "how to get away with murder." >> still to come right here teachers say they are being forced to take to the test. >> effort to see how students are evaluated in virginia. >> she blew a stop sign and sped through a red light and careened through a neighborhood traffic circle and today, that gentleman pled not guilty in court. i'll tell you what he was hiding in that big box truck. >> but first, the latest round in the fight to repeal a >> new at 4:00 now a setback for those trying to repeal a controversial ultrasound law in virginia. today, the senate education and health committee rejected a bill to repeal that law. the 2012 measure requires any woman seeking an abortion to get an ultras

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. >> i'd like to thank paul lee, shonda rhimes, betsy beers, bill d'elia and peter nowalk for thinkingrican-american woman who looks like me. >> those were the sag awards. and you can also take a look back at our week here on the set. head to facebook page at wnnfans.com for "in case you missed it." >> get behind the scenes stuff. reena in all of her glory. >> why are you saying that? >> one last item of business. we have more food. >> it never ends here. national croissant day. fantastic spread. thanks to our friends at the bakery. they have two new flavors, honey pecan and raspberry. their limited croissant edition. which are you going to try? >> i like the normal looking, the regular stuff. >> the regular stuff. >> the plain works for me. >> how do we keep finding these days? >> i don't care. >> how do we keep doing this? >> we need to add a workout segment. they are fantastic. they make the best madelines, this place. thank you. ♪ sabine would lose her mind with this stuff right here. >>> good friday, folks. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i'm reena ninan. here are the top headlines we're foll

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from scandal to grey's anatomy, she's behind your favorite shows and now, shonda rhyimes has a nw hit. >> and reveals the real reason for her success. what's it got to do with her diary? >>> and, new york's iconic

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i come to the floor to pay tribute to the memory of shonda, a native north carolinian admired daughter, sister and friend, who departed this life suddenly on december 12, 2014 in cumberland county, where she lived and worked as a teacher. she was an outstanding educator for more than 0 years. ms. adams: well -- 20 years. ms. adams: well respected, a leader in her church and community and someone who valued all people. genuinely concerned for the welfare of each student, she truly believed that if given the opportunity and resources, every tchiled could seed -- every child could succeed. she left an indelible impression on her community and state and for her many tireless efforts, on behalf of children, i join with her parents, freddie and former state representative mary, and all the citizens of our state in honoring shonda's memory and her legacy. madam speaker i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> th