Shonda Rhimes' TV Domination Continues! Get All the Scoop On Her New ABC Show

ABC has just picked up another one of Shonda Rhimes' dramas. TGIT is expanding!

By Sydney Bucksbaum May 08, 2015 1:30 AMTags
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Shonda Rhimes, we continue to bow. Down.

ABC's reigning queen already has a full night of TV on one of the biggest channels all to herself...but she's not done with her TV domination just yet.

E! News has learned that ABC has picked up another show from Rhimes, bringing her count to four shows on the network. Daaaaang!

Her newest show, The Catch, hails from Shondaland's Rhimes and Betsy Beers, and is an hour-long new thriller. With a medical show, political drama and murder mystery already on her resume, what plot is Rhimes tackling now?

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The Catch is centered on the strong, successful Alice Martin (played by Mirelle Enos). She's a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career.

The Catch also stars Alimi Ballard, Damon Dayoub, Jay Hayden, Jacky Ido, Bethany Joy Lenz, Rose Rollins and Elvy Yost. It was written by Jennifer Schuur and executive produced by Schuur, Rhimes, Beers and Julie Anne Robinson.

ABC also picked up five other dramas for the 2015-2016 TV season. Get the scoop on all the new shows heading your way below!

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Of Kings and Prophets

What it's about: An epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.

Stars: Ray Winstone, Haaz Sleiman, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Oliver Rix, Simone Kessell, James Floyd, Mohammad Bakri and Tomer Kapon.

Showrunners: Written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, executive produced by Cooper, Collage, Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi.

ABC/Craig Sjodin

Quantico

What it's about: A diverse group of recruits have arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Dougray Scott, Jake McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers.

Showrunners: Written by Josh Safran, executive produced by Safran, Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper.

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Untitled Pate & Fishburne Project

What it's about: Billy and Cody Lefever dream of a new life beyond their working class roots and move to "The Bakken" in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history.  They're soon pitted against a ruthless tycoon who forces them to bet big and put everything on the line, including their marriage.

Stars: Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Delroy Lindo, Amber Valetta, Scott Michael Foster, India De Beaufort, Yani Gellman and Caitlin Carver.

Showrunners: written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne, executive produced by Tony Krantz, Pate, Fishburne, Drew Comins, and Johnson.

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The Family

What it's about: This thriller follows the return of a politician's young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family suspicions emerge—is he really who he says he is?

Stars: Joan Allen, Allison Pill, Margot Bingham, Zach Gilford, Liam James, Floriana Lima, Madeline Arthur, Rarmian Newton, Rupert Graves and Andrew McCarthy.

Showrunners: written by Jenna Bans, executive produced by Bans, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, and Laurie Zaks.

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Wicked City

What it's about: Each season Wicked City will follow a different case set in a different noteworthy era of LA history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock and roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed between detectives, reporters, drug dealers and club-goers to solve a serial murder case.

Stars: Adam Rothenberg, Ed Westwick, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Karolina Wydra, Holley Fain, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Anne Winters and Erika Christensen.

Showrunners: written by Steven Baigelman, executive produced by Baigelman, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman and Laurie Zaks.