Top 20 most influential African Americans

   Shonda Rhimes

	Shonda Rhimes   Producer who, in landing yet another TV series with ABC, has brought her total number of current projects with the network to four.
Influence: 97.8 Reach:13.6 Substance: 7.2 Media: 468 Internet: 776000	Job: TV producer Sector: Entertainment/Media Location: Los Angeles Age: 41

Shonda Rhimes is the first African American to create and executive produce a one-hour TV show, Grey’s Anatomy, that has aired more than one season. Her three other current ABC projects are Private Practice, Gilded Lillys and Scandal. After a childhood habit of tape-recording and transcribing her own stories, Rhimes surged to prominence after screenwriting the 1999 HBO movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which earned Halle Berry Emmy and Golden Globe best actress awards.