26 Iconic TV Shows Created by Kickass Women

Years after Grey's Anatomy became a certified hit, Rhimes launched Scandal. The Washington DC-set series stars Kerry Washington as a political fixer (inspired by a real badass woman!) who also happens to be carrying on an affair with the president. Olivia Pope refuses to play by anyone's rules but her own, and she's not the only feminist hero on the show: President Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young) came a long way by the end of the series. Rhimes is also a producer on How to Get Away With Murder, another TGIT series led by a strong black woman: Emmy-winning Viola Davis.