Shonda Rhimes — the showrunner behind major ABC hits “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” — recently told The Hollywood Reporter she ditched ABC for Netflix, in part, because of a Disneyland pass.
- Rhimes said she battling over budgets with ABC in regards to her shows, which made the process more difficult than she would have wanted.
- While negotiating between joining Netflix or staying with ABC, Rhimes said she negotiated to have a nontransferable pass to Disneyland for her and her daughters’ nanny, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
- Soon after, she needed another pass so her sister could take Rhimes’ daughter so the nanny could stay with her young daughter.
- Rhimes said Disney told her the theme park never does anything like that for anyone. She said an executive told her, “Don’t you have enough?”
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She promptly decided to switch to Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rhimes went on to sign a $300 million deal with Netflix, per Vulture.