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Shonda Rhimes trifecta starts tonight on ABC! (SNEAK PEEK: "How to Get Away With Murder")

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buzzz worthy. . . I can't remember a time when there has been so much buzz (both positive and negative) about a prime time line up or when an African American woman was the reason for the excitement. That's because it's never happened before.  Shonda Rhimes, the woman a New York Times critic recently called an "angry Black woman" is the center of attention in TV as she is posed to dominate ratings as the producer of a trifecta of dramas: "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and the new "How to Get Away With Murder,"  where Viola Davis is yet another captivating but cold hearted leading lady.  (She and Olivia Pope could swop stories.) Ms. Rhimes clearly is at the top of her game and has nothing to be angry about.  Rhimes continues to defy stereotypes with her work as she comes int this evening with an advantage for leveraging diversity and delivering riveting content.  Most appropriately, she has a reputation for being a bold and imagin...