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Shonda Rhimes is a real life superwoman these days. Not only did last night’s season premiere of “Scandal” receive a record-breaking 10.5 million viewers, but the proud mother of three has sold another original series to ABC!

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The new crime drama, set to be produced by ABC Studios and Shondaland Productions, is titled “Just Rewards.” According to Deadline, the show “centers on a bankrupt, forty-something divorcée and her underemployed Millenial neighbors who make ends meet by chasing reward money for unsolved crimes.”

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Shonda is one of the most powerful women in Hollywood right now. And to add icing on the cake, President Obama recently appointed her to the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts.

Ms. Rhimes shows no signs of slowing down and all we can say is keep winning!

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