Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers on What Makes Partnerships Last

Bridgerton: The Official Podcast

Netflix & Shondaland Audio

Tv & Film, After Shows

4.3 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Shondaland powerhouses reflect on their experience making Bridgerton and how the beloved on-screen friendships mirror their own. Shonda and Betsy explain why their shows are anything but predictable “omg” moments, why the word “likeable” is a dagger into their hearts, and what truly makes a strong producer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.1	When Bridgetton came out and it was like a huge success, like I thought Betsy was going to like die.
0:11.7	Like there was just a moment when I was like, she was just like, dear God, what are we going to do?
0:15.5	Not because she wasn't excited about all the work that was put in, not because she wasn't thrilled about like all of the things that had gone on, but because it was a lot of work getting it to where
0:26.0	it was. Yeah. And season two means we have to do it again, right?
0:31.9	Welcome to Bridgeton, the official podcast. In this special episode, we're winding down
0:36.5	with a really awesome conversation.
0:39.3	Our first season is going to come to a close with executive producers Shonda Rhymes and Betsy Beers.
0:46.3	So tucked inside of Shonda's home, across from each other at this grand, beautiful table,
0:51.6	the storytelling duo talk about how they rolled up their sleeves
0:54.3	on the Bridgeton universe and pushed the limits of their creative partnership yet again.
0:59.2	Over the last year, these two powerhouses shared notes and got into editing all over video
1:05.3	conferencing.
1:07.8	Hi, Shonda.
1:09.0	Hi, Betsy.
1:09.6	How are you?
1:10.2	We're very excited because we are actually in the same room. Hi, Shonda. Hi, Betsy. How are you? I'm just fine.
1:11.8	We're very excited because we are actually in the same room for the first time since the pandemic began.
1:17.6	Literally, the last time I saw Sean in person was March 13th, Friday the 13th, 2020.
1:23.4	Oh, my gosh.
1:23.8	And we were both like, okay, see ya in two weeks.
1:26.9	That's never happened for us before. So it's been a year and forever. It's been such a long time. And I think the longest we've gone before this is like maybe a month, like if that. So, but I think we've gotten actually strangely adapted, the zooming screen world. Yes. Although I've got to say, it's great to see your head attached to your body. I know. It's nice. And it's nice for me because Betsy generally only like sort of leans off to one side. So I just see like one eyeball or something. So now I get to see her whole face and it never freezes or anything. And you know what else we did absolutely totally in the pandemic, of course, was we edited all of Bridgetton season one
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