‘Notes on Love’ is Shonda Rhimes’ new series

Shonda Rhimes, U.S. producer, writer and founder of television production company ShondaLand. Image: AFP/Valery Hache

There’s no stopping Shonda Rhimes. She’s taken on a ninth series for the leader in streaming platforms. The high priestess of television is expanding her empire to Netflix, with which she has signed a lucrative four-year contract.

Entitled “Notes on Love,” the anthology will have different plotlines that are independent of each other. The first season, which has already been ordered by Netflix, will portray several stories about the institution of marriage and attempt to explain its evolution. For the moment, the producers have communicated neither the number of episodes in the season nor their length, and have not mentioned a launch date.

Each episode will be written by a different screenwriter. Norman Lear (“One Day at a Time”), Aaron Shure (“The Office”), Steve Martin, singer-songwriter Diane Warren, Jenny Han (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”), Lindy West (“Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman”) and musician Ahamefule J. Oluo are all among the writers who will join Shonda Rhimes in writing or producing the series.

“Notes on Love” does bring to mind “Modern Love,” the series that Amazon Prime Video will launch on October 18. That anthology, which rests on a similar concept, boasts a heavyweight cast with Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia and Andrew Scott, among others.

“Notes on Love” is Shonda Rhimes’ ninth project for the American giant since leaving ABC. The first of her series for Netflix, “Bridgerton”, will air in 2020. NVG

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