Shonda Rhimes to be honoured by Emmys

TV producer Shonda Rhimes didn’t get the president she wanted in the recent election, but she’ll be receiving a special honour from the president she created at the International Emmy Awards Gala.

Scandal star Tony Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Grant in the ABC TV drama, will be presenting the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Rhimes on Monday night at the Hilton New York.

Rhimes helped produce the short video biopic shown at the Democratic National Convention in July right before Hillary Clinton took the stage to accept the party’s presidential nomination.

The presentation to Rhimes will be the centrepiece of the International Emmy Awards Gala in which 40 nominees from 15 countries will be competing in 10 categories. Brazil has a leading seven nominations, followed by Britain with six.