On December 25, Netflix unveiled its new series, “The Bridgertons Chronicle,” a nod to “Gossip Girl” and Jane Austen's novels. This costume romance is produced by Shonda Rhimes. Eva Roque dedicates a special episode to the American producer and showrunner, with Margaux Baralon, she questions how this woman revolutionized the way of making series.

Shonda Rhimes revolutionized the world of series.

Since the mid-2000s, director and producer Shonda Rhimes has been everywhere.

We owe her

Grey's Anatomy

,

the medical series with Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo but also

Scandal

,

on the secrets of the American political elite,

Murder

and her formidable professor of criminology ... In 2017, she was even the first showrunneuse to have signed an exclusive contract with the Netflix platform which has just broadcast its first production:

La Chronique des Bridgerton.

Queen of "intelligent soap", she distils her vision of the world around strong and ambitious characters evolving in mixed societies.

In this episode, Eva Roque deciphers with her sidekick Margaux Baralon and her guest Constance Jamet du Figaro, the journey of the one who is nicknamed the popess of the series.

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Recce of the week:

 The Bridgertons Chronicle 

The series, adapted from the novels of Julia Quinn, tells the story of Daphne Bridgerton, eldest daughter of a wealthy London family.

Like all young girls her age, she has only one goal in mind: to be proposed in marriage.

The lives of these young people are scrutinized by a mysterious author, Lady Whistledown.

She reveals all the gossip of this company in a newspaper, sort of

 Here

of the time. 

A light series which despite a lot of flaws (including high dose sentimentality) still manages to seduce us with its sets, its sumptuous costumes and its way of talking about women of high society of the 19th century.

But also because it revisits this period of history by integrating colored characters. 

A season.

8 episodes of 1 hour.

Available on Netflix

The Shonda Rhimes revolution

  • A cult medical series:

    Grey's Anatomy 

17 seasons, 365 episodes (Amazon Prime Video)

  • A spin-off of Grays'Anatomy:

    Private Practice

6 seasons, 116 episodes (VOD)

  • A judicial and political series:

    Scandal

7 seasons, 124 episodes (VOD)

  • An effective thriller:

    Murder

6 seasons, 90 episodes (Netflix)

The backstage column 

In

Grey's Anatomy,

Shonda Rhimes the creator was not allowed to use the word "vagina" too often in her dialogues.

To get around this censorship she deplored, she invented a new way of naming the female organ.

A word used today by many American women, like Oprah Winfrey. 

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3615 Monique

This joyful comedy tells the story of a trio of students who develop an erotic messaging on Minitel to make pocket money.

A series with well-conducted humor, punctuated and carried by talented actors who happily take us back to the 1980s. With Paul Scarfoglio and Noémie Schmidt.

A season.

10 episodes of 25 minutes.

Available on OCS Go

The guest: Constance Jamet

Constance Jamet is a journalist specializing in series at Le Figaro.

The guest's favorite:

The Spanish Princess

Over two seasons, The Spanish Princess, adapted from the novel by Philippa Gregory, paints the portrait of Catherine D'Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII.

Far from the cliché of the pious and cold woman, we discover the inspiring fate of a fighter. 

Two seasons.

16 episodes of 52 minutes.

Available on Amazon Prime and Strazplay. 

The SERIELAND team:


Author and presentation: Eva Roque


Columnist: Margaux Baralon, Clémence Olivier


Production: Christophe Pierrot


Editorial project manager: Adèle Ponticelli


Distribution and editing: Clémence Olivier


Preparation: Magali Butault


Graphic design: Karelle Villais


Head of Europe 1 Studio : Olivier Lendresse