Grey's Anatomy  (Thursdays, 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET)

SHONDA RHIMES, creator and executive producer

Shonda Rhimes is the creator of the hit ABC series "Grey's Anatomy," which chronicles the personal and professional lives of surgical residents in Seattle, and "Private Practice," which follows Addison Montgomery as she begins a new life in Los Angeles working with her friends at Oceanside Wellness Group.

Entering its fifth season, "Grey's Anatomy" continues to be hailed by audiences and critics alike. For her work on "Grey's Anatomy," Rhimes received the 2007 Television Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, the 2007 Golden Globe for Outstanding Television Drama, the 2007 Lucy Award for Excellence in Television from Women in Film, the 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series, the 2006 Writers Guild Award for Best New Series, in addition to Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Writing for a Drama Series.

Aside from her success with network television, Rhimes wrote the feature film "Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement," released in August 2004 by Disney. Additionally, her original script "Crossroads" was released in 2002 by Paramount. She also co-wrote "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," which was produced by HBO. The biopic, nominated for numerous awards, won Halle Berry a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for her portrayal of Dandridge.

Rhimes worked as research director on the Tollin-Robbins/Mundy Lane documentary, "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream." The documentary was nominated for an Emmy Award and an Academy Award and won the Peabody Award as well as the NAACP Image Award. Rhimes has been a guest speaker at the USC School of Cinema-Television, where she taught a course in scene writing.

Rhimes holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College in English Literature with Creative Writing. As director of Dartmouth's Black Underground Theatre and Arts Association, her work earned her numerous awards for excellence. She received her M.F.A. from the U.S.C. School of Cinema-Television, where she was awarded the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship.

The child of educators, Rhimes blames her parents for her rampant addiction to books. The youngest of six, she was born and raised just outside of Chicago, IL. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

BETSY BEERS, executive producer

Prior to exclusively serving as an executive producer on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice," Betsy Beers was president of the Mark Gordon Company. While there, she oversaw the development and production of their feature film and television projects. She produced "Casanova," starring the late Heath Ledger and directed by Lasse Hallstrom for the Walt Disney Company, as well as the Miramax feature "The Hoax," starring Richard Gere.

Previously Beers was president of director Mike Newell's Dogstar Films, where she produced the films "200 Cigarettes" and "Best Laid Plans," as well as developed such films as "High Fidelity" and "Pushing Tin." She also served as executive producer on the movies "Safe Passage" and "Witchhunt" with producer Gale Ann Hurd.

For her work on "Grey's Anatomy," Beers and her fellow producers were awarded the 2007 Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Television Series Drama, as well as a 2006 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.

MARK GORDON, executive producer

Mark Gordon has over 60 motion pictures and television programs to his credit. With the start of the Fall '07 season, he will have five series on the air, including "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" for ABC, and "Criminal Minds," "Army Wives" and "Reaper" through ABC Studios.

Gordon's recent motion picture releases include "Talk to Me," starring Don Cheadle, "The Hoax," starring Richard Gere, "The Painted Veil," starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, and "10,000 B.C.," directed by Roland Emmerich. Among his other motion picture credits are such international blockbusters as "The Day After Tomorrow," "The Patriot," "Speed" and the multi award-winning "Saving Private Ryan."

Gordon has been nominated for an Academy Award and is the recipient of multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Producers Guild of America awards.

He serves on the boards of the Producers Guild of America, the Virginia Film Festival, Teach for America, Los Angeles and Seeds Elementary school at U.C.L.A. He is a graduate of New York University Film School.

KRISTA VERNOFF, executive producer

For her work on "Grey's Anatomy," Krista Vernoff and her fellow writers won the 2006 Writers Guild Award for Best New Series and received 2006 and 2007 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. In 2006 Vernoff was also nominated for a Best Dramatic Writing Emmy for her episode of Grey's Anatomy entitled "Into You Like a Train."

Prior to her work writing and executive-producing "Grey's Anatomy," Vernoff wrote and produced shows as varied as the WB's "Charmed," Fox's "Wonderfalls" and "Time of your Life," and NBC's "Law & Order."

In 2005 her stage play, "Me, My Guitar and Don Henley," was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best World Premiere Play, and in 200606 the play ran in New York to rave reviews.

Vernoff holds a BFA from Boston University's College of Fine Arts.

ROB CORN, executive producer

Rob Corn has served as the line producer and frequent director on "Grey's Anatomy" since its inception. He began his career as an assistant director on feature films including "Weird Science," "The Three Amigos" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2." Transitioning to television, he worked on television movies, then moved to episodic, including "Civil Wars," "Coprock," the pilot for "NYPD Blue" (for which he won a DGA Award) and "Chicago Hope." While on "Chicago Hope," he became the production manager, then producer/director. Other producer credits include "Girls Club" and "Karen Sisco."

Corn has received five Emmy nominations, three for "Chicago Hope" (Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1995, 1996 and 1997) and two for "Grey's Anatomy" (Outstanding Dramatic Series in 2006 and 2007).

He and his fellow producers on "Grey's Anatomy" have been nominated three times for the Producer of the Year Award by the Producers Guild of America, winning the award in 2007.

MARK WILDING, executive producer

Mark Wilding has been writing for television and the movies for 16 years. He worked on a number of sitcoms for nine years, including "Ellen," "Dave's World," "The Naked Truth," "Caroline in the City," "The Tony Danza Show," "Working," "Jesse" and "Becker." He has worked on dramas for the last seven years. Previous credits include "Charmed" and "Jake 2.0." He has recently sold two movies - one to Universal entitled "Party Boys" and the other to 20th Century Fox entitled "Family Time." Wilding won the 2007 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode for "Where the Boys Are."

Three years ago, the New York Times called Wilding's sitcom pilot, "The Cell," the funniest unproduced script in Hollywood.

ALLAN HEINBERG, executive producer

Allan Heinberg joined the writing team of "Grey's Anatomy" at the beginning of the third season. Prior to "Grey's Anatomy," he was a writer and co-executive producer on "The O.C.," a writer and supervising producer on "Sex and the City," and also served as writer/producer on "Gilmore Girls" and "Party of Five."