Shonda Rhimes reteams with For the People creator for Netflix White House murder mystery drama The Residence

Variety

Netflix has given an eight-episode order to Paul William Davies' Shondaland drama series The Residence, inspired by Kate Andersen Brower’s 2015 book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House. The Residence is described as "a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion," per Netflix, which adds that the show features “one dead body, one wildly eccentric detective, and one disastrous State Dinner." Davies created Shondaland ABC legal drama For the People, which ran for two seasons from 2018 to 2019. Shonda Rhimes will executive produce The Residence with producing partner Betsy Beers.