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Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, former ABC exec who championed Grey's Anatomy, dies at 50
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As the ABC executive in charge of scripted programming, Patmore Gibbs championed and/or shepherded Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Once Upon a Time, Ugly Betty and Lost. Shonda Rhimes posted on Instagram that she was "the first exec to say 'maybe Shonda could write a TV show.' Then she fought like hell to get us the chance to make the Grey's Anatomy pilot." Bryan Fuller praised her for helping him out with Pushing Daisies: "She gave thoughtful notes over wine, a true class act and genuine, lovely human," he tweeted.
TOPICS: Grey's Anatomy, ABC, Pushing Daisies, Bryan Fuller, Shonda Rhimes, Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, Obits
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