Male TV Executives told Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes that the show wouldn't work, as they were appalled by it's opening scene. 

Grey's Anatomy: Shonda Rhimes says first scene worried TV bosses

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Rhimes remembers the executives could not get out of that room fast enough. They didn’t know what to do – they were like, ‘These are the kinds of women we don’t like’

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Male TV executives didn’t like the idea of a show opening with a woman embracing her sexuality.

Shonda Rhimes had the last laugh after a “room full of old men” told her Grey’s Anatomy would fail