STAGE TUBE: Sherman-Palladino Answers BUNHEADS Criticism

In a recent interview with Media Mayhem, BUNHEADS creator Amy Sherman-Palladino answered recent cricitism from Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes regarding the lack of ethnic diversity among the cast of her new ABC Family series. In a tweet last Monday, Rhimes posted "Hey @abcfbunheads: really? You couldn't cast even ONE young dancer of color so I could feel good about my kid watching this show? NOT ONE?"

Responded Sherman-Palladino,  "Look, I'm not going to get into a pissing match with Shonda Rhimes because she has 15,000 shows on the air, and she's doing just fine for herself," said Sherman-Palladino, who also creatEd Gilmore Girls. "[But] I've always felt that women, in a general sense, have never supported other women the way they should...I think it's a shame, but to me, it is what it is.

She continued, "It is so hard to get a show on the air, [because of] what you have to do and the layers of bulls--- and fighting and scraping — and particularly this show because our budget was very small and our demands were so high," she said.

BUNHEADS stars Broadway vet Sutton Foster, and premiered on ABC Family on Monday, June 11. The show follows the tale of a Las Vegas showgirl (Foster), who impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law's dance school.

Watch the interview in full below!