'Shondaland' and its 33 stars reunite in group photo

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- All the stars from Shonda Rhimes' television empire consisting of Scandal, Grey's Anatomy and How To Get Away With Murder gathered together for an iconic group photo ahead of the new season.

The group of 33 actors joined Rhimes, producing partner Betsy Beers and Pete Nowalk (Murder showrunner) for an epic collaborative photo for Essence, Entertainment Weekly and People in May. The epic shot was released Wednesday.

All three publications will be sponsoring a large event celebrating Rhimes and her shows set to take place in Los Angeles Saturday, Sept. 26.

"The powerful collaboration of EW, Essence, and People [magazine] provides an audience reach of more than 116 million to celebrate the TGIT season premiers of the incredibly popular Shondaland programming," the three publications' parent company, Time Inc. CCO, Norman Pearlstine, said in a statement.

Entertainment Weekly will publish collectors' editions of this month's issue by releasing four different covers -- three highlighting one of the shows and the fourth featuring Rhimes with her leading ladies. The special edition magazines hit stands Friday.

All three of Rhimes' ABC shows start new seasons Sept. 24 consecutively starting at 8 p.m..