Premiere Date Set for Scandal‘s Final Season
ABC has (finally) unveiled its premiere plan for the 2017-18 TV season. So that means the season premiere of Scandal‘s swan song has been set!
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The Shondaland TGIT block will start with a two-hour season premiere for Grey’s Anatomy, followed by How To Get Away With Murder on September 28, with Scandal joining the lineup the following week for its slightly abbreviated final season.
So that means Scandal‘s 18 episode final season will premiere on October 5, 2017.
H/T: TVLine
ABC Gives Full Season Orders to How To Get Away With Murder and Black-ish
ABC is the first network to grant full-season orders to freshman series. Ratings hits How To Get Away With Murder and Black-ish have been picked up for full seasons.
Murder‘s freshman run was always designed to last 15 episodes, while Black-ish will run 22 episodes.
Murder debuted to 14.3 million total viewers and a 3.9 demo rating, becoming fall’s No. 1-rated new series. Black-ish debuted to 11 million / 3.3 in the 18-49 demo, making it the fall’s No. 1-rated new comedy.
H/T: TVLine