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
ABC 2014-2015: What’s New? What’s Cancelled? What to Expect?
Last month the major broadcast networks announced their 2014-2015 television season pickups and cancellations. Over these five days we will be breaking down for you what’s coming (and going) on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW.
First up: ABC!
ABC Renews S.H.I.E.L.D., Resurrection, Castle, Revenge, Goldbergs and More
ABC formally picked up rookie series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Resurrection and The Goldbergs as well as established hits Once Upon a Time, Castle, Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy. It also picked up new seasons of Revenge, Modern Family, The Middle, Last Man Standing and Nashville. ABC also renews the reality hits Shark Tank, The Bachelor, America’s Funniest Home Videos and Dancing With the Stars.
ABC Cancels Trophy Wife, Suburgatory, The Neighbors and More
ABC officially cancelled Trophy Wife, Mixology, The Neighbors, Suburgatory and Super Fun Night (as well as the already-dead The Assests, Back in the Game, Betrayal, Killer Women, Lucky 7, Mind Games and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.)
ABC Orders Shonda Rhimes Drama, Agent Carter, Black-ish and 6 Others to Series
ABC added nine new shows to its fall 2014-15 schedule, including Marvel’s Agent Carter and Shonda Rhimes’ legal thriller How to Get Away With Murder.
Here’s the logline/casting/pedigree info for each of the new series: (more…)