“Scandal” will certainly air Period 6 midseason on the subject of the 2016-17 schedule, ABC announced Tuesday in advance of the network’s Upfront presentation.
Moving “Scandal” off the fall book implies that Shondaland’s buzzy “TGIT” Thursday evening programming block is no much more — a minimum of with regard to the fall.
“Grey’s Anatomy” keeps its Thursday 8 p.m. timeslot with regard to Period 13, and Viola Davis’ “Exactly how To Grab Away along with Murder” keeps its 10 p.m. slot with regard to Period 3. Brand-new dramatization “Notorious” replaces “Scandal” at 9 p.m. ABC renewed “The Catch” with regard to Period 2 and decided on up a Brand-new Shondaland show, “Still Star-Crossed,” so there’s much more compared to sufficient material to delivering spine a Shondaland-centric “TGIT” in the winter or spring.
New ABC head of state Channing Dungey joked concerning Rhimes’ prolific production banner on the subject of a press call Tuesday morning, noting that because Shondaland now has actually 5 shows, “We’ll have actually to extend beyond Thursdays.”
“Scandal’s” book transition comes after news broke that the show’s star Kerry Washington is pregnant. While Washington hasn’t officially commented on her pregnancy, the infamously personal actress did pose on the subject of the Satisfied Gala red carpet earlier this month along with her hand on the subject of her belly after tabloid reports surfaced.
A midseason bow in 2017 implies that “Scandal” will certainly not go for the very same time as the upcoming presidential election, which strikes several similarities to the show’s current storylines. The political dramatization incorporated an election build-up in its 5th Period along with last week’s finale revealing the vice presidential operating mates with regard to the Brand-new season’s election plot. Earlier this season, a Donald Trump-enjoy character was introduced, however has actually because been booted from the show’s very own presidential running.
While ABC has actually not commented on the subject of the episode order with regard to “Scandal” Period 6, the reveal reduce the episode order from 22 to 18 as quickly as Washington was pregnant along with her initial youngster throughout Period 3. Her pregnancy was not composed in to Olivia Pope’s storyline.
