“Scandal” will certainly air Period 6 midseason regard the 2016-17 schedule, ABC announced Tuesday before the network’s Upfront presentation.
Moving “Scandal” off the fall book implies that Shondaland’s buzzy “TGIT” Thursday evening programming block is no a lot 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 Get hold of 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 a lot more compared to sufficient material to delivering spine a Shondaland-centric “TGIT” in the winter or spring.
New ABC president Channing Dungey joked concerning Rhimes’ prolific production banner regard a press call Tuesday morning, noting that because Shondaland now has actually 5 shows, “We’ll have actually to prolong beyond Thursdays.”
“Scandal’s” book change comes after news broke that the show’s star Kerry Washington is pregnant. While Washington hasn’t officially commented on her pregnancy, the infamously exclusive actress did pose regard the Satisfied Gala red carpet earlier this month along with her hand regard 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 lots of 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-adore character was introduced, yet has actually because been booted from the show’s very own presidential running.
While ABC has actually not commented regard the episode order with regard to “Scandal” Period 6, the reveal reduce the episode order from 22 to 18 once Washington was pregnant along with her initial kid throughout Period 3. Her pregnancy was not composed in to Olivia Pope’s storyline.
