{"id":64165,"date":"2012-10-29T20:12:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T20:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/10\/29\/abcs-scandal-gets-full-season-pick-up\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:57:54","slug":"abcs-scandal-gets-full-season-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/abcs-scandal-gets-full-season-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC’s Scandal Gets Full Season Pick Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC’s Scandal Gets Full Season Pick Up<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 29, 2012<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a>, THR<\/a><\/p>\n

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ABC’s drama series Scandal<\/strong> has been given the green light for 9 more episodes to complete its sophomore season. Shonda Rhimes\u2019 drama entered the fall with a 13-episode order as it launched in midseason.<\/p>\n

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Initially invisioned as a British-style limited run series similar to State of Play, the freshman season consisted of seven episodes. The Thursday drama has been a constant performer on Thursday nights, holding steady with a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49. \tRhimes told THR in July that\u00a0the second-year drama will start out with a season-long arc and potentially two should the series expand from its initial order for 13 episodes.<\/p>\n

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It was a bittersweet week for Rhimes, whose other series with a 13-episode order, Private Practice<\/strong>, did not get a back order. She also has Scandal\u2019s lead-in, Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cScandal\u201d stars Kerry Washington<\/strong> as Olivia Pope, Columbus Short <\/strong>as Harrison Wright, Guillermo Diaz<\/strong> as Huck, Darby Stanchfield <\/strong>as Abby Whelan, Katie Lowes <\/strong>as Quinn Perkins, Tony Goldwyn<\/strong> as President Fitzgerald Grant, Jeff Perry <\/strong> as Cyrus Beene, Bellamy Young<\/strong> as First Lady Mellie Grant and Joshua Malina<\/strong> as David Rosen.<\/p>\n

“We want to keep telling stories in that manner and because we’re doing 13 episodes and if we get more than that, we’ll be telling two different season-long arcs,” Rhimes said. “We came back nervous — can we top what we did last season — and now we’re all really excited because we figured out how we can.”<\/p>\n

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