What are we going to do on Thursdays? TVLine came out with an exclusive stating Shonda Rhimes decided to end it. She called ABC asking to end Scandal and they accepted it.
Scandal is currently in their 6th season and you can tell the end is near. ABC hasn’t commented on TVLine’s report but they are expected to make an announcement at their upfront presentation.
People can say what they want about Scandal but it’s impact is undeniable. First, they casted Kerry Washington, who became the first Black female lead actress on network TV since Teresa Graves in 1974. In 2017, we have more diversity among TV shows and TV leads such as Atlanta, Insecure and Jane the Virgin. Scandal’s massive success proved once again that not all lead actors need to be white men.
It also created another way of how we watch and deem TV shows successful. Scandal was really the first show where there was a collective audience watching on Twitter. All the live tweeting and having the actors on the show also tweet is now the norm. Social media impressions and getting your show to trend is the regular now.
Scandal had an incredible run and it will go down as an important TV show in more ways than one.