Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder: 2017 Returns Delayed

If you’ve been anxiously waiting for the return of  TGIT on ABC, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. The network has announced that the season six debut of Scandal and the returns of How to Get Away with Murder and Grey’s Anatomy will be delayed a week.

The trio of dramas had been slated to return to the network on Thursday, January 19th. They’ve now been bumped by a 20/20 special. They will now air on January 26th.

Here’s the press note:

***JANUARY 19 SCHEDULE CHANGE***

The return of TGIT – “Grey’s Anatomy” (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST/PST), “Scandal” (Season six premiere 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST/PST) and “How To Get Away With Murder” (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST) – has been moved to THURSDAY, JANUARY 26.

An ABC News pre-inauguration “20/20” special, “America’s First Family: The Trumps Go to Washington,” will air from 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST on Thursday, January 19, preceded by repeats of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” at 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. EST/PST, respectively.

The move was made in order to accommodate the ABC News special and to ensure that TGIT returned with three original episodes.

What do you think? Are you looking forward to the returns of these ABC TV shows?