Last season, Scandal wasn’t the top-rated drama on ABC any longer but it still did very well for the network. Will the series rise or fall in the rankings this time around? Could it possibly be cancelled or is it all but guaranteed to be renewed? Stay tuned.
On Scandal, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) defends the public images of the most powerful people in Washington but now it’s her own image that needs protecting. This season, the cast also includes Scott Foley, Tony Goldwyn, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Diaz, Cornelius Smith Jr., Jeff Perry, Portia de Rossi, Joshua Malina, and Bellamy Young.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
3/4 update: ABC has renewed Scandal and 14 other TV shows for the 2016-17 season. Details here.
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Last year comparison: The fourth season of Scandal averaged a 2.88 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.19 million total viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Scandal TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
The only decent thing ABC can do at this point is cancel Scandal. I stopped watching once it was more than clear that the Rhimes stable was for some reason dropping the core and exciting love story between Fitz and Olivia (the only reason the vast majority of their viewers was watching this implausible to begin with show) and turned its focus on secondary, silly and utterly cartoonish characters like the Joke (is Shonda this actor’s agent? I can’t explain it otherwise. Foley is beyond awful), Melie, etc. . Shonda Rhimes told the viewers who criticised the terminal decline of… Read more »
So SF name comes before Tony Goldwyn yey Tony is the one promoting show?? oh okay
It has always been like that. Tony is always last. ( And Tony Goldwyn )
I just don’t understand. How/why would a showrunner destroy her own creation with two amazing actors to instead focus on 2nd rate actors that bring the show down? Ppl would still have watched even with plot holes the size of glaciers had she kept the formula of S1,2. Millions love Olitz; and her trying to substitue Olake in its place will never, ever, in a billion years work. Sad.
So true that is why the show is in the gutter. Olake sucks. Still don’t know why the creator took the show down.
The ratings are down because of the destruction of Olivia and Fitz as characters. They have been trashed to prop Mellie and Jake up.
That is so true. Why would the creator think the fans would except Olake rather then Olitz which was what the viewers fell in love with.
Yes their should be a sixth season I hope it will have a happy ending like private practice happy ending for me would Mellie as president Mellie and Fitz together again Jake and Olivia together as actual lover Huck can be with his family. You can do whatever with Eli and Cyrus can live or die
That will not happen Why would the creator go backwards instead of forward. Fitz & Mellie dream on then why divorce. LIV & Jake that was what brought the show to the gutter. The creator knows it so why would she do what u wish. She is trying to fix the show not ruining it more.
Shonda destroyed this show and Grey’s. She thinks she doesn’t have to answer to viewers..viewers decide which shows get cancelled. She destroyed this show beyond repair. 4 seasons of a build up to tear down olitz in 6 shows…it was rushed and sloppy and I’m done with all her shows.
I am sad, this used to be my favorite show. I will never watch it again after the season finale.
The only way scandal can be resurrected from the dead is if there CAUSE OLIVIA POPE DEAD FETUS WAS UNAWARE PLACE ON FROZEN AND PRESERVE AND OLIVIA AND FITZ FIND THEIR WAY BACK TOGETHER . Even the beautiful music they would play when only OLIVIA AND FITZ WOULD BE IN SAME ROOM HAS BEEN ALTER/CHANGE .
How can the cast keep a job,if the viewers don’t like their work?( Time to have a sit down with the creator) If there’s a problem with Olivia and Fitz, give her to Jake. He loves the crap out of her. He’s so easy on the eyes!!!!!!!!
Jake is the problem.
Yeah–physical assaults, constant verbal denigration, sexual assault in the middle of the night, threatening to kill her, constantly lying to her and duping her–so much LOVE.
HE totally sucks. The cause of the demise of the show. And was good about it is the creator knows it.
I considered myself a hard core fan up to season 4. I loved the main character’ strength though she was flawed but who isn’t? I can take a character with faults but Olivia Popes character was completely ruined for no apparent reason. Her actions in the December finale just didn’t make sense when taking in account everything she did and said up to that point. So an educated woman like Olivia doesn’t use birth control??? Instead of calling this show “scandal” let’s call it “the character assassination of Olivia Pope” leaving us yet again without any decent representation of black… Read more »
I do believe that this show is a hot mess completely. The only season I really liked was season one then the rest of the episodes and season was just replaying the same **** over and over again. Like come one know get your **** together. If there is another season going to come out then I’ll probably watch just one or 2 episodes then I’m done. Blackish and Empire and How to get away with murder surprisingly a better show then Scandal. SMFH:( It ounce was a good T.V. show but know it’s not:( They need to play the… Read more »
Cancel Scandal immediately. The series jumped the shark when Olivia Pope had her abortion & bought a new couch with that smug, self-satisfied look on her face. A once great show has degenerated into garbage. Thank you, Shonda Rhimes for creating & DESTROYING the only black female protagonist in the history of prime time television!
Excited to see scandal back. Love this show & look forward to see it each week.
Please keep renewing it.
getting more and more stupid and everyone now speaks in the same rhythm – PREACHY! it started out very good but last couple of seasons just horrible