Last season, Scandal was the only scripted TV show on ABC that was up in the ratings year-to-year. Will this show’s audience continue to grow or will the numbers start to fall? It’s highly unlikely to be cancelled but, how quickly will it be renewed for a fifth season? 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 Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Scott Foley, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Diaz, Jeff Perry, and Joshua Malina.
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 the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: Scandal will return for a fifth season for the 2015-16 season.
Final season averages: 2.88 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.19 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
For comparisons: The third season of Scandal averaged a 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.11 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Scandal TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a fifth season?
The best show on tv, i do hate the sporadic stop & start of the show it shpuld be given sprtmanent place on thursday
Love this show keep them coming.
This show was very good. But since Jan 2015. This has been disappointing. Please bring back Olivia and the Presidents relationship.
Okay, Olivia Pope’s parents are terrorists, both foreign and domestic, I will accept, but that the president would start a war because his mistress had been kidnapped, sending soldiers and civilians to their deaths? I see a man in a leather jacket water skiing in front of me, and a rather large fin in the rear view mirror of my rowboat. Please tell me that it isn’t so.
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i hv lost interest on holywood tv drama long time ago for not make sense most of time but Scandal really hooked me like a drug, i get addicted big time just watch for a first few episodes from season 1. it’s a very stupid move if ABC cancel the show
I have loved all prior seasons of Scandal, but I am terribly disappointed in the 1/29/2015 episode. I watch this show – as shallow as it sounds – partly for Olivia’s clothes and wealth; her control; her decisiveness; and her personal relationships. There’s enough of this episode’s stuff in the news and real life, and I don’t watch TV to see it. I really feel let down by the writers, and I hope they’ll take the show in a different direction – quickly!
I love the show, but am terribly disappointed in the 1/29 episode. I watch the show, as shallow as it sounds, for Olivia’s clothes; her power; her decisiveness; her personal relationships. There’s enough garbage on the news and in real life like this episode, and I don’t watch TV to see it. I hope the writers will take the show – quickly! – in a different direction.
Great show period. Would love to see a POTUS follow his heart and divorce his horrifying first lady and go for it with Liv!
Seriously? The president who is only in power because his mistress stole an election for him and who has been the philandering husband for 6 years! Disrespecting his wife who was raped by his father that he was too weak to stand up to..
But SHE’s the one that’s horrible?
I’m not even getting into the part where he assassinates a sitting supreme court judge!
I am a devoted watcher of Scandal. Absolutely love it but when looking at your ratings please keep in mind that many working moms like me don’t see scandal when it airs but the next day or so online, xfinity or hulu. I look forward to watching when I can do so uninterrupted by life. I also plan to marathon “How to get away with Murder” on netflix over the summer. My TV watching time is minimal, my computer time is much more managable. Great shows! Shonda continually blows me away!!
Renew !! This is one of ABC ‘s best shows.
Please don’t cancel Scandal! I watch it on, Netflix, and it, would be suicide to cancel this show! There are so many storieas to tell and people to help. I’m watching on Netflix,as said, so I don’t know what happened to season 3 -4 yet, but it could build on helping the gladiators by healing broken hearts and learning to trust in people again? I would LOVE to see Hawk reunited with his family and get in the Witness protection program so they can have the life they wanted. Please don’t drop this show. It’s dynamite!
It’s vulgar and nasty. I saw this week’s episode by accident and I won’t be watching it again. Why anyone would want to watch such filth is beyond me. Goodbye Scandal and this network.
Oohhh … What episode were you watching? I missed it.
I love scandal it has taken over for the top show I love to watch
steady drop in viewers week to week
This “Gladiator” loved it . My only complaint was that it had been so long since the finale of last season I couldn’t recall which son died & how. So after it was over I went back & watched the finale. Maybe a 30 second synopsis of the finale would have helped ( hint for next year). But I’ll be here every week all year waiting for my weekly fix of Scandal. Great lead in to ‘Murder’.