Reports: ‘Scandal’ to End After Season Seven

Scandal’s seventh season will be its final one, according to TVLine and other media outlets, which say ABC will make an announcement on the topic at its upfront presentation May 16.

ABC is not commenting on the reports.

TVLine says creator Shonda Rhimes made the call on concluding the series, which is part of ABC’s TGIT block.

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Three episodes remain in season six.

Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Mark Wilding are executive producers on Scandal. Kerry Washington is the star.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.