'Murder' By Numbers: ABC Gives Early Renewal to Shonda Rhimes Drama
Posted in: UncategorizedABC on Thursday night momentarily slipped out of character, giving fans of its hit freshman drama “How to Get Away with Murder” an advance heads up on the series’ future prospects.
In a teaser that aired immediately after the two-hour season finale of “How to Get Away with Murder,” ABC promised that Shonda Rhimes’ kicky potboiler “will be back with a whole new season on insanity” in the fall.
While a return engagement for ABC’s new hit was never in doubt — “Murder” draws 3.78 million viewers in the adults 18-to-49 demo, doubling the average deliveries for all other new series and trailing only Fox’s mega-smash “Empire” for bragging rights as the year’s highest-rated new show — the network rarely announces renewals well in advance of its May upfront presentation.
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