"Scandal" Season 6 is rolling like crazy to beat its midseason airing target on the ABC network. The casting has been completed and the characters have started table reading the scripts, including Tony Goldwyn, who's playing President Grant.
However, Variety reported that "Scandal" Season 6 premiere has been changed to a later date because the main character Kerry Washington is pregnant with her second child. The show runner, Shonda Rhimes has not disclosed how the pregnancy will be treated in the storyline.
In a trailer released in Youtube, "Scandal" Season 6 will not show Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) as pregnant. Her pregnancy will be hidden from view of the many avid fans of the sexy actress. Due to Washington's pregnancy, season 6 will only have 18 episodes instead of 22.
.@kerrywashington at the #Emmys!pic.twitter.com/dV4k6hUQ87
— Scandal (@ScandalABC) September 19, 2016
"Scandal" Season 6 will have an incredibly great story that is waiting to be unfurled comes 2017 according to Goldwyn in an interview. He declared that the Shonda team has been tremendously working out to come up with great episodes.
Sometimes it feels like @KerryWashington is watching me. #Emmys rehearsal... pic.twitter.com/OapfSLzacu — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 17, 2016
The making of "Scandal" Season 6 is no joke but a tough exercise for all the show runners. Even to the last minute, Kerry revealed that Rhimes can make changes, even the music, if she needs it to enhance the show.
"Scandal" Season 6 will take off from the last season's finale that revealed whose running for the Vice Presidency. Season 6 trailer shows Olivia Pope insisting entry into the White House to see the President.
Additionally, "Scandal" Season 6 will continue to show Olivia as the lady fixer of the lives and secret keeper of the elite clientele as reported in Gamenguide. However, while she and her team mastered the art of fixing other people's lives, they too need fixing themselves.
"Scandal" Season 6 will be aired on ABC comes 2017.
