Scandal ( season 6 ) - wikipedia Scandal ( season 6 ) Scandal ( season 6 ) Promotional poster Starring Kerry Washington Scott Foley Darby Stanchfield Katie Lowes Guillermo Diaz Jeff Perry Joshua Malina Bellamy Young Portia de Rossi Joe Morton Cornelius Smith Jr. Tony Goldwyn Country of origin United States No. of episodes 16 Release Original network ABC Original release January 26 ( 2017 - 01 - 26 ) -- May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) Season chronology ← Previous Season 5 Next → Season 7 List of Scandal episodes The sixth season of the American television drama series Scandal was ordered on March 3, 2016 by ABC. It began airing on January 26, 2017 in the United States on ABC. The season includes the 100th episode of the series, being the tenth episode of this season. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with ShondaLand Production Company ; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes. The season continues the story of Olivia Pope 's crisis management firm, Olivia Pope & Associates, and its employees, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C. Season six had eleven series regulars, all returning from the previous season, out of which six are part of the original cast of eight regulars from the first season. The season continued to air in the Thursday 9 : 00 pm timeslot, the same as the previous season, but aired in the mid-season schedule due to Kerry Washington 's pregnancy. The episode order was also shortened from 22 to 16 episodes as a result of Washington 's pregnancy. Contents 1 Overview 2 Cast 2.1 Main cast 2.2 Recurring cast 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Development 4.2 Writing 4.3 Casting 5 Reception 5.1 Live + SD ratings 5.2 Live + 7 day ( DVR ) ratings 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Overview The series focuses on Olivia Pope and her crisis management firm, Olivia Pope & Associates, and its team, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C., in their efforts to deal with and contain political scandals. Cast Main cast Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope Scott Foley as NSA Director Jacob `` Jake '' Ballard Darby Stanchfield as Chief of Staff Abigail `` Abby '' Whelan Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins Guillermo Diaz as Diego `` Huck '' Muñoz Jeff Perry as Cyrus Beene Joshua Malina as Attorney General David Rosen Bellamy Young as Senator Melody `` Mellie '' Grant Portia de Rossi as Elizabeth North Joe Morton as Elijah `` Eli '' / `` Rowan '' Pope Cornelius Smith Jr. as Press Secretary Marcus Walker Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald `` Fitz '' Thomas Grant III Recurring cast Kate Burton as Sally Langston George Newbern as Charlie Ricardo Chavira as Governor / President - elect Francisco Vargas Zoe Perry as Samantha Ruland David Warshofsky as Theodore Peus Tessie Santiago as Luna Vargas Brian Letscher as Tom Larsen Matthew Del Negro as Michael Ambruso Jessalyn Gilsig as Vanessa Moss Saycon Sengbloh as Angela Webster Phoebe Neidhardt as Meg Mitchell Chelsea Kurtz as Jennifer Fields Episodes See also : List of Scandal episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers ( millions ) 91 `` Survival of the Fittest '' Tom Verica Shonda Rhimes January 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 26 ) 601 7.62 The election results of the presidential race between Mellie Grant and Francisco Vargas are announced ; Francisco Vargas won. Mellie initially refuses to accept defeat but eventually realizes she must call and concede. While making his acceptance speech, Frankie is assassinated. That leads David to tell Fitz that since Frankie and Cyrus were n't elected by electoral college, Cyrus is n't president, so Fitz must choose between Cyrus and Mellie. Olivia suspects Cyrus of murdering Frankie Vargas and has Huck, Quinn, and Charlie start looking for evidence. She visits the hospital and sees Cyrus looking disheveled, leading to her telling Fitz she no longer suspects Cyrus. He tells Cyrus that he is picking him to be president and announces it on TV. Quinn, Charlie, and Huck discover a voicemail from a Vargas campaign volunteer claiming that Cyrus killed Frankie. Olivia visits Cyrus and tells him she wo n't stop until she can prove he is guilty. 92 `` Hardball '' Allison Liddi - Brown Matt Byrne February 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 02 ) 602 6.54 Olivia is sure Cyrus is responsible for Frankie 's assassination, but FBI Director Angela Webster says Cyrus is n't a suspect. Quinn is now engaged to Charlie, and Olivia tells her and Huck to keep looking into Jennifer Fields. Fitz has Cyrus and Mellie come to the Oval to form a compromise. Cyrus asks Mellie to be his vice president, but Mellie flat out refuses. Cyrus insists he was n't responsible for Frankie 's death. In a flashback, Marcus teaches Mellie how to throw a ball before she had to throw the first pitch at a baseball game. A few days later they have sex. While at dinner with Angela Webster, Olivia pretends to be okay with Angela asking Fitz out on a date. The dinner gives Quinn time to go and steal some FBI files pertaining to Frankie 's case. Abby asks Jake to help close the case, so he gets a suspect to sign a confession by scaring him so much he wets his pants. Mellie tells Olivia that she has been having sex with Marcus, and Olivia warns her about Marcus ' intentions. Marcus is offered the press secretary job position, and Mellie gets upset that Olivia is the one behind the offer so she tells Olivia that Cyrus was offered the vice presidency. Mellie breaks up with Marcus, thinking that he was only with her for political advancement. There is a funeral for Frankie Vargas. Mellie imagines life in the oval, then goes to Olivia 's office to make a truce. Huck announces that he found something on Jennifer Field 's laptop. Olivia goes to the White House Balcony and interrupts Fitz and Angela to tell Fitz that there 's something that he needs to see. She shows him footage of Cyrus and Frankie arguing, where Frankie tells Cyrus once he is elected he intends to put Cyrus in jail. Olivia asks if the White House will finally investigate Cyrus, and Fitz sets about to do that. 93 `` Fates Worse Than Death '' Scott Foley Mark Fish February 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 09 ) 603 6.22 A series of flashbacks reveal Frankie and Cyrus ' rather complicated relationship before Frankie 's assassination on election night. 94 `` The Belt '' Tom Verica Paul William Davies February 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 16 ) 606 6.06 A shocking revelation about Tom Larson 's whereabouts on election night could dash Mellie 's presidential hopes. Cyrus Beene is revealed to be convicted for the murder of President - elect Frankie Vargas, and is taken to jail. On another side, Huck finds himself a new love interest. Questions arise if Cyrus is actually innocent or not. 95 5 `` They All Bow Down '' Millicent Shelton Zahir McGhee March 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 09 ) 604 5.26 Jake 's involvement in the murder of President - elect Vargas and staffer Jennifer Fields is revealed in confessions from him, from his wife and in a series of flashbacks. 96 6 `` Extinction '' Tony Goldwyn Chris Van Dusen March 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 16 ) 605 5.63 It is revealed who really stood behind the assassination of Vargas, which makes Eli sure that his daughter will have a guaranteed win, but has to go through hard decisions and possible regrets before covering it up. 97 7 `` A Traitor Among Us '' Tom Verica Alison Schapker March 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 23 ) 607 5.40 After Frankie Vargas ' assassin is revealed, Olivia asks Huck to kill Rowan. Huck finds Rowan, who tells him the truth, Olivia is in danger. Huck begins to realize that there is a traitor among them and he begins to trust no one. 98 8 `` A Stomach for Blood '' Oliver Bokelberg Severiano Canales March 30, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 30 ) 608 6.57 Events before and on Election Night are seen from Abby 's perspective, and who she had to deal with and what led to her actions that night ; that also reveals a thirst for power. 99 9 `` Dead in the Water '' Nicole Rubio Michelle Lirtzman April 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 06 ) 609 5.10 After Meg shoots Huck and kills Jennifer it is revealed that she is working with the group behind Frankie 's assassination, and has Olivia under surveillance. Huck wakes up in a car trunk with a now dead Jennifer next to him. Meg pushes the car into a lake. In a hallucination, Huck dreams that he is back at OPA and Olivia helps him find a way out, which he uses in reality to get out of the car and swim to shore, only to find that he is alone. Charlie and Quinn find Meg in her apartment dying her hair blonde, and Quinn cuts off Meg 's fingers to find out Huck 's location. Meg does n't spill on Huck 's location so Quinn kills her. Olivia is mad Quinn ruined their only lead and Jake assumes Huck is dead. Abby visits Olivia, who is angry since she found out that Abby worked with those responsible for killing Frankie and is responsible for Huck 's disappearance. Olivia slaps her and orders her to stay at OPA so Quinn can punish her. Huck drags Jennifer 's body out of the lake. OPA realizes Huck is probably with Jennifer, so they track Jennifer 's phone to find Huck half dead. At the hospital, a doctor says that Huck is stable but might have blood loss. Fitz shows up and consoles Olivia. He encourages her to forgive Abby but she does n't want to. Quinn is at Huck 's side and is yelling at him for getting into danger and almost dying. He then wakes up and they hold hands while Charlie is watching. Olivia and Abby are sitting on a bench. Olivia holds Abby 's hand as she cries. 100 10 `` The Decision '' Sharat Raju Johanna Lee April 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 13 ) 610 5.35 Fitz, Jake, and Olivia are in the Oval Office arguing about the Frankie Vargas problem. Jake brings up Defiance and says Olivia and Fitz 's lives would be worse if they had n't rigged the election. That propels Olivia to wonder what would have happened if she had n't said yes to rigging the election. Suddenly they are on the plane where they planned to rig Defiance, and Olivia says no, leaving Governor Samuel Reston to win the election. Olivia and Fitz say goodbye in a hotel hallway and she leaves for D.C. Two months later Olivia has naturally curly hair and is working out of a run - down storefront office. As she is leaving her apartment for a date with Leo Bergen, she sees Fitz. He flew from California to tell her he left Mellie. He asks Olivia to marry him and she says yes. Six months later Cyrus and James are chatting at Olivia 's wedding. They are dating but Cyrus is n't out as gay. Mellie kisses Cyrus after they have a talk. Huck escorts Olivia down the aisle and Abby is maid of honor. Rowan is watching from the side of the church. Initially, Fitz and Olivia are happy in marriage but unhappiness soon settles in. Olivia is n't a popular fixer. She ca n't get President Reston 's attention for a piece of legislation she is working on. Fitz is doing a television news show called `` The Grant Report. '' Olivia feels guilty since she did n't give Fitz the presidency. Cyrus is married to Mellie and he pushes her to run for president. Fitz tells Liv he wants to move out of her apartment and look for a house but she says she 'd rather look for a new building for her work. Mellie finds out about Cyrus ' previous relationship with James. Five months later, Cyrus wo n't divorce Mellie because it is political suicide for her. Fitz is forced to interview Lindsay, who is on a show like the Bachelor and is considered America 's sweetheart. She tries to have sex with Fitz but he tells her to go away. He then realizes that rigging the election is the wrong thing to do, and he tells Olivia he 's glad she said no. She surprises him with a potential house in Georgetown and they kiss. Back in the present timeline, Olivia finds Fitz on the balcony where she tells him that she is in ; for what we do n't know. 101 11 `` Trojan Horse '' Jann Turner Jess Brownell & Nicholas Nardini April 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 20 ) 611 5.11 The electoral college is going to meet in four days to determine the next president. Mellie wants to keep fighting but Olivia says since Cyrus has been exonerated, he deserves to be president. Mellie gives a concession speech but changes her mind and decides to keep fighting for the presidency. Fitz consoles Olivia in the Oval Office. David says Cyrus is innocent and Cyrus is released from jail. Abby puts Cyrus in a hotel to keep him away from the press. Mellie goes to Olivia'a apartment to try to convince Olivia to help her continue to fight for the presidency. Mellie tells Charlie and Quinn that Cyrus is their new client. Liz North and Abby go on TV and fight for their candidates. Olivia comes to apologize but Cyrus wo n't hear it. Fitz comes and reminds Cyrus that he gave him America. The director of the FBI, Angela Webster, is in bed with Fitz and tells him her suspicions of Olivia. Olivia convinces Luna Vargas to do a press conference supporting Cyrus. Rowan calls Olivia to see him where he has her stand in a square on the floor. Rowan warns Olivia to stop fighting for Cyrus otherwise she will continue to be in danger. Michael goes on TV and says he does n't think Cyrus killed Frankie but that he is a bad person. Cyrus gives a press conference and says he does n't deserve to be president but will do his best to uphold Frankie 's legacy. The mystery woman and man ( Ruland and Peus ) are with Mellie and Liz in Mellie 's office. They tell Mellie that she will be in charge but they will be in control. Mellie disagrees and Ruland smashes Liz in the head with a golf club, killing her. Ruland tells Mellie that if she tells anyone about Liz 's death that they will kill her children. Angela tells Fitz she found evidence against Olivia and he tells her she is only going after Olivia out of jealousy. A hysterical Mellie calls Olivia and Jake to clean up the body. Olivia tells Fitz that she is going to take the fall so that Mellie ca n't be elected, Fitz tells her he wo n't lose her forever. Olivia tells Cyrus that by going down for framing him it will remove Mellie from candidacy so he will win. Fitz has Angela removed from the investigation and transfers her out of state. He takes Rowan into White House custody. Olivia shows up at the White House mad at Fitz because she thinks he arrested her father. He tells her that Rowan is in his custody and shows him sitting in the Oval Office, safe. She kisses him, and they have sex. 102 12 `` Mercy '' Nzingha Stewart Severiano Canales & Ameni Rozsa April 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 27 ) 612 5.29 Olivia wakes up in Fitz 's bed and goes to visit her father, who is in custody but does n't feel safe. Thus, he wants to flee to another country. Fitz tells him he 's not going anywhere. Ms. Ruland is Mellie 's chief of staff and she tells Mellie that she and Peus will be making decisions. Theodore Peus visits Olivia and tries to make her force Jake to resign as vice president, otherwise he will leak photos of Jake cleaning up Elizabeth 's body. He wants to replace Jake. Jake does step down. Huck flies a drone ( potentially carrying a bomb ) onto the White House in order to get the secret service to take Mellie and Fitz away from Ms. Ruland. Abby and Ms. Ruland are put in a bunker together while Mellie and Fitz are taken into a room where Marcus, Cyrus, David, Olivia, and Jake are waiting. Olivia explains that the drone gives them time to figure out how to defeat Peus and Ms. Ruland. Cyrus suggests a Grant - Beene ticket, which Mellie shoots down. They ask Rowan for help but he calls Olivia a stripper and refuses to help. Cyrus takes Rowan to an underground wine cellar and tries to kill him. Mellie and Marcus talk, leading to her offering the vice-presidency to Cyrus, who declines. While in the bunker with Abby, Ms. Ruland watches Mellie 's press conference where she announces that Luna Vargas is her new vice president. Olivia tells Ms. Ruland that she has replaced her as Mellie 's chief of staff, saying `` you ca n't take Olivia Pope. Olivia Pope takes you. '' 103 13 `` The Box '' Steph Green Raamla Mohamed & Austin Guzman May 4, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 04 ) 613 5.15 Peus plants bombs across the country and says he will disable them once Samantha and Mellie are back under his control. He detonates one bomb while he is on the phone with Olivia. Jake visits Samantha Ruland and cuts a tracking device out of her neck. Olivia and Fitz visit Rowan, who believes that there is no republic, and he wants to run. Jake tells Samantha that Peus has been captured, even though he has n't, and she believes him. She offers to tell him everything she knows in exchange for an immunity deal. David delivers the paperwork to her and she reveals her name is really Grace. She tells him that she wants to start over with their relationship. Then she realizes that they do n't have Peus. Olivia and Huck find out that Peus sent Rowan a box every week after Frankie 's assassination containing 11 - pound bricks. She tells Fitz, and he goes to talk to Rowan, who is mad that Olivia chose Fitz over him. He explains that a human head weighs 8 - 11 pounds and every time he opened a box, he feared he would see Olivia 's head inside. Fitz tells Rowan `` Olivia is your republic. '' 63 people have died as a result of Peus ' bombs, nineteen of which are children. Rowan meets Samantha and steals a secret service agent 's gun so they can run. Mellie tells Olivia that she 's ready to give in and Olivia tells her that `` a woman in power is a nasty woman. '' In a montage, we see Rowan and Fitz devise a plan so that Samantha will lead them to Peus. Jake finds Peus and shoots him and Rowan stabs Samantha to death with a dinosaur tooth. 104 14 `` Head Games '' Zetna Fuentes Chris Van Dusen & Juan Carlos Fernandez May 11, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 11 ) 614 5.10 Quinn is selecting a dress for her wedding to Charlie and Huck is her maid of honor. Fitz relieves Abby from her White House duties as he does n't trust her. Rowan gets Ruland 's head and gives it to David, who then takes it to Abby 's house to put in her fridge to wait for Jake to come and get it. OPA works on a hate crime case, in which the defendant is asking for a presidential pardon. The defendant is accused of lynching someone. Fitz works with Marcus to make a speech for when he leaves office. Huck and Quinn look into the hate crime while Olivia goes to meet Rowan for dinner. Olivia tries to convince her father to stay in D.C. to have a relationship with her, but he says that this dinner is goodbye. Abby and David are still at Abby 's house, and they agree to share a bed. Abby says she did n't mean for things to get so terrible. Quinn goes to the Oval Office and says Olivia is n't doing her job anymore, leaving Quinn to fight for the client. Jake finds Ruland 's apartment and that her real name was Gertrude. She and Peus were working for someone else, Olivia 's mother. Mellie tries to get Marcus to be her press secretary but he declines and agrees to run Fitz 's foundation. Olivia leaves OPA to Quinn and gives Quinn her office. 105 15 `` Tick Tock '' Salli Richardson - Whitfield Zahir McGhee & Michelle Lirtzman May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 615 5.23 David, Fitz, Olivia, and Jake work together to capture Maya and put her in the Pentagon. They think that she is planning an attack on Mellie 's inauguration, which Maya denies. Olivia pretends to be on her mother 's side in order to get her to reveal her plan, but Maya catches on, leading Olivia to strangle her until Jake comes in and prevents her from killing Maya. Olivia apologizes to Mellie for failing to make her inauguration safer. 106 16 `` Transfer of Power '' Tony Goldwyn Matt Byrne & Mark Fish May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 616 5.23 Olivia and Fitz celebrate his last night in the White House by having sex, despite that Fitz is not pleased that Olivia released Maya. As Mellie is being sworn in, the Gladiators find out that there is a traitor standing on the dais and Olivia realizes that it must be Luna Vargas. To avoid a scandal that would wreck the new presidency, Olivia forces Luna to take some pills that will simulate a heart attack rather than having her arrested. Rowan tells Fitz that he wants Fitz to succeed him as Command of B613, which Fitz agrees to. He tells Olivia and she convinces him to change his mind. Fitz then leaves Olivia, and D.C., to go run his foundation in Vermont. Olivia moves government funding to B613 and becomes Command while remaining Mellie 's chief of staff. Olivia sits with Cyrus. Cyrus uses the same phrases Luna did to justify Frankie 's death, leading Olivia to realize that Cyrus was the one who put the idea of killing Frankie in Luna 's head. He asks her what she 's going to do about Luna, and Olivia informs him Luna is dead. She also tells him that she is nominating him for vice president. He asks her how it feels to be the most powerful person in the world, and she says it feels right. Production Development Scandal was renewed for a sixth season on March 3, 2016, by ABC. The series continued to air at Thursdays in the timeslot 9 p.m. E.T. like the previous season. Production began in July, confirmed by executive - producer Tom Verica. After Kerry Washington announced that she was pregnant again, TVLine reported that ABC was considering moving the show 's premiere to midseason. In addition, the episode order for the sixth season was reduced from 22 to 16 episodes. During ABC 's annual upfront presentation in May, it was announced that Scandal will premiere during midseason, following a fall run of the new series Notorious. Production began on July 13, 2016, with director and executive producer Tom Verica announcing that the crew was scouting for filming locations. The table read for the premiere was on July 26, 2016, with filming starting soon after. A teaser trailer was released on November 1, 2016 on YouTube. An official trailer for the sixth season was released by ABC on November 3, 2016. The season began airing on January 26, 2017. A promotional poster was released by ABC on November 29, 2016. On February 10, 2017, ABC announced that the series had been renewed for a seventh season. It was later announced it will be the final season. Writing When talking about the presidential campaign storyline in the show, showrunner Shonda Rhimes talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the character Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III not being president anymore. She said `` I ca n't tell you any of that -- but there is a plan. Tony is not going anywhere ; where would he go ? ! ''. Other cast members spoke their opinion about Grant 's next arc without the presidency. Tony Goldwyn, the actor playing Fitz, commented `` He 'll be much happier as the post-president than as the president. '' Jeff Perry, playing Cyrus Beene, said that `` I 'd love our show to invent a great role for a president after he 's out of office that would reverberate back to the real world. '' Executive producer Betsy Beers voiced her excitement about the character doing `` anything he wanted ''. Other cast members compared Fitz 's next move with former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rhimes talked about the presidential election and its factor into the sixth season. She said that it would in both ways, adding that `` We are basically going to start our season on election night. Yes, it is going to play into our season, but we 're not going to spend our time playing an election. '' Casting Jessalyn Gilsig replaced Joelle Carter as Vanessa Moss. The sixth season had twelve roles receiving star billing, with eleven of them returning from the previous season, eight of which part of the original cast from the first season. Kerry Washington continued to play her role as protagonist of the series, Olivia Pope, a former White House Director of Communications with her own crisis management firm. Darby Stanchfield played Abby Whelan, the White House Press Secretary, Katie Lowes portrayed Quinn Perkins, and Guillermo Diaz portrayed Huck, the troubled tech guy who works for Olivia. Cornelius Smith Jr. continued his role as activist Marcus Walker. Jeff Perry portrayed Cyrus Beene, Chief of Staff at the White House who was fired by Fitz but later rehired. Portia de Rossi played Elizabeth North, the new Chief of Staff at the White House, and later the Chief of Staff for the Vice President. Joshua Malina played the role of David Rosen, former U.S. Attorney, then Attorney General. Bellamy Young continued to act as Senator Melody `` Mellie '' Grant, who was kicked out of the White House by Fitz, and later joined the presidential campaign for President. Tony Goldwyn continued to portray President Fitzgerald `` Fitz '' Thomas Grant III. Scott Foley portrayed Jake Ballard a former B613 agent and later the head of the NSA. TVLine announced on August 6, 2016, that Glee - alum Jessalyn Gilsig will replace Joelle Carter as Vanessa Moss, Jake Ballard 's wife. Entertainment Weekly announced on December 5, 2016, that series regular Jeff Perry 's daughter Zoe Perry had been cast in a recurring role for the sixth season. It was announced on April 20, 2017, that Portia de Rossi would be departing the show after her character was killed off in the eleventh episode. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the sixth season has a rating of 100 %, based on 8 reviews. Live + SD ratings No. in series No. in season Episode Air date Time slot ( EST ) Rating / Share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( m ) 18 -- 49 Rank Viewership rank Drama rank 91 `` Survival of the Fittest '' January 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 26 ) Thursdays 9 : 00 p.m. 2.0 / 7 7.62 TBD 92 `` Hardball '' February 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 02 ) 1.7 / 6 6.54 6 TBD 93 `` Fates Worse Than Death '' February 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 09 ) 1.6 / 5 6.22 5 TBD 94 `` The Belt '' February 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 16 ) 1.6 / 6 6.06 5 TBD 95 5 `` They All Bow Down '' March 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 09 ) 1.4 / 5 5.26 7 TBD 96 6 `` Extinction '' March 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 16 ) 1.4 / 5 5.63 TBD 97 7 `` A Traitor Among Us '' March 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 23 ) 1.3 / 5 5.40 TBD TBD TBD 98 8 `` A Stomach for Blood '' March 30, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 30 ) 1.5 / 6 6.57 TBD TBD TBD 99 9 `` Dead in the Water '' April 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 06 ) 1.2 / 5 5.10 TBD TBD TBD 100 10 `` The Decision '' April 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 13 ) 1.3 / 6 5.35 TBD TBD TBD 101 11 `` Trojan Horse '' April 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 20 ) 1.3 / 5 5.11 TBD TBD 102 12 `` Mercy '' April 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 27 ) 1.4 / 5 5.29 TBD TBD TBD 103 13 `` The Box '' May 4, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 04 ) 1.3 / 5 5.15 TBD TBD TBD 104 14 `` Head Games '' May 11, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 11 ) 1.4 / 5 5.10 TBD TBD TBD 105 15 `` Tick, Tock '' May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 1.2 / 5 5.23 TBD TBD TBD 106 16 `` Transfer of Power '' May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 1.2 / 5 5.23 TBD TBD TBD Live + 7 day ( DVR ) ratings No. in series No. in season Episode Air date Time slot ( EST ) 18 -- 49 rating increase Viewers ( millions ) increase Total 18 - 49 Total viewers ( millions ) Ref 91 `` Survival of the Fittest '' January 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 26 ) Thursdays 9 : 00 p.m. 1.4 3.30 3.4 10.93 92 `` Hardball '' February 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 02 ) 1.2 3.18 2.9 9.73 93 `` Fates Worse Than Death '' February 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 09 ) 1.2 3.06 2.8 9.28 94 `` The Belt '' February 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 16 ) 1.2 3.01 2.8 9.08 95 5 `` They All Bow Down '' March 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 09 ) 1.4 3.19 2.6 8.47 96 6 `` Extinction '' March 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 16 ) 1.1 2.90 2.5 8.53 97 7 `` A Traitor Among Us '' March 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 23 ) 1.2 2.93 2.5 8.33 98 8 `` A Stomach for Blood '' March 30, 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 30 ) 1.0 2.59 2.5 8.17 99 9 `` Dead In the Water '' April 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 06 ) 0.9 2.53 2.2 7.87 100 10 `` The Decision '' April 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 13 ) 1.1 2.88 2.4 8.14 101 11 `` Trojan Horse '' April 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 20 ) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 102 12 `` Mercy '' April 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 27 ) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 103 13 `` The Box '' May 4, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 04 ) 1.1 2.98 2.4 8.09 TBD 104 14 `` Head Games '' May 11, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 11 ) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 105 15 `` Tick, Tock '' May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 1.2 3.01 2.4 8.23 106 16 `` Transfer of Power '' May 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 18 ) 1.2 3.01 2.4 8.23 Awards and nominations Award Nominee Result People 's Choice Award Favorite Dramatic TV Actress Kerry Washington Nominated Favorite Dramatic TV Actor Scott Foley Nominated NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Kerry Washington Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Joe Morton Nominated References ^ Jump up to : Mitovich, Matt Webb ( March 3, 2016 ). `` Grey 's Anatomy, Scandal, S.H.I.E.L.D. and 8 Other Shows Renewed at ABC ''. 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Jump up ^ Washington, Julie. `` ' Scandal ' season 6, episode 10 recap : ' The Decision '' ``. clevelend.com. clevelend.com. ^ Jump up to : Welch, Alex ( April 14, 2017 ). `` ' Grey 's Anatomy ' and ' Chicago Med ' adjust up, ' Scandal ' adjusts down : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Washington, Julie. `` ' Scandal ' season 6, episode 11 recap : ' Trojan Horse ' ''. Cleveland. Cleveland. Retrieved 3 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( April 21, 2017 ). `` ' Scandal, ' ' Superstore ' and all others hold : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 21, 2017. Jump up ^ Washington, Julie. `` ' Scandal ' season 6, episode 12 recap : ' Mercy ' ''. clevelend.com. Clevelend. Retrieved 28 September 2017. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( April 28, 2017 ). `` ' Big Bang Theory, ' ' Grey 's Anatomy ' and ' Masterchef Junior ' adjust up ; ' The Catch ' adjusts down : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Wells, Buckie. `` Scandal season 6, episode 13 recap : The Box ''. Fansided. Fansided. Retrieved 2 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( May 5, 2017 ). `` ' Big Bang Theory, ' ' Grey 's Anatomy, ' ' Masterchef Junior ' adjust up, ' Riverdale ' adjusts down : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Wells, Buckie. `` Scandal season 6, episode 14 recap : Head Games ''. Fansided. Fansided. ^ Jump up to : Welch, Alex ( May 12, 2017 ). `` ' The Big Bang Theory, ' ' Masterchef Junior ' adjust up, ' The Blacklist ' adjusts down : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 12, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( May 19, 2017 ). `` ' Grey 's Anatomy ' and ' Masterchef Junior ' finales, ' Amazing Race ' adjust up : Thursday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Verica, Tom ( April 26, 2016 ). `` Last # peepingtom of season 5 # scandal on our fixer @ kerrywashington @ ScandalMakeup @ ScandalABC See you in season 6 ! ''. Twitter. Retrieved April 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( May 2, 2016 ). `` Kerry Washington 's Pregnancy May Push ' Scandal ' Season 6 to Midseason ''. TV Line. Retrieved May 2, 2016. Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( May 2, 2016 ). `` Scandal Season 6 Episode Order Cut ''. TVLine. Retrieved May 3, 2016. Jump up ^ Verica, Tom ( July 13, 2016 ). `` Okay gang, we 're baaaack ! 1st day scouting @ scandalabc Filming begins 2 weeks today. @ darynokada # directorsPOV ''. Instagram. Retrieved July 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` First Prod. Meeting # Scandal Season6 Epi. 601 complete. @ tomverica directing # ittakesavillage # bestcrew # yayteam ''. Twitter. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Scandal Season 6 Teaser ( HD ) ''. YouTube. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016. 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External link in title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( February 11, 2017 ). `` ' This Is Us ' and TGIT rise above the rest in week 19 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( February 15, 2017 ). `` ' Big Bang Theory, ' ' Agents of SHIELD ' benefit the most in week 20 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 15, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( February 23, 2017 ). `` ' This Is Us ' and ' Timeless ' lead the week 21 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( March 2, 2017 ). `` ' This Is Us ' and ' Agents of SHIELD ' on top again : Week 22 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 2, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( March 24, 2017 ). `` ' Sleepy Hollow ' & 5 more shows double, ' This Is Us ' has biggest total gain : Week 25 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( March 30, 2017 ). `` ' This Is Us ' finale, ' Designated Survivor ' top week 26 's broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( April 6, 2017 ). `` ' Empire ' and ' Designated Survivor ' score in week 27 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 6, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( April 13, 2017 ). `` ' Designated Survivor ' scores again, 7 shows double in week 28 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick. `` ' iZombie ' premiere gets decent bump in week 29 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( April 26, 2017 ). `` 6 shows double, led by ' Designated Survivor ' : Week 30 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 26, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( June 2, 2017 ). `` ' Modern Family, ' ' Designated Survivor ' finales make biggest gains in week 35 broadcast Live + 7 ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 2, 2017. External links Official website List of Scandal episodes on IMDb Scandal Episodes Season 1 `` Sweet Baby '' Season 2 `` Nobody Likes Babies '' `` Whiskey Tango Foxtrot '' `` Boom Goes the Dynamite '' `` Top of the Hour '' `` Snake in the Garden '' `` Molly, You in Danger, Girl '' `` Seven Fifty - Two '' Season 3 `` It 's Handled '' `` Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner '' `` Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington '' `` Say Hello to My Little Friend '' `` More Cattle, Less Bull '' `` Icarus '' `` Everything 's Coming Up Mellie '' `` Vermont is for Lovers, Too '' `` YOLO '' `` A Door Marked Exit '' `` The Price of Free and Fair Elections '' Season 4 `` Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia '' `` Where the Sun Do n't Shine '' `` Run '' `` Where 's the Black Lady ? '' `` Gladiators Do n't Run '' `` No More Blood '' Season 5 `` Heavy is the Head '' `` Dog - Whistle Politics '' `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Season 6 `` Transfer of Power '' Season 7 `` Watch Me '' `` Day 101 '' Characters Olivia Pope Abby Whelan Quinn Perkins See also Judy Smith Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scandal_(season_6)&oldid=817917862 '' Categories : 2017 American television seasons Scandal ( TV series ) Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Infobox television season articles that use the season name parameter Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Français Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 31 December 2017, at 09 : 08. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when does season 6 of scandal come out
Answer: January 26, 2017