How to Get Away with Murder

Konusu

How to Get Away with Murder, Annalise Keating'in kişisel ve iş hayatı etrafında geçmektedir; Annalise, ABD'nin en saygın hukuk okullarından biri olan, Philadelphia'daki kurgusal Middleton Üniversitesi'nde görevli bir ceza hukuku profesörüdür. Aynı zamanda ceza savunma avukatlığı yapan Annalise, dersini alan en iyi beş öğrenciyi seçerek ekibinde kendisiyle birlikte çalışması için bir grup belirler: Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, Laurel Castillo ve Wes Gibbins. Kişisel yaşamında, Annalise kocası Sam Keating'le birlikte yaşamaktadır, fakat aynı zamanda yerel bir Philadephia dedektifi olan Nate Lahey'le de gizli bir ilişkisi vardır. Kişisel ve iş hayatı çarpışmaya başlarken, Annalise ve öğrencileri istemeden bir cinayet kumpasına bulaşırlar.

2. sezon

Though ABC does not traditionally announce their official renewals until the Friday before upfronts in May, the show was confirmed as earning a second-season renewal for the 2015-16 season via a promo succeeding the first-season finale and an earlier statement by Viola Davis also confirming the renewal at the close of shooting for the first season.

Geliştirme

On August 19, 2013, ABC bought the original concept from Shondaland Productions, produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. The script for the pilot episode was written by Grey’s Anatomy supervising producer Peter Nowalk. ABC ordered the pilot on December 19, 2013. The pilot episode was filmed in Los Angeles, Kaliforniya, at the University of Southern California, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at Bryn Mawr College; and in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, at Ursinus College. It was directed by Michael Offer. On May 8, 2014, ABC picked up the pilot to series for the 2014–15 television season. At the Television Critics Association Press Tour in July 2014, it was announced that How to Get Away with Murder will be a limited series with only 15 or 16 episodes per season. The smaller size of episode count stems from the deal for the series star Davis. On October 9, 2014, ABC picked up the series for a full season of 15 episodes.

Casting

On January 21, 2014, Matt McGorry was the first to be announced as a regular cast member, playing a law student.
Throughout February and March 2014, other roles were announced as cast:  Aja Naomi King, Jack Falahee, Alfred Enoch and Karla Souza as law students; Katie Findlay as a drug-dealing student; Charlie Weber as a law associate to Professor Keating; Billy Brown as Professor Keating's extra-marital love interest; veteran actor and producer Tom Verica as Professor Keating's husband; and Liza Weil as one of the professor’s two associates.
On February 25, 2014, it was announced that Shonda Rhimes had cast Viola Davis in the show's leading role of Professor Annalise Keating.
On November 4, 2014, it was announced that Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden was cast in the second half of the first season for a secret recurring role. On December 15, 2014, it was announced that Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Cicely Tyson will appear in an episode in the second half of the season.

Yayın

How to Get Away with Murder airs on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. Eastern. ABC pushed Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., creating an all-night block of Shonda Rhimes-produced dramas airing on Thursdays, a rarity in American television. It was announced July 14, 2014 that the series would debut September 25, 2014.
In Canada, the series airs with sim-subbing of advertising in same timeslot on CTV, though it airs three hours earlier before the original ABC timeslot in the Atlantic Time Zone on CTV Atlantic in the Maritime Provinces. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it premiered on October 22 on Universal Channel. The series began airing on  TV2 in New Zealand on February 10, and in Avustralya, it premiered the same day as New Zealand on the Seven Network.

Eleştirel tepkiler

Dizi eleştirmenlerden genellikle olumlu yorumlar alarak başladı, birçoğu Viola Davis'in performansını övdü. Birinci sezon, Rotten Tomatoes'te ortalama 6,9/10'luk reyting ile, 57 yorum temelinde %86'lık bir reytinge sahip oldu. Sitenin eleştirel görüş birliği, "How to Get Away with Murder'ın kavramsal açıdan özgün olmadığı, ancak melodramatik bükümlü heyecanlar ve büyüleyici bir öncülük sunduğu" yönünde oldu. Metacritic, dizinin birinci sezonu için "genellikle olumlu yorumlar" göstererek 30 eleştiriye dayanan, 100 üzerinden 68 puan verdi.

Televizyon reytingleri

The series pilot on September 25 set a record for DVR playback viewers with 6 million, surpassing the January 27, 2014 record of 5.6 million set by the pilot of The Blacklist.
The pilot was favorably received by critics, specifically praising Viola Davis' performance. The series premiere had more than 14 million viewers on live broadcast, and over 20 million with DVR.

Övgüler

How to Get Away with Murder People's Choice Ödülleri, Image Ödülleri, Screen Actors Guild Ödülleri, Altın Küre Ödülleri ve GLAAD Ödülleri'nin yanı sıra Amerikan Film Enstitüsü tarafından teşekkürle onurlandırıldı.