On Tuesday, ABC announced that Nashville alum Jay Hernandez and Homeland actor Shaun Toub are headed to the White House drama for its final season.
Season 7 of Scandal, which will be comprised of 18 episodes, premieres Thursday, Oct. 5 at 9/8c on ABC.
Ahead of its Season 7 premiere in October, Scandal is adding two more to its already stacked roster.
Hernandez played Juliet’s (Hayden Panettiere) love interest Dante on the country music drama, while Toub most recently wrapped a recurring arc on Homeland as Iranian intelligence chief Majid Javadi.