If that info holds true, then it was allegedly creator and TV workhorse Shonda Rhimes herself who made the decision to pull the plug, and ABC was said to be agreeable.
It’d be kind of hard to get Scandal to audiences without Rhimes’ involvement, but stranger things have happened.
Nothing has been made official by ABC, so no one should go off downing all the wine bottles.
At this point, TVLine is reporting that multiple sources are calling the next season Scandal’s last.