And what about all of the viewers that have been patiently (or perhaps impatiently) watching all of the real life White House drama while thinking about how Olivia Pope would have done things?
The network, of anybody, should realize how rabid the Grey’s and HTGAWM fanbases are, especially after cliffhangers.
Scandal has been gone from our lives since last May, as the drama took a hiatus for Kerry Washington to have her baby, and we are hungry for more.
It seems like someone at ABC would have thought about that date’s closeness to the inauguration ahead of time, thus avoiding disappointing millions of people who need to see what’s happening with Jo and Alex and Annalise and the Keating Five and everyone else.