‘Scandal’ And ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ Are Crossing Over
Thank god it’s Shondaland.
Two ofShonda Rhimes' biggest primetime dramas will receive a crossover event, which will help close outScandal’s final season. TheScandalandHow to Get Away With Murdercrossover will unite the two show’s leading ladies, played byKerry WashingtonandViola Davis, on the small screen for the first time.
Olivia Pope (Washington) will manage her last crisis in April of this year at the close ofScandal’s seventh season, but before her show ends its run, she’ll meet a law professor who’s an expert in murder.
On Wednesday, Washington and Davis teased the crossover event between their two series on social media, posting tantalizing photos of themselves on each other’s sets — Washington in a familiar courthouse, Davis in a White House office.
Hey @KerryWashington, guess where I am?!pic.twitter.com/WKKJzrQcJx
— Viola Davis (@violadavis)July 02, 2025
The crossover, expected to air in March, was confirmed by none other than Rhimes herself, who posted a snapshot of the script detailing the first meeting between Olivia Pope and Annalise Keating.How to Get Away With Murderexecutive producer Pete Nowalk tweeted the same script page.
People. It’s happening.@petenowalk, you ready for this?#TGITCrossover#HowtoGetAwaywithScandalpic.twitter.com/laROhxbeu8
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes)Jun 12, 2025
The scene seems to depict Olivia Pope lecturing a class, perhaps at Annalise Keating’s Philadelphia-based Middleton University. The silence met to Olivia’s question is broken by Annalise answering her question.
This is the first time the two shows will cross over according toDeadline, but it will likely be the last, withScandalreaching its seventh and final season whileHow to Get Away With Murdercontinues on after its fourth season. The stars from Shondaland showsGrey’s Anatomy(which, yes, is still airing),Scandal,andHow to Get Away With Murderfrequently appeared in ABC’s Thank God It’s Thursday promos and publicity events, but they have not guest-starred in each other’s shows until now. The exception beingGrey’s Anatomywith its spin-offs, but that show seems to be off in its own corner of the universe.
This makes theScandalandHow to Get Away With Murdercrossover all the more exciting, particularly because both shows are Rhimes' first series featuring women of color in the lead roles. Both Washington and Davis have become irrefutably pop culture icons in the roles, and it is only fitting that Washington will close out her run inScandalby teaming up with yet another powerful black woman.
ABC’s “Thank God It’s Thursday” block returns with new episodes onJanuary 18, 2018.
