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Ratings: “Scandal” Reaches Season Viewership High With Kerry Washington-Directed Episode

“Grey’s Anatomy” also rose to a new season high in overall viewership.

Kerry Washington & Tony Goldwyn | Mitch Haaseth/ABC

Based on preliminary ratings, this week’s “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” set new season highs in overall viewership.

They tied season highs in adults 18-49.

According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, Thursday’s “Scandal” drew a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 5.60 million overall viewers.

The numbers top the 1.3 rating and 5.19 million viewer mark posted by last week’s episode.

The adults 18-49 rating, moreover, ties that of the October 5 premiere to rank as a season high. The viewership mark represents a new season high.

Kerry Washington, who stars as Olivia Pope, directed this week’s “Scandal.”

— ABC led into “Scandal” with “Grey’s Anatomy,” which drew a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating and 8.85 million in viewership.

Last week’s episode posted the same 2.3 in the demo but a lesser viewership mark of 8.62 million.

This week’s viewership sum, as noted, is a new season high. The demo rating ties the high mark set by several episodes this season.

— ABC’s “TGIT” lineup closed with “How To Get Away With Murder” (1.0 rating, 3.66 million viewers this week vs. 1.0, 3.54 million last week).

Written by Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002.

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