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The fall finale posted a 2.4 and reached 8.132 million viewers; last year&#8217;s midseason premiere posted a 3.6 with 10.48 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;HTGAWM&#8221; followed with a 1.8 rating and 5.822 million total viewers.  The numbers are down from the 2.3\/7.187m posted by the fall finale and the 3.1 and 9.18 million drawn by last year&#8217;s midseason premiere.<\/p>\n<p>While it was also down, veteran &#8220;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&#8221; held up better than the latter parts of TGIT.  It drew a 2.4 and 8.282 million at 8PM.<\/p>\n<p>The fall finale drew a 2.5 and 8.498 million, while the 2015 midseason premiere drew a 2.8 and 8.71 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[233,76,2325,228],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ratings: &quot;Scandal,&quot; &quot;How To Get Away With Murder&quot; Decline From Fall Finales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The midseason premieres of ABC&#039;s &quot;Scandal&quot; and &quot;How To Get Away With Murder&quot; trailed the respective fall finales in adults 18-49 and total viewership.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/02\/12\/ratings-scandal-how-to-get-away-with-murder-return-way-down-from-fall-finales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ratings: &quot;Scandal,&quot; &quot;How To Get Away With Murder&quot; Decline From Fall Finales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The midseason premieres of ABC&#039;s &quot;Scandal&quot; and &quot;How To Get Away With Murder&quot; trailed the respective fall finales in adults 18-49 and total viewership.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/02\/12\/ratings-scandal-how-to-get-away-with-murder-return-way-down-from-fall-finales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-12T16:05:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-13T16:33:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/02\/12\/ratings-scandal-how-to-get-away-with-murder-return-way-down-from-fall-finales\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/02\/12\/ratings-scandal-how-to-get-away-with-murder-return-way-down-from-fall-finales\/\",\"name\":\"Ratings: \\\"Scandal,\\\" \\\"How To Get Away With Murder\\\" Decline From Fall Finales\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-12T16:05:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-13T16:33:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"The midseason premieres of ABC's \\\"Scandal\\\" and \\\"How To Get Away With Murder\\\" trailed the respective fall finales in adults 18-49 and total viewership.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/02\/12\/ratings-scandal-how-to-get-away-with-murder-return-way-down-from-fall-finales\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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