Freeform has given a pilot order to Close Up, an hourlong suspense drama executive produced by How to Get Away With Murder creator Peter Nowalk and ABC Signature, part of Disney TV Studios. This marks the first pilot greenlight since Lauren Corrao joined Freeform as EVP Original Programming and Development in…

How To Get Away With Murder, starring Viola Davis, will return for a sixth season on ABC. It is one of three Shondaland series to get renewals for next season, along with flagship Grey’s Anatomy and spinoff Station 19, both run by Krista Vernoff. Legal drama For the People has been canceled. "Everyone at Shondaland is…

The season finale of ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder had a central question swirling among fans: would anyone die? The answer arrived late in the episode, titled Please Say No One Else Is Dead, closing out season five of the series with enough twists, surprises and cliffhangers to indicate it’s highly likely there…

After the Live+3 ratings for Premiere Week came in, there was one series, ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, that posted a three-digit ratings lift from Live+Same Day, 100% in adults 18-49. After four days of Live+7 data, including all of Premiere Week’s big L3 percentage gainers, six shows more than doubled their…

We have the first triple-digit Live+3 lift this broadcast season, and it belongs to delayed viewing heavyweight, How To Get Away With Murder. The fifth season premiere of тхе ABC mystery thriller posted the biggest percentage gains of any series during premiere week, 100% in adults 18-49 (from 0.8 to 1.6 demo rating…

We’re getting the first look at Season 5 of How to Get Away With Murder in a new trailer just released by ABC. “And to think, they wouldn’t even let me step foot on this campus a few months ago,” says Professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) as she walks into her law school class for the first time following her…

Oscar winner Timothy Hutton has signed on as a series regular for the upcoming fifth season of ABC’s legal thriller drama series How To Get Away With Murder. Per standard Shondaland practice, no details about Hutton's storyline are being revealed. Season 5 picks up after Annalise's (Viola Davis) class action victory…

EXCLUSIVE: Amirah Vann, who recurred heavily in the fourth season of ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming fifth season of the Shondaland drama. Vann plays Tegan Price, an attorney working with Caplan & Gold. She was introduced in Episode 3 and appeared in 10 of the 15…

After three consecutive years of nominations and one win, How to Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis was left off the ballot for lead actress in a drama series. In an interesting twist, though, Davis’ Annalise Keating isn’t completely shut out of this year’s Emmy race. In fact, Davis did receive a nomination for…

EXCLUSIVE: We will likely find out a lot more about the mystery character Gabriel Maddox, who was revealed in the recent Season 4 finale of How To Get Away with Murder. Actor Rome Flynn, who played the role, has been promoted to a series regular on the ABC thriller drama’s upcoming fifth season. Per standard…

ABC has given a Season 5 pickup to its legal thriller drama How to Get Away With Murder. The renewal of the Shondaland drama was fully expected. After the end of Scandal, HTGAWM is the second longest-running Shondaland series, and it’s well received, earning star Viola Davis top awards including an Emmy. Additionally…

UPDATED with final stats: The opening nigh off the NCAA men’s basketball tournament led CBS to a primetime victory Thursday. Basketball underwent a notable shuffle due to the live nature of broadcast, causing CBS to slide to a 1.5 demo rating and 4.98M viewers, though that still bested last year’s 4.47M and 1.2 demo…