Scandal season 7

The seventh and final season of the American drama television series Scandal was broadcast between October 5, 2017, and April 19, 2018, consisting of 18 episodes. It was ordered by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on February 10, 2017, and later announced to be the series' last season. After recurring appearances in the previous six seasons, George Newbern was upgraded to a series regular for the seventh installment. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with ShondaLand Production Company, with Shonda Rhimes acting as showrunner.

The season focuses on Olivia Pope and her new position as Chief of Staff of President Mellie Grant and the Command of B613. It also depicts Quinn Perkins as the boss of her crisis management firm Quinn Perkins & Associates, and its team, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C., in their efforts to deal with and contain political scandals. Season seven had have twelve series regulars, all returning from the previous season, out of which six are part of the original cast of eight regulars from the first season. The season aired on Thursday nights at 9:00 pm until episode 15, where it aired in its original timeslot, Thursday 10:00 pm.