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ABC Issues Full-Season Orders

October 10, 2014 World Screen Top Stories

BURBANK: The new Thursday night drama How to Get Away with Murder, exec produced by Shonda Rhimes, and the comedy black-ish have received full-season orders from ABC.

How to Get Away with Murder is the season's top new series premiere, according to the network. The legal/crime drama stars Viola Davis and was created by Pete Nowalk. It airs after two other ShondaLand shows, Grey's Anatomy and Scandal. The series black-ish is one of the highest-rated new comedies this season. It airs following Modern Family.

Both shows are repped by Disney Media Distribution.

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