"Scandal" Season 6 might not premiere until next year but it looks like people's fatigue with the very divisive election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will affect the show's plot. In the show, former First Lady Mellie Grant ran as the Republican nominee and might be the first female head of state in the United States. But, after Trump's victory surprised many with his win earlier this year, it is rumored that TV producer extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes ordered writers to adjust some of their storylines to reflect what is happening in real life.
The teaser released for "Scandal" Season 6 via Yahoo seems to indicate that someone will die. While that is not sure yet, there is chatter that "Scandal" Season 6 will portray Mellie losing the presidency. While shows in Shondaland always seeks to portray strong powerful women, Rhimes and the writers of the show want to show the sexism that women still experience in society.
It looks like the move of "Scandal" Season 6 to early 2017 will prove beneficial to the show. Moved because of star Kerry Washington's pregnancy according to Variety, some storylines of "Scandal" season 6 will be more timely than ever. s
You can watch "Scandal" Season 6 on Thursday, January 19, at 9 pm ET in ABC. That same night is also the first time the famous TGIT programming bloc will be back on air since last May. Should there be any more updates and spoilers on "Scandal" Season 6, GameNGuide will be posting more about it in the next few weeks.
How will the rise of Donald Trump to the presidency and the election complaints affect the arc of "Scandal" Season 6? Will it also be portraying the real life events in "Scandal" season 6? Fire away in the GameNGuide comments section. In the meantime, you can view the teaser for "Scandal" season 6 in the video.