ABC Renews 15 Series, Including 'How to Get Away with Murder'

The Cast of How to Get Away with Murder

ABC has issued pick-up orders for the following series for the 2016-2017 season: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, black-ish, Dancing with the Stars, Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Scandal, Shark Tank and Quantico.

“We’re very proud of our strong roster of performers, and we’re excited about what they will bring us creatively next season,” said Channing Dungey, the new President of ABC Entertainment.

'Nashville' Attracts Its Biggest Audience Since Last December

Rayna performed on Dancing with the Stars on Wednesday's episode Nashville.

Returning to its regular Wednesday lineup after the prior week's CMA Awards preemption, ABC took 2nd in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6) to The Voice-driven NBC with its 8:00-9:00 p.m. special to lead off its night while beating CBS by 5% (2.0/6) and Fox by 75% (1.2/4). Modern Family (3.1/9) and black-ish (2.5/7–tied with The Voice) ranked as the Top 2 TV shows of the night in Adults 18-49. Modern Family was Wednesday's top-rated TV series for its 7th-straight telecast this season.

Nashville delivered a new season high in Total Viewers (5.6 million) with its largest audience since last December – since 12/4/13. Nashville tied CBS’ Stalker in the hour among Adults 18-49 (1.4/5) while beating the CBS drama in Adults 18-34 and across all key Women (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).

Wednesday (11/12/14) - ABC Total Viewer and Adult 18-49 Projections
The Middle: Live + 3 = 9.7 million/2.3 rating and Live + 7 = 10.3 million/2.4 rating
The Goldbergs: Live + 3 = 10.9 million/2.9 rating and Live + 7 = 11.7 million/3.1 rating
Modern Family: Live + 3 = 14.0 million/4.4 rating and Live + 7 = 15.5 million/4.8 rating
black-ish: Live + 3 = 9.6 million/3.0 rating and Live + 7 = 10.1 million/3.1 rating
Nashville: Live + 3 = 9.1 million/2.3 rating and Live + 7 = 10.1 million/2.5 rating

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''How to Get Away with Murder' and 'black-ish' Receive Full Season Orders From ABC

ABC has picked up the new hit comedy black-ish and the new hit drama How to Get Away with Murder, Paul Lee, President, ABC Entertainment Group announced today.

How to Get Away with Murder was television's top series debut of the season and the biggest 10 p.m. drama debut in two years in Adults 18-49. black-ish opened as the #2 series debut and the #1 comedy debut on television by the same metric. Additionally, black-ish had the best-ever viewer retention out of “Modern Family” for any comedy debut.

How to Get Away with Murder stars Academy-Award Nominee Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, Billy Brown as Nate, Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins, Jack Falahee as Connor Walsh, Katie Findlay as Rebecca, Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt, Matt McGorry as Asher Millstone, Karla Souza as Laurel Castillo, Charlie Weber as Frank Delfino and Liza Weil as Bonnie Winterbottom.