<P> The seventh and final season of the American television drama series Scandal was ordered on February 10, 2017 by ABC . It was later announced that the seventh season would be the final season for Scandal . The season began airing on October 5, 2017, and consisted of 18 episodes, adding the total episode count of the show to 124 episodes . Cast member George Newbern was upgraded to a series regular after being a recurring cast member for the past six seasons . The season will be produced by ABC Studios, in association with ShondaLand Production Company; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes . </P> <P> The season focuses on the new direction of Olivia Pope's crisis management firm, which is now headlined by Quinn Perkins, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C. Season seven will 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 . </P> <P> The season will focus 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Main (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Kerry Washington as Chief of Staff Olivia Pope </Li> <Li> Scott Foley as NSA Director Jacob "Jake" Ballard </Li> <Li> Darby Stanchfield as Abigail "Abby" Whelan </Li> <Li> Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins </Li> <Li> Guillermo Diaz as Diego "Huck" Muñoz </Li> <Li> Jeff Perry as Vice President Cyrus Beene </Li> <Li> Joshua Malina as Attorney - General David Rosen </Li> <Li> Bellamy Young as President Melody Margaret "Mellie" Grant </Li> <Li> Joe Morton as Elijah "Eli" / "Rowan" Pope </Li> <Li> George Newbern as Charlie </Li> <Li> Cornelius Smith Jr. as Marcus Walker </Li> <Li> Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Thomas Grant III </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <H3> Recurring (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Jay Hernandez as Curtis Pryce </Li> <Li> Faran Tahir as President Rashad </Li> <Li> Shaun Toub as Ambassador Marashi </Li> <Li> Dean Norris as Fenton Glackland </Li> <Li> Whitney Hice as Hannah </Li> <Li> Michael O'Neill as Lonnie Mencken </Li> </Ul> <H3> Special guest (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Viola Davis as Annalise Keating </Li> </Ul> <H3> Guest (edit) </H3> <Ul> <Li> Bess Armstrong as Senator Diane Greenwald </Li> <Li> Caroline Day as Lucy Riccio </Li> <Li> Medalion Rahimi as Yasmeen </Li> <Li> Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt </Li> <Li> Tom Irwin as Justice Spivey </Li> <Li> Khandi Alexander as Maya Lewis </Li> <Li> Jessalyn Gilsig as Vanessa Ballard </Li> <Li> Kate Burton as Sally Langston </Li> <Li> Gregg Henry as Hollis Doyle </Li> <Li> Tom Amandes as Samuel Reston </Li> <Li> Brian Letscher as Tom Larsen </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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