Overview
How to Get Away with Murder is an American legal thriller television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. The series aired on ABC as part of a night of programming, all under Rhimes's Shondaland production company.
Series overview
Annalise Keating is a prominent criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University in Philadelphia. She selects five of her first year students to intern at her firm: Wes Gibbins, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, and Laurel Castillo (The Keating 5). They work with Annalise's employees, Frank Delfino and Bonnie Winterbottom, an associate lawyer. As the first season introduces occasional clients for Keating, it explores two related murders throug…
Cast and characters
• Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, a prominent criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University, whose life has been filled with trauma.
• Billy Brown as Nate Lahey, a Philadelphia police detective who at the start of the series is having an affair with Annalise.
• Alfred Enochas Wes Gibbins (seasons 1–3; guest seasons 4 & 6), a law student and a member of Annalise's group of favored students – the so-called Keating 5 – and about whom she fe…
• Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, a prominent criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University, whose life has been filled with trauma.
• Billy Brown as Nate Lahey, a Philadelphia police detective who at the start of the series is having an affair with Annalise.
• Alfred Enochas Wes Gibbins (seasons 1–3; guest seasons 4 & 6), a law student and a member of Annalise's group of favored students – the so-called Keating 5 – and about whom she feels esp…
Production
On August 19, 2013, ABC bought from Shondaland Productions the original concept, produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. The script for the pilot episode was written by Grey's Anatomy supervising producer Peter Nowalk. ABC ordered the pilot on December 19, 2013. On May 8, 2014, ABC picked up the pilot to series for the 2014–15 television season. At the Television Critics Asso…
Reception
The first season of How to Get Away with Murder received positive reviews, with most praising Viola Davis' performance. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 85% based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 7.11/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "How to Get Away with Murder isn't conceptually original, but it delivers thrills with melodramatic twists and a captivating lead".
Broadcast
How to Get Away with Murder airs on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m., Eastern Time. ABC pushed Grey's Anatomy and Scandal to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., creating an all-night block of Shonda Rhimes–produced dramas airing on Thursdays, a rarity in American television. It was announced on July 14, 2014, that the series would debut September 25, 2014. In Canada, the series airs with sim-subbing of advertising in same timeslot on CTV, though it airs three hours earlier before the …
External links
• Official website
• How to Get Away with Murder at IMDb
• Official website
• How to Get Away with Murder at IMDb
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