ABC is reducing the number of "Scandal" episodes to air this season, from 18 to 22. While the network "wouldn’t give a reason for the cutback" in production of the hit drama, Nellie Andreeva
speculates that star Kerry Washington's pregnancy is key: "it’s getting hard to hide the pregnancy in loose-fitting clothes for the normally super stylish and elegant Olivia Pope — and
it’s hard to reduce Washington’s workload as Pope
is the show and in most scenes."
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