Season 4 Premiere Title Announced

The season premiere of How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season has officially been titled "I'm Going Away."

Season 4 Premiere Date Announced

How to Get Away With Murder is kicking off its fourth season on Thursday, September 28, 2017, @ 10/9c on ABC! Its lead in will be the fourteenth season premiere of veteran drama Grey's Anatomy. Scandal's seventh and final season will premiere a week later, meaning the whole #TGIT line-up will appear on ABC's schedule on November 5.

Jimmy Smits to Recur

American actor Jimmy Smits, best known for his Emmy-winning work on NYPD Blue and The West Wing, has been cast for a major arc on How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season. He will play an important character in Annalise Keating's (Viola Davis) life and also be a key player in the new season's mystery.

Viola Davis and Cicely Tyson Once Again Nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards

For the third consecutive year, Viola Davis has managed to be recognized by the Primetime Emmy Awards. She won the trophy once in 2015 for her performance as Annalise Keating on the rookie season of How to Get Away With Murder. She has again been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Cicely Tyson, who plays Viola Davis's on screen mom Ophelia Harkness, has been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. This is her second nomination after having been nominated in 2015 for her single-episode appearance at the end of the show's first season.

The ceremony takes place on September 17, 2017.