"Scandal" Spinoff: Digital-Only Offshoot "Gladiator: Wanted" Set for Debut
by Michael Ausiello
January 19, 2017


Giving new meaning to class warfare, ABC is set to launch "Gladiator: Wanted", a spinoff of the long-running thriller "Scandal" that will run exclusively online, TVLine has learned.

The offshoot — which focuses on Team OPA giving potential new interns a crash course in Gladiating 101 — debuted Thursday on ABC.com.

It arrives just days ahead of "Scandal‘s" twice-delayed Season 6 premiere (first as a result of Kerry Washington’s real-life pregnancy, and then again due to an ABC News special about Donald Trump’s imminent inauguration).





Regarding that second postponement, which pushed the return of ABC’s entire #TGIT lineup back a week to Jan. 26, Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment recently admitted to TVLine that delaying the Shondaland trio “was a very hard call,” adding, “Nobody else has been waiting for it bigger than me.”

According to THR, all seven episodes of "Gladiator: Wanted" were directed by "Scandal" co-star Darby Stanchfield.

http://tvline.com/2017/01/19/scandal-spinoff-gladiator-wanted-where-to-watch-online/