How to Get Away with Murder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

How to Get Away with Murder (2014): Drama, Thriller, Legal. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.

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Story and premise

The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.

Series details

Title: How to Get Away with Murder
Format: Scripted
Language: English
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Legal
Premiere date: 2014-09-25
Final broadcast date listed: 2020-05-14
Status in TVmaze: Ended
Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
Network country: United States
Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
TVMaze ID: 52

Cast and credited roles

Viola Davis — Annalise Keating
Billy Brown — Nate Lahey
Jack Falahee — Connor Walsh
Aja Naomi King — Michaela Pratt
Charlie Weber — Frank Delfino
Liza Weil — Bonnie Winterbottom
Matt McGorry — Asher Millstone
Conrad Ricamora — Oliver Hampton
Karla Souza — Laurel Castillo
Alfred Enoch — Wes Gibbins
Amirah Vann — Tegan Price
Rome Flynn — Gabriel Maddox

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

Season 1: premiered 2014-09-25; final listed air date 2015-02-26; episode order: 15.
Season 2: premiered 2015-09-24; final listed air date 2016-03-17; episode order: 15.
Season 3: premiered 2016-09-22; final listed air date 2017-02-23; episode order: 15.
Season 4: premiered 2017-09-28; final listed air date 2018-03-15; episode order: 15.
Season 5: premiered 2018-09-27; final listed air date 2019-02-28; episode order: 15.
Season 6: premiered 2019-09-26; final listed air date 2020-05-14; episode order: 15.

Source and licence

Adapted from How to Get Away with Murder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.