ABC Is Already Using Taylor Swift’s New Song 'Look What You Made Me Do' to Promote TGIT

Promo launched less than an hour after the tune dropped

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ABC wasted no time taking advantage of the hype around Thursday night’s release of Taylor Swift’s early-awaited new single, “Look What You Made Me Do.”

Less than an hour after Swift’s song had dropped, the network released a new promo for next month’s season premiere of its TGIT lineup—Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder—which featured “Look What You Made Me Do.”

The spot contains no new material from any of the three shows, and recycles promo footage shot last season with stars Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington and Viola Davis touting

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