How To Get Away With Filming The Pilot Of How To Get Away With Murder At Penn -- And then filming the rest of the season in L.A. Friendly reminder that the premiere of ABC's Shonda Rhimes-produced How To Get Away With Murder is on tonight at 10 p.m., after Scandal. Star Viola Davis' contract stipulated primary filming take place in Hollywood, so only this ep is filmed in our neck of the woods (although the whole show takes place at a "prestigious Philadelphia university" aka us). We saw the trailers in March and now it's time to see if Beige Block makes it on TV – tweet us your (small) screen shots of off campus Penn houses @underthebutton – and Shonda would surely approve if you make it a drinking game!