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Summary A former White House communications director, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) now runs her own crisis management firm, helping clients fix potential career-ending problems.
Created By: Shonda Rhimes
Scandal
7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 5, 2012
66
7.3
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Summary A former White House communications director, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) now runs her own crisis management firm, helping clients fix potential career-ending problems.
Created By: Shonda Rhimes
Where to Watch
Coming Soon
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Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
30% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
30% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The final moments [of the premiere episode] set up a new mystery that could propel Shonda Rhimes' Sodom-on-the-Potomac creation through the rest of the fall. [4 Oct 2013, p.59]
Scandal is about as realistic as Mamie Eisenhower Witch Hunter but it has so much headlong energy, you may not care. [9 Apr 2012, p.40]
This may not be Peabody material, but if you like a show that's not afraid to go bananas, this might just be your type of low-hanging fruit.
Rhimes doesn't develop these affairs beyond their impact on the characters' careers, perhaps because the tone is supposed to be serious, not fun-flirty like Grey's. So it's hard to tell why these women sacrifice so much for the people they love.
The cast around Washington is also quite solid, and the show looks and is refreshingly different from a typical procedural. But it also feels a little too slick and superficial, and those gaps in logic may be a problem for some viewers.
Over the top? Yeah. Closer to the truth of the matter? That, too.
As usual, Rhimes' workplace characters talk very fast, but the manic visual style can't obscure a series flawed on most every level.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 426 User Ratings
7.3
73% Positive
309 Ratings
309 Ratings
9% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
18% Negative
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 426 User Ratings
7.3
73% Positive
309 Ratings
309 Ratings
9% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
18% Negative
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
Production Company:
- Shondaland
Initial Release Date: Apr 5, 2012
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 9 Wins & 23 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations