Scandal

2012TV Series⏱️ 43mTV-14🏆 #1366 Top Rated

DramaThriller

⭐ 7.7

IMDB Rating

83,664 votes

A former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Kerry Washington, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes

Release Date

April 5, 2012

Language

English

Country

United States

🏆 36

Wins

🎯 71

Nominations

💬 353

Reviews

📋 148K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Kerry Washington

as Olivia Pope

Darby Stanchfield

as Abby Whelan

Katie Lowes

as Quinn Perkins

Guillermo Diaz

as Huck

Jeff Perry

as Cyrus Beene

Joshua Malina

as David Rosen

Bellamy Young

as Mellie Grant

Tony Goldwyn

as Fitzgerald Grant

Scott Foley

as Jake Ballard

Joe Morton

as Rowan Pope

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound

Stereo

Sound

Dolby Digital

Color

Filming Location

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens - 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, California, USA

Production

ABC Studios, Shondaland

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Political DramaPolitical ThrillerDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

When the series shifted to a love story with tragedy after tragedy and away from Olivia and her agency saving the world and various lives the entire show started falling apart

by kevin_robbins • 2021-07-13

6/10

"Scandal (2012-2018) is a movie I watched as it aired on television. The storyline initially follows Olivia Pope as she works as a secret cover-up agency for the national government and often for the president directly. As the show matures the focus shifts from the crafty agency to a relationship between the president and Olivia. They both have demons in their closet that as they unravel shows why their brilliance and character is what it is. This series was created by Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy) and stars Kerry Washington (Django), Darby Stanchfield (Waitress), Guillermo Díaz (Half Bak..."

💡 Did You Know?

At the table read for the pilot, Shonda Rhimes told Bellamy Young that her arc on the show would only consist of four to five episodes before Young's character would be written off.