“Scandal,” the newest drama from ABC’s television hit-maker Shonda Rhimes, premieres tonight at 10 p.m. with Kerry Washington as the head of a crisis management firm. The show is based on real life DC insider Judy Smith, who represented Monica Lewinsky in the Bill Clinton scandal.
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According to Rhimes, who also wrote the pilot episode and somehow juggles this with her other dramas “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice,” “Scandal’s” fast pace was influenced by her love of “The West Wing,” another DC-based drama immersed in politics.
