Scandal

Elmo as Olivia Pope for Entertainment Weekly

Miss Piggy as Olivia Pope

Scandal is a TV series created by Shonda Rhimes that aired on ABC from 2012 to 2018. It stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, a crisis manager based in Washington, D.C.

References

• In a 2014 video for Entertainment Weekly, Elmo hosts the Elmy Awards, in which the nominees are parodies of various TV shows, including Scandal. Elmo spoofs Olivia Pope, while Cookie Monster comes to him with increasingly absurd political crises, dramatically declaring, "Oh, what scandal!" each time.

• The Muppets appeared with several Scandal stars, including Washington, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Diaz, Scott Foley, and Joshua Malina, in promo spots for their 2015 series, one of which featured Miss Piggy dressed up as Olivia Pope.

• While live-tweeting the Oscars red carpet in 2016, Uncle Deadly posted, "The only #Scandal here would be if someone didn't like @kerrywashington's #Oscars dress tonight! (Yes, this is blatant cross promotion.)"

Connections

• Hilty Bowen played Princess Emily in "Heavy Is the Head"
• Viola Davis played Annalise Keating in "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself"
• Guillermo Diaz played Huck
• Ava DuVernay directed "Vermont Is for Lovers, Too"
• Scott Foley played Jake Ballard
• Miriam Flynn played Mrs. Ambruso in "Put a Ring on It"
• Treisa Gary played Irene Averna in "It's Good to Be Kink"
• Allan Graf performed stunts
• Mimi Kennedy played Sharon Marquette in "Dirty Little Secrets"
• Jimmy Kimmel played himself in three episodes
• Katie Lowes played Quinn Perkins
• Joshua Malina played David Rosen
• Kate McGregor-Stewart played Mary in six episodes
• Sam McMurray played Pat Wexler in four episodes
• Yara Shahidi played young Olivia in "Icarus" and "YOLO"
• Brenda Song played Alissa in four episodes
• Elizabeth Vargas played a debate moderator in "More Cattle, Less Bull"
• Kerry Washington played Olivia Pope