We are not here to make scandal.
Cox agrees that it has one of the most diverse casts on television, "outside of Shondaland," the studio run by the formidable Shonda Rhimes and which makes Scandal, Grey's Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder.
He was also a media artist who made scandal and degradation central to his work and included his family in it notably his partner Jane Birkin and their daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, whose movies will be screened at Film Society of Lincoln Center (Jan . 29-Feb.7).
What makes Scandal such a sizzling show is that you root for every single character, good or bad.
The audacity of Rhimes's plotting her constant testing of our loyalties to people who keep doing the most insanely terrible things is what makes "Scandal" "Scandal," after all.
"Murder" comes from Shonda Rhimes, whose three shows now occupy ABC's entire Thursday night lineup, and who made "Scandal," led by Kerry Washington, into the most buzzed-about show in years.
"The news makes scandal-tainted people into celebrities, and we have always covered celebrities".
Liev Schreiber plays Ray Donovan, a heavy-fisted "fixer" for a fancy law firm, the sort of fellow who makes scandals disappear, like a butch Olivia Pope.
My sincere hope is that this is a transitional phase which will persuade politicians to agree to new rules governing party funding and the granting of honours which will make scandals - real and alleged - less likely to occur.
And what makes scandals bad?
