'Scandal' trivia and fun facts

Joshua Malina (the actor playing David Rosen) would read the script from the last page in fear of being killed off the show. Shonda Rhimes realized this and wrote a special two page script outlining David's death in great detail, to give him a little scare.

The third and sixth seasons of the show were cut short to accommodate Kerry Washington's real life pregnancy.

The same instrumental song always plays every time Olivia and Fitz have a deep conversation about their love or their feelings for each other.

Costume designer Lyn Paolo refused to borrow any designer clothes from fashion designers and insisted that each item worn by the characters be bought since the show frequently employs flashbacks and items are constantly reused.

For her work on the show Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to direct a TV series starring a black woman that was created by a black woman on one of the Big Three Networks.