premise: Scandal is a band.
hypothesis: Scandal is an American rock band from the 1980s fronted by Patty Smyth . The band scored a hit in the United States with the song `` The Warrior '' , which peaked at No. 7 in 1984 . Scandal is an American political thriller television series starring Kerry Washington . In addition to Kerry Washington , the show features Guillermo Diaz and Katie Lowes as assistants at O.P.A. ; Tony Goldwyn as the President ; Bellamy Young as the ex-First Lady and senator ; Jeff Perry as the former White House Chief of Staff ; Darby Stanchfield as the White House Press Secretary and current Chief of Staff ; Joshua Malina as the Attorney General ; Scott Foley as the Director of the NSA ; Portia de Rossi as the Vice President 's Chief of Staff ; Cornelius Smith Jr. as a civil rights activist and associate at O.P.A. ; and Joe Morton as Olivia 's father and the former head of a spy agency called B613 . The show was named a Television Program of the Year by the American Film Institute , received the Peabody Award for Excellence in Television and was honored as Outstanding Drama Series at the Image Awards .