From rimming to Eiffel Towering, Scandal and How To Get Away with Murder are forever altering how sex is shown on network TV.
Tonight's episode of Scandal featured Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) rescuing the president's drunk daughter, Karen Grant (Mary Mouser), from a frat party where she engaged in a threesome and was heard on a sex tape saying, "Alright, boys. Let's go to Paris."
That sly mention — barely audible on what Olivia called "the dirtiest sex tape [she'd] ever seen" — of a sex act called Eiffel Towering is the latest example of how ShondaLand's Thursday night lineup on ABC (aka T.G.I.T.) is committed to changing the way network television, and by extension, America, talks about sex.
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Scandal has never shied away from steamy scenes — the pilot featured Olivia and President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) making love in the Oval Office and few will soon forget Quinn (Katie Lowes) and Huck (Guillermo Diaz) having pantyhose-ripping sex on the hood of a car. But the show's current fourth season has taken that carnal lust to a whole new level.
The tone was set early in the Season 4 premiere when Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) fingered Olivia on their secluded beach oasis. And that carried through to 10 p.m. when the series premiere of How To Get Away with Murder, created by Pete Nowalk and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, featured Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) receiving oral sex from her lover, Nate (Billy Brown).
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