Funniest ‘Scandal’ memes and Twitter responses to record-breaking season debut

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Kerry Washington and her Olivia Pope character blew everyone’s wig back in the much-anticipated season premiere of “Scandal.”

Thursday’s third-season premiere of Shonda Rhymes’ juicy juggernaut drama attracted a series-high 10.5 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings.

The “Scandal” premiere, which featured fallout from the revelation of Pope’s (Washington) affair with the president (Tony Goldwyn), was up 57% in viewers and an even larger 71% in young adults compared to last fall’s opener, according to USA Today. It enjoyed its biggest growth to date out of Grey’s Anatomy (9.4 million, up 1% from last week’s two-hour premiere), topping its lead-in by 12% in viewers and 20% in young adults.


On the social-media front, Scandal scored a series-high and evening-high 712,877 tweets, up 714% from last season’s premiere and 22% from May’s season finale.

Speaking of social media, the opening episode was so good it inspired a gang of hilarious memes and Twitter responses that will have you cracking up at work. Take a look.


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