our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
- who the hell are you anyway? - who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. - [ernie] then we became lead actors. - we don t run. okay, we stick together and we fight. - get out of my house. you are afr- - drama is where all of the conflict happens. - [tisha] scandal is my favorite drama. - how many times have i told you, you have to be what? - everything about it, the twist, the turns, the acting. - twice as good. - twice as good as them to get half of what they have. - i love queen sugar, david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that s being depicted. - definitely, new york undercover. - waiting for the cops. you stupid? turn around. malik yoba, it was a positive role. it was a great thing to see someone who looks like you, very much a pivotal moment of growing, and trying to figure out who i was. - american drama, it almost doesn t. it doesn t exist without black people now. (upbeat music) (smooth jazz music) - [hank] hey, you looking for somebody?
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Is carry washington on carrie washington on scandal. her belief we needed to have a black woman play this role. there was not a tremendous amount of confidence in the pilot when it was done. i think we ordered seven episodes. i remember going into the scheduling room, this is where you are advocating for the shows. at the time i said was, i feel like as a black woman at there table it is incumbent on me to speak in favor of the show from the black female show runner with a black female lead. i feel like there is the shot, we have to take it, right? we got a second season, you know, two to three episodes in and the whole thing went . who shot fitz and took off and caught fire in the beginning it was
I think we ordered seven episodes, but it didn t do great. and i remember going into the scheduling room. this is the moment where you re advocating for the shows. and at the time, what i said was, i feel like as a black woman at this table, it s incumbent on me to speak in favor of the show from the black female showrunner with the black female lead. and we deserve a second chance with this. it felt like this is the shot. we have to take it, right? and so, we got a second season, and two or three episodes in, and the whole thing just went, (imitates explosion) they did the sort of, #whoshotfitz, and really took off and caught fire. - in the beginning, it was social media, it was live tweeting, it was our communities that showed up and said, this is. i mean, oprah winfrey told me she started watching the show because it s all anybody talked about on thursdays, on twitter. - for a while, it felt like you couldn t turn on tv on thursdays without seeing a shonda show. - the shonda rhy