Sweet Baby (Scandal)

"**Sweet Baby**"
"Sweet Baby"
Scandal episode
	The cast of the first season of Scandal, all of whom appear in the pilot episode.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Paul McGuigan
Written by	Shonda Rhimes
Featured music	"Respect Yourself"; "Nothing Can Change This Love"; "The Winner Is"
Original air date	April 5, 2012
Guest appearances
	Joshua Malina as David Rosen; Bellamy Young as First Lady Mellie Grant; Wes Brown as Lt. Col. Sullivan St. James; Liza Weil as Amanda Tanner; Leslie Grossman as Lisa;
Episode chronology
← Previous; —	Next →; "Dirty Little Secrets"
	Scandal (season 1)
	List of episodes

"Sweet Baby" is the pilot episode of the American political thriller television series Scandal, which aired on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on April 5, 2012.^[1] The episode was written by showrunner Shonda Rhimes and directed by Paul McGuigan. The episode introduces main character Olivia Pope, a crisis manager with her own firm, Olivia Pope & Associates, and its staff Stephen Finch, Harrison Wright, Abigail "Abby" Whelan, Huck and newly hired Quinn Perkins. Other main cast members include the staff at the White House in Washington D.C., President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Thomas Grant III, and White House Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene.

The episode was watched by an audience of 7.33 million,^[2] and received positive reviews from television critics.

^ "Shows A-Z - scandal on abc". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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