By Mailonline Reporter. A television watchdog group has criticized television network ABC for showing a steamy sex scene in Scandal straight after the children's classic Charlie Brown had aired last Thursday. As well as angry viewers who complained on Twitter, the Parents Television Council released a statement in outrage at the inappropriate scheduling by the network. Scroll down for video.

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By watching "Scandal," you'd never guess that Kerry Washington feels uncomfortable acting out her passionate affair with co-star Tony Goldwyn. But as cover star of Allure magazine's November issue , the actress says those steamy scenes aren't as natural as they look. Sex scenes are always awkward," Washington told Allure.
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As if we weren't already sold on How to Get Away With Murder being the surest hit this fall no, really, we already named it that! We get it, Murder. Everything about you is apparently mind-blowingly kick ass. And, duh, you already know Kerry and Ellen are the cat's meow. Oh, but first, check out our exclusive first look at How to Get Away With Murder 's new cast shot, which is pretty great I think that when you go thru your life you expect to get the best of anything, whatever profession you're in. You expect the world to see you. Especially when you spend 10 years of your life in acting school, which I did. But then you go out there and you see all these walls that are put up there because you are a woman or a certain age or a certain hue, and then it's shocking that people don't see you. I would say.
As if Scandal wasn't twisted enough, Tony Goldwyn says things will get even worse next season. As for the reveal in the final seconds of last season that Olivia Pope's father is Rowan, the B commanding officer, Goldwyn said, "Her dad's a scary dude. So that all gets really weird. And here's hoping for more of those sex scenes between Goldwyn and Kerry Washington.