Lisa Kudrow Set for Recurring Role on ABC's SCANDAL

Get ready, Gladiators: a former 'FRIEND' will soon be wrapped up in a major 'SCANDAL.'

According to Deadline, Lisa Kudrow has boarded Shonda Rhimes' hit political drama Scandal in a recurring role on the series' upcoming third season. For now, details on the length of Kudrow's arc, as well as her character, are being kept quiet.

Click here to check out Deadline's original announcement.

From the creator and executive producers of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" comes a drama revolving around the life and work of a professional fixer and her staff. A former media relations consultant to the President of the United States, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) dedicates her life to protecting and defending the public images of our nation's elite. After leaving the White House, the power consultant opened her own firm, hoping to start a new chapter -- both professionally and personally -- but she can't seem to completely cut ties with her past, specifically her secret relationship with the President. But Olivia isn't the only one with a secret; her staff, who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, can't quite fix the ones closest at hand -- their own.

"Scandal" stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Columbus Short as Harrison Wright, Guillermo Diaz as Huck, Darby Stanchfield as Abby Whelan, Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins, Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald Grant, Jeff Perry as Cyrus, Bellamy Young as First Lady Mellie Grant and Joshua Malina as David Rosen.

SCANDAL returns to ABC on Thursday, Oct. 3.

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