(source: USAToday)

(source: USAToday)

When black people are unflinchingly supportive of our(black) work, it always feels pretty good. However, this past weekend a lot of my homegirls and Black Twitter felt Kerry Washington was robbed at the Emmy’s. Not only that, they actually believe that ‘Scandal’ is the best thing on TV right now and are incessantly awaiting the return of the quivering lipped bombshell in October. Is ‘Scandal’ relatively good? Yes, it’s pretty good, but I could think of a handful of other shows that I would watch before the fast-paced, frantic and sometimes underdeveloped plot of ‘Scandal’. I could also think of another powerful black woman(Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson on Suits) I’d much rather watch for a host of reasons that would take too long to explain today. Here are 7 Shows That are Better Than Scandal:

Walking Dead
This isn’t exactly your average story about zombies and sh!t. The main character Rick wakes up in the hospital and the zombie epidemic has begun. The first season is basically, “how do we cope in a world with zombies?” Then the second season is “the hunt for shelter and stability, how do we build lives in an post-apocalyptic world”. The third season moves from the danger of zombies to the threat of man. Zombies are only the setting or background in this world, the protagonists and antagonists are the people that vie for power in this zombie world. Not to mention if you’re familiar with “Walking Dead” this season Rick has lost his f*cking mind. I don’t even like horror, but they delve deep into the horror of human nature on this show.

Mad Men
Don Draper of Mad Men might be one of the most complex characters on tv right now. His story, his job, his lovelife…Don Draper is an ad-man(professional advertiser), probably the best damn ad-man. He’s passionate about his job, he doesn’t speak much and doesn’t take “no” for an answer. In this show he is the epitome of the traditional white collar man hunted by a troubled childhood. Words really can’t do this masterpeice justice, it’s just great. The dialogue, the characters, it’s near my top shows.

Breaking Bad
Focuses on a chemistry teacher named Walter White recently diagnosed with cancer that begins to cook and sell meth. In the event that he dies to support his family, which are his b*tching wife, a son with cerebral palsy, and a new born baby…oh yeah and a brother-in-law that is DEA and trying to catch this big meth dealer whom just happens to be Walter. Man just check this show out.

Boardwalk Empire
Nucky Thompson, Chalky White, and the unpredictable Gyp Rosetti are my boys let me just get that out of the way. This is a gangster show centered around the life a New Jersey bootlegger Nucky Thompson during the prohibition period, where gangsters like Al Capone were on the rise. This show is just well-written to the T. Even the way they portray Al Capone is different than any other show or movie that I’ve seen, as a duality between ruthless and compassionate(family-orientated).

Game of Thrones
So at first I couldn’t really get into the “Game of Thrones”. I didn’t really understand it, then I just sat down one night and gave this mediaeval, fantasy show a try and it grew on me. Finally, I understood phrases such as “Winter is Coming” and other sh*t. Not to mention they have zombies in this show too, but they call ‘em “white walkers”. Where fantasy usually falls apart is when the show slows down and the writers just begin to make up sh*t(True Blood is flirting with this), but not with Game of Thrones. So far, so good. The plot is basically families vying for power in the medieval time with fanatasy sprinkled in and this show also has no problem killing key players, which I believe must be a trait of a well-written show(The Wire).

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Kerry Washington is a great actress. Shonda Rhimes is exceptional writer and praised far-too-less. ‘Scandal’ is a good show, but the time period we are in is the original series boom age. TV shows are getting better and better, while great movies are hard to find. TV is just far more entertaining and elaborate. Amongst these ‘Scandal’ has a movement, a grassroot movement almost. But saying Kerry was robbed is going a little too far. I personally thought Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones should’ve won more. But hey, disagree with me in the comment section.