--- title: Halloween Scandal: Parents Miffed at Olivia Pope Sex After Charlie Brown description: A glimpse of Olivia Pope and the president was too much canonical: https://time.com/3556934/scandal-charlie-brown-parents-angry/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-04T20:33:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:15.114Z og:title: Parents Upset 'Scandal' sex scene aired right after Charlie Brown special og:description: A glimpse of Olivia Pope and the president was too much og:url: https://time.com/3556934/scandal-charlie-brown-parents-angry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbefb14bfb34d0d2f/6987642acd1bbaf3ef6f2fe1/kerry-washington-scandal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: KERRY WASHINGTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parents Upset 'Scandal' sex scene aired right after Charlie Brown special twitter:description: A glimpse of Olivia Pope and the president was too much twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbefb14bfb34d0d2f/6987642acd1bbaf3ef6f2fe1/kerry-washington-scandal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Parents Upset _Scandal_ Sex Scene Aired Right After Charlie Brown Special > Sponsored content. 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Twenty-six seconds, boom. Unless parents had the remote control in their hand, thumb on the button and aimed directly at the TV screen, they didn’t have a chance.” “The juxtaposition of a reliably classic family-friendly children’s cartoon special like the _Great Pumpkin_ — a huge family draw every year for decades — with such a graphic bedroom scene is unjustifiable,” Winter continued. 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