‘Ray Donovan’ Vs. ‘Scandal’: Could TV Fixers Handle Real-Life Crises?

TV’s Fixers

Could TV ‘fixers’—Showtime’s Ray Donovan or Olivia Pope of ‘Scandal’—cut it in real life? By Kevin Fallon.

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Jun. 25 2013 4:45AM EDT

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Give Liev Schreiber a bat, and he’ll make all your problems go away. That’s the terrifying lesson from the first episode of Showtime’s new drama Ray Donovan, which premieres Sunday night and already has its first episode up

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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‘Ray Donovan’ Vs. ‘Scandal’: Could TV Fixers Handle Real-Life Crises?

Could TV ‘fixers’—Showtime’s Ray Donovan or Olivia Pope of ‘Scandal’—cut it in real life? By Kevin Fallon.

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Kevin Fallon