Madam Secretary (TV series)

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Madam Secretary
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Title card
Genre
Created byBarbara Hall
Starring
Opening themeTheme to Madam Secretary
Ending themeTheme to Madam Secretary
ComposerTranscenders
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes120 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time42–46 minutes
Production companies
DistributorCBS Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCBS
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2014 (2014-09-21) –
December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)
External links
Website

Madam Secretary (subtitled Madam President for its sixth and final season) is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall with Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary as executive producers. It stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst and political science professor who becomes the United States Secretary of State. It ran on CBS from September 21, 2014 to December 8, 2019, for a total of 120 episodes aired. The series was renewed for a final 10-episode sixth season in May 2019, which premiered October 6, 2019.

Premise[]

The first five seasons of Madam Secretary explore Elizabeth McCord's life as the determined United States Secretary of State. She drives international diplomacy, battles office politics, and circumvents protocol if needed as she negotiates worldwide issues. The show also focuses on the characters' personal lives. At the end of the fifth season, McCord announces that she will run for president. As the sixth season begins, the audience learns that she has won the election, and the remainder of the series follows her as America's first female president.[3][4][5][6]

Cast and characters[]

Main article: List of Madam Secretary characters

Main[]

  • Téa Leoni as Elizabeth "Bess" Adams McCord, the President of the United States and former Secretary of State. She spent twenty years as a CIA analyst before becoming a professor of political science at the University of Virginia. She was appointed by her old boss, Conrad Dalton, who was then the president of the United States, to replace Secretary of State Vincent Marsh, who died in a plane crash. She succeeded Dalton as president.
  • Tim Daly as Henry McCord, Elizabeth's husband of 25 years and now First Gentleman of the United States. A theology professor and a former Marine captain/aviator during Operation Desert Storm, his unique blend of skills are sought by the National Security Agency, which engages him as an operative in combating religious extremism. At the end of season 3, Henry is named the head of the CIA Special Activities Division.
  • Bebe Neuwirth as Nadine Tolliver (seasons 1–4), Elizabeth's chief of staff who had a six-year affair with the deceased Secretary of State, Vincent Marsh, beginning when he was a senator. Originally suspicious and resentful of the new Secretary of State, Nadine soon learns to trust Elizabeth, and the two cultivate a strong working relationship. In season 1, Nadine slowly begins to date again, romancing NASA Administrator Glenn, and later falls into a relationship with the recurring political consultant Mike Barnow. In season 4, Nadine's son Roman tells her she is going to be a grandmother and she retires from the State Department and moves to San Francisco to spend more time with her family.
  • Željko Ivanek as Russell Jackson, White House Chief of Staff.[7] His primary objective of keeping the President politically secure at home and abroad sets him up for occasional confrontations with Secretary McCord's unorthodox diplomatic maneuvering. Elizabeth then appoints him as her White House Chief of Staff 98 days into her presidency.
  • Erich Bergen as Blake Moran, Elizabeth's personal assistant, and the only member of her staff that she hired rather than inherited. After college, he began a career in finance on Wall Street, but hated it. In season 5, Elizabeth made good on her promise to fire him, only to rehire him as her new assistant policy advisor.
  • Patina Miller as Daisy Grant, Elizabeth's press coordinator. Daisy briefly dates Matt in season 1, but goes on to date other men following their breakup. In season 3, she dates "Kevin" from Budget and Planning, who turns out to be an undercover operative for the CIA investigating the State Department. He is killed in a weapons-trafficking conspiracy, and Daisy subsequently finds herself pregnant with his child. In the fourth season, Daisy gives birth to her daughter Joanna Grant.
  • Geoffrey Arend as Matt Mahoney, Elizabeth's speechwriter. Matt briefly dates Daisy in season 1.
  • Wallis Currie-Wood as Stephanie "Stevie" McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's older daughter and first-born child. Stevie attended Lovell University and later Georgetown University and applied to Harvard Law School. Stevie serves as an intern to Russell Jackson and was, for a time, engaged to Jareth Glover. She has an affair with Dmitri Petrov (then undercover) in season 4 that puts her in peril.
  • Kathrine Herzer as Alison McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's younger daughter.
  • Evan Roe as Jason McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's teenage son and youngest child, a self-proclaimed anarchist. Jason is critical of political systems in general, but in season 1 he is expelled from his school for punching a student who insulted Elizabeth. He eventually dates Piper Boroumand.
  • Keith Carradine as Conrad Dalton (seasons 2–6; recurring season 1), the President of the United States. Conrad served in the United States Marine Corps as a second lieutenant during the Vietnam War and was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during Elizabeth's time at the CIA. In the third season, Dalton secures reelection as an independent after failing to secure the Republican Party's nomination, partly due to a controversial change in policy championed by Elizabeth. He offers Elizabeth the role of Vice President during his campaign, but eventually names Teresa Hurst in order to further his campaign. Elizabeth remains the Secretary of State.
  • Sebastian Arcelus as Jay Whitman (seasons 3–6; recurring seasons 1–2), Elizabeth's current chief of staff and previous senior policy advisor. In season 3, it is revealed that Jay's busy schedule working for the Secretary has strained his marriage. He is currently separated from his wife Abby, who maintains custody of their daughter Chloe. Jay is promoted to chief of staff in season 4 after Nadine Tolliver leaves. In season 5, while stuck at an airport with Elizabeth and her staff, Jay meets Annelies De Runnow (Marissa Neitling), a world-famous chess player, and they develop an attraction to each other. After several hours stuck in the airport, Jay and Annelies agree to start a long-distance relationship. Although Elizabeth eventually decides to run for president (a campaign she eventually wins), Jay decides to leave her campaign and pass on the chance to become her chief of staff to start a life with Annelies.
  • Sara Ramirez as Kat Sandoval (seasons 4–5), Elizabeth's policy advisor and a former chief of staff to the UN Ambassador.
  • Kevin Rahm as Michael "Mike B." Barnow (season 6; recurring seasons 1–5), a political operator who is said to drift between the United States Cabinet departments. It is mentioned that he is a Rhodes Scholar, who turned his brilliant legal career into a promising political career that was cut short by a scandalous divorce six years prior to his first appearance before settling into his current job. His unofficial role as an adviser to Secretary McCord earned him a reputation as her 'hatchet man'. Elizabeth later appoints him as the campaign manager of her successful presidential campaign and, after her victory in the 2020 election, he serves as her White House Chief of Staff for her first 100 days. Although Elizabeth asks him to remain as chief of staff, he refuses but remains at the White House as a Counselor to the President. Mike was rarely seen without his dog Gordon before its death in latter half of Season 5.

Recurring[]

  • Johanna Day as Ellen Hill, a retired admiral and the National Security Advisor. She was the first female Chairwoman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff prior to being appointed National Security Advisor.
  • Tony Plana as Ed Parker, an admiral and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Francis Jue as Ming Chen, China's Foreign Minister and Elizabeth's Chinese counterpart
  • Mandy Gonzalez as Lucy Knox, President Dalton's aide
  • Mike Pniewski as Gordon Becker, the United States Secretary of Defense
  • Jason Ralph as Harrison Dalton (seasons 1–2), son of President Dalton and long-time friend of Stevie McCord. In season 1, it is revealed Harrison has a drug addiction and is color blind. In season 4 it is revealed that he is back in rehab.
  • Cotter Smith as Darren Hahn (seasons 1–2), President Dalton's first known National Security Advisor
  • Patrick Breen as Andrew Munsey (season 1), the Director of the CIA and a protégé of President Dalton.
  • Nilaja Sun as Juliet Humphrey (season 1; guest season 3), a former CIA analyst, friend and colleague of Elizabeth and Isabelle.
  • Usman Ally as Zahed Javani (season 1), Iran's Foreign Minister and Elizabeth's Iranian counterpart
  • Dion Graham as Fred Cole (season 1), the Bureau of Diplomatic Security head agent who served as Elizabeth's principal bodyguard
  • Josh Hamilton as Arthur Gilroy (season 1), Stevie's 39-year-old microloan employer and ex-boyfriend
  • Anna Deavere Smith as Mary Campbell (season 1), the United States Attorney General
  • Marin Hinkle as Isabelle Barnes (season 1), a CIA analyst and Elizabeth's close friend, who assists the McCords with the investigation of the death of Secretary of State Vincent Marsh
  • Yorgo Constantine as Anton Gorev (seasons 1–2), Russia's Foreign Minister and a friend of both Secretary and Dr. McCord
  • Clifton Davis as Ephraim Ware (seasons 2–6), Director of National Intelligence
  • Julian Acosta as Craig Sterling (season 2), a former US Department of Defense official who becomes National Security Advisor in season 2, much to Elizabeth and Russell's dismay, and a rival of Elizabeth's
  • Alex Fernandez as Mark Delgado (season 2), the Vice President of the United States
  • Angela Gots as Maria Ostrova (season 2), the President of Russia and widow of late Russian President Pavel Ostrov
  • Leslie Hendrix as Louise Cronenberg (season 2), the United States Attorney General
  • Jill Hennessy as Jane Fellows (season 2), Henry's DIA superior, and a member of Murphy Station; the first Hizb-al Shahid task force
  • Kobi Libii as Oliver Shaw (season 2; guest season 3), the Cybersecurity Coordinator. Shaw looked into the attack against Air Force One and is the love interest of Daisy Grant in the second season.
  • Chris Petrovski as Dmitri Petrov (seasons 2, 4; guest season 3), a 24-year-old Russian Army captain who studied at the National War College. He was recruited by Professor Henry McCord (on behalf of the DIA) to become an American spy in exchange for getting his sick sister medical care in Stockholm, Sweden. Dmitri is captured by the Russians and eventually exchanged to the Americans for another traitor to the state. Following his capture Dmitri feels abandoned by Henry and is very angry and bitter toward him. He is placed into a witness protection program under the name Alexander (Alex) Mehranov. In season 4, he gets recruited by the CIA as an analyst.
  • Masha King as Talia Petrov, Dmitri's sister who was placed into witness protection with her brother and is now his roommate
  • Carlos Gómez as Jose Campos (seasons 2–3), an Hizb-al Shahid task force member. Initially had a combative relationship with Henry McCord but they eventually became friends.
  • Tonya Pinkins as Susan Thompson (seasons 3–6), Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs and, as of the end of season 5, Acting Secretary of State and later Secretary of State in the McCord Administration. Assistant Secretary Thompson is a key voice in bringing African issues to the leadership's attention, such as encouraging the Secretary to intervene in the Angolan election in season 3.
  • J. C. MacKenzie as Sam Evans (season 3), the governor of Pennsylvania and the presidential nominee for Dalton's party. Evans is particularly vindictive during the campaign and, following Dalton's victory through a vote in the House of Representatives, threatens to have the vote overturned due to little-known law he claims Elizabeth broke. However, he is manipulated into accepting the terms of the vote after Russel Jackson threatens to expose him for having a gene that makes him likely to develop early-onset Alzheimer's.
  • René Auberjonois as Walter Novack (seasons 2–6), a State Department analyst with the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.
  • Christopher O'Shea as Jareth Glover, Stevie's fiancé from England. He gave up a fellowship at Oxford to return to America to be with Stevie after she had trouble adjusting to life in England. His family is a member of the upper class and even nobility in England. Stevie and Jareth broke up in season 4.
  • Justine Lupe as Ronnie Baker (seasons 3–6), a United States Army captain seconded from United States Cyber Command who assists Elizabeth on several occasions
  • Eric Stoltz as Will Adams, Secretary Elizabeth McCord's younger brother and a member of Doctors Without Borders
  • Jordan Lage as Kohl, a United States Army general
  • Sam Breslin Wright as Dylan Larson, an ex–Army Ranger who has been working for the CIA for seven years as of the start of season 4
  • Christine Garver as Molly Reid, a career CIA agent, starting her career as a field agent in Chechnya. She is pregnant and due in a couple months from the start of season 4.
  • Tracee Chimo as Nina Cummings, Secretary McCord's assistant who takes over after Blake vacating the position. In season six she moves to the White House as Russell's assistant.
  • Wentworth Miller as Senator Hanson, who leads the congress investigation in poll fraud accusations on President McCord's campaign.

Presidential Cabinets and principal advisors[]

The Dalton Cabinet
OfficeNameTerm
PresidentConrad Dalton (Keith Carradine)2013–2021
Vice PresidentMark Delgado (Alex Fernandez)2013–2017
Teresa Hurst (Jan Maxwell/Jayne Atkinson)2017–2021
Secretary of StateVincent Marsh (Brian Stokes Mitchell)2013–2014
Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni)2014–2019
Susan Thompson (Tonya Pinkins)2019–2021
Secretary of the TreasuryMax Quinn (Michael Cumpsty)2013–2014
Secretary of DefenseGordon Becker (Mike Pniewski)2013–2021
Attorney GeneralMary Campbell (Anna Deavere Smith)2013–2015
Louise Cronenberg (Leslie Hendrix)2015–2016
Unknown (shown in "French Revolution")2016–2017
Hank Nolan (John Bolton)2017–2021
Director of National IntelligenceEphraim Ware (Clifton Davis)2013–2021
Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency		Andrew Munsey (Patrick Breen)2013–2015
Sean Williams (Larry Pine)2015–2015
Dennis Ellerman (John Doman)2015–2016
Hugh Haymond (Michael Gaston)2016–2021
National Security AdvisorDarren Kahn (Cotter Smith)2013–2015
Craig Sterling (Julian Acosta)2015–2015
ADM (Ret.) Ellen Hill (Johanna Day)2016–2021
Chief of StaffRussell Jackson (Željko Ivanek)2013–2021
The McCord Cabinet
OfficeNameTerm
PresidentElizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni)2021–present
Vice PresidentCarlos Morejon (José Zúñiga)2021–present
Secretary of StateSusan Thompson (Tonya Pinkins)2021–present
Director of National IntelligenceEphraim Ware (Clifton Davis)2021–present
National Security AdvisorADM (Ret.) Ellen Hill (Johanna Day)2021–present
Chief of StaffMike Barnow (Kevin Rahm)2021–2021
Russell Jackson (Željko Ivanek)2021–2021
Jay Whitman (Sebastian Arcelus)2021–present

Other officials[]

Office Name Term
Chief Justice of the United States Frawley (Morgan Freeman) 2013–present
Deputy Secretary of State Steven Cushing (William Allen Young) 2013–present
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Thompson (Tonya Pinkins) 2014–2019
United States Ambassador to Yemen Paul Wellington (Tim Guinee) 2013–present
United States Ambassador to Myanmar Arlen Maxwell (David Rasche) 2013–2016
United States Ambassador to Algeria Roy Curtis (Dakin Matthews) 2013–2016
Deputy Director of the FBI Marguerite Sanchez (Roslyn Ruff) 2013–present
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn (John Pankow) 2013–present
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board Humphrey Nelson (Alfredo Narciso) 2013–present

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Madam Secretary episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03)
223October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
323October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
422October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)
520October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21)
610October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)

Production[]

Development[]

In August 2013, it was announced Madam Secretary was in development at CBS, co-written by Barbara Hall.[3][4] Madam Secretary is about "the personal and professional life of a maverick female secretary of state, as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life."[4][5][6]

The pilot was directed by David Semel.[8] On May 9, 2014, Madam Secretary received a series order at CBS.[5][6] A preview trailer was released on May 14, 2014.[9] Madam Secretary premiered on CBS on September 21, 2014,[10] and on October 27, 2014, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 22 episodes.[11] Madam Secretary was renewed for a sixth season on May 9, 2019.[12] On May 15, 2019, it was announced the sixth season would be the series' final season and would comprise 10 episodes.[13] It premiered on October 6, 2019.[14] Filming for the series was completed on November 13, 2019.[15]

Casting[]

In January 2014, the pilot was cast with Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord,[16] Tim Daly as Henry McCord,[17] Geoffrey Arend as Matt Mahoney,[18] Patina Miller as press coordinator Daisy Grant,[19] Bebe Neuwirth as Elizabeth's chief of staff Nadine Tolliver, Erich Bergen as Blake Moran, Evan Roe as Elizabeth's son, Jason McCord,[20] Katherine Herzer as Elizabeth and Henry's daughter Alison McCord,[21] Željko Ivanek as Russell Jackson,[22] and Wallis Currie-Wood as Elizabeth and Henry's older daughter Stephanie "Stevie" McCord.[23]

Bebe Neuwirth left the series after the third episode of the fourth season.[24][25] Sara Ramirez joined the cast as Kat Sandoval, replacing Bebe Neuwirth as a series regular. Hall said, "She brings a fresh perspective and a fun, energetic quality to the State Department staff."[26][27][28]

On August 6, 2019, it was revealed that Ramirez would not return as a regular for the sixth and final season.[citation needed] Nearly a month later on September 3, it was revealed that original regulars Arend, Roe, and Herzer, and later additions Keith Carradine and Sebastian Arcelus would also be dropped from the main cast; however, Carradine was expected to make at least one guest appearance, and the others would likely appear according to their work schedules.[citation needed] Additionally, Kevin Rahm, who had recurred as McCord's advisor Michael "Mike B." Barnow since the second half of the first season, would be upgraded to regular status.[citation needed]

Broadcast[]

As of May 15, 2020, all six seasons of Madam Secretary are available on Netflix (US).[29] In Finland, Madam Secretary premiered on MTV3 on January 1, 2015.[30] The series has been popular in Finland: 9% of Finnish people watched the first episode.[31]

Reception[]

Ratings[]

Viewership and ratings per season of Madam Secretary
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership
rank		 Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Sunday 8:00 p.m. 22 September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21) 14.75[32] May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03) 9.67[33] 2014–15 10 14.16[34]
2 23 October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) 11.79[35] May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) 9.99[36] 2015–16 14 12.39[37]
3 Sunday 9:00 p.m. 23 October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) 9.20[38] May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) 7.44[39] 2016–17 18 10.92[40]
4 Sunday 10:00 p.m. 22 October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) 7.21[41] May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) 6.22[42] 2017–18 37 8.84[43]
5 20 October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) 6.13[44] April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21) 4.79[45] 2018–19 42 8.12[46]
6 10 October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) 4.77[47] December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08) 4.53[48] 2019–20 52 6.74[49]
  • Note: In seasons four through six during the fall, the series was scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT to allow for football and golf overruns (there were no delays from Mountain Time westward). Since its move to the last hour of primetime, this resulted in several new episodes being delayed a week at the last minute due to a game's overrunning, to allow CBS affiliate local newscasts to start as close to 11:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 p.m. CT as possible; in this case, a repeat aired in the Mountain Time Zone westward instead, with Canadian broadcaster Global following CBS's scheduling in order to take advantage of simsub advertising opportunities.

Critical reception[]

Madam Secretary has been met with generally positive reviews from TV critics. On Metacritic, the show has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[50] On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a rating of 67% based on reviews from 52 critics. The site's consensus for the first season reads, "Bolstered by Tea Leoni's strong central performance, Madam Secretary is a solid but unspectacular political drama."[51]

Criticism[]

Three women have served as Secretary of State to date: Madeleine Albright from 1997 to 2001 under Bill Clinton, Condoleezza Rice from 2005 to 2009 under George W. Bush, and Hillary Clinton from 2009 to 2013 under Barack Obama. Shortly after the series' debut, Fox News asked if the show served as a campaign ad supporting Hillary Clinton, but quoted the Los Angeles Times saying the lead character was "no Hillary knock-off" and a New York publicist calling the casting of a woman "simple business and smart on CBS' behalf."[52] Conservative activist organization Culture and Media Institute said "The connections in the show between Elizabeth and Hillary are clear, from the blond hair to the pantsuits."[52]

When the trailer of the fifteenth episode of the third season titled "Break in Diplomacy" was released showing McCord responding to unwanted sexual advances by fictional Philippine president Datu Andrada by punching Andrada in the face, it became controversial in the Philippines. Viewers thought there were parallels between Andrada and real-life Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was known for making inappropriate and sexist remarks.[53] The Philippine Embassy in Washington published a statement protesting the negative depiction of the presidential character on its Facebook page.[54]

The fourth-season premiere, "News Cycle", led to a protest from East Timor's Minister of State José Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He said, "It is a slander against a country that only shows ignorance and racism."[55] The TV show used the border dispute between Australia and East Timor in the Timor Sea as background story. (The dispute is transferred in the TV show to the South China Sea, although neither Australia nor East Timor borders it.) East Timor is shown as a country controlled by a Mexican drug cartel and used for drug transfer. US Secretary of State McCord is asking China to take measures to prevent the leader of the drug cartel from making a narco-state out of East Timor.[55]

Accolades[]

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result
2014 TV Guide Award Favorite New Show Madam Secretary Nominated
2015 American Cinema Editors Awards 2015[56] Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television Elena Maganini and Michael D. Ornstein Nominated
41st People's Choice Awards[57] Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Téa Leoni Nominated
Favorite New TV Drama Madam Secretary Nominated
Publicists Guild of America The Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Television Award CBS Television Studio/Madam Secretary Nominated
2015 Humanitas Prize 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television Madam Secretary Nominated
2016 CBS MVP Awards[58] Best Motivational Speech Téa Leoni Nominated
2016 Humanitas Prize 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television Madam Secretary Nominated

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