Network: CBS
Episodes: 120 (hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: September 20, 2014 — December 8, 2019
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Tèa Leoni, Željko Ivanek, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Tim Daly, Katherine Herzer, Evan Roe, Wallis Currie-Wood, and Keith Carradine.
TV show description:
This dramatic series revolves around Elizabeth McCord (Tèa Leoni), a newly appointed Secretary of State. She’s a shrewd and determined woman who drives international diplomacy, battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues — both at the White House and at home.
A college professor and a brilliant former CIA analyst who left the agency for ethical reasons, Elizabeth returns to public life at the request of the President — following the suspicious death of her predecessor.
President Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine) values her apolitical leanings, her deep knowledge of the Middle East, and her flair for languages. He also appreciates her ability to not just think outside the box, but to not even acknowledge there is a box.
McCord debates third world problems, finesses foreign dignitaries at work and does battle with the President’s combative Chief of Staff Russell Jackson (Željko Ivanek).
Elizabeth’s team includes her Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver (Bebe Neuwirth), speechwriter Matt Mahoney (Geoffrey Arend), press coordinator Daisy Grant (Patina Miller), and her charming assistant Blake Moran (Erich Bergen).
In her personal life, she has a supportive husband, Henry (Tim Daly), and three children — Stephanie “Stevie” (Wallis Currie-Wood), Alison (Katherine Herzer), and Jason (Evan Roe).
Episode #120 — Leaving the Station
President Elizabeth McCord kicks off a new landmark political initiative with help from members of the World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s Soccer team, while Flo Avery (Cicely Tyson), who was born the day women were granted the right to vote, looks on. Opposing the initiative is Senator Amy Ross (Tyne Daley) from Ohio. Also, the McCords overcome last-minute obstacles to pull off a spectacular family celebration with a reunion of familiar faces, that includes a performance by Peter Frampton.
First aired: December 8, 2019.
What do you think? Do you like the Madam Secretary TV show? Do you think it should have ended or been renewed for a seventh season?
Don’t cancel “Madame Secretary.” We both enjoy the way this drama skates along the edge of telling the awful truth about our government and the hard choices people have to make to work in it. Tea Leoni makes it real.
Great show with great story lines and cast. Please DO NOT cancel
Have really enjoyed this series and it has been a long time since a TV series has had me recording the episodes. Don’t cancel. Great actors and the plot thickens!
One of the best shows on tv.
My Husband & I really enjoy Madam Secretary on Sunday nights . We sure don’t
want CBS to cancel it. If it interfears with another show then change the day and time
but don’t cancel it. Thank You.
I think Madam Secretary is an excellent program and look forward to it being renewed. I like it so much that I have to miss some of the Monday Night Football game and would prefer it being moved to another day.
Well written, well acted political drama. Best show on TV since The Wes Wing. I hope the finale is many years away.
Completely brilliant, involving the audience, drama.
My wife and I are completely engrossed.
CBS needs to keep this.
Excellent show. Well written, nicely cast, sharp and smart. Hopefully, it will continue for some time to come.
Love love love madam secretary
What a treat to find this show. Except for HBO’s The Newsroom, since The West Wing, there’s been an alarming dearth of engaging, well-written and -acted political dramas. Scandal quickly devolved into a violence-fest, with the writers obviously trying to outdo each other in gymnastic plot twists (which ends up being tiresome and hackneyed, like anything else that’s overdone). And so far, it looks like Affairs of State is more of a spy show (like Covert Affairs) than a DC drama. At least with Madam Secretary, I feel like I’m still being treated as an intelligent adult when I watch… Read more »
Best D.C. show since West Wing. Keep it.
Great series One of my favorites
We both enjoy show & hoping it continues!
I really enjoy this show. it is well written and acted.