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?
I love this show. Please do not cancel.
I love this show. Please do not cancel.
I normally love the show. However, the solution to the Greek crisis in the last show was ridiculous. The show normally has grit; that episode was like a Disney movie.
The writers can do better than that
Absolutely love it. Tea leoni is fantastic as Secretary of State. Plots are real and deal with issues that we are trying to handle today. Please leave this dramatic series on the air. It is nice to have a series on TV that adults can relate to.
Keep Madame Secretary on. Good inside of the state dept combined with struggles of raising a family……enjoyable.
Keep it on the air! It’s fun and exciting. It stimulates thinking about current international events.
Very good show. However, timing is not adhered to and I miss the endings since I record and watch the show later in the week. Can’t CBS improve this?????
This show is wonderful. Please do not cancel!
Great show – too bad that the cable companies are not in sync with the airtimes because of all the earlier preemptions. End up missing more each week.
This is a fantastic series!!!!
Renew please!!!
Enjoy watching this show, very good. Record when I can not be home to watch do not cancel
Love love love this show!!! So much more content than Scandal. Please keep it going.
Definitely renew!! Great show with a great cast!
I love the show! I would hate to see it not continue.
Great show! Hope it continues!
Love this show! And pls bring back John Pankow as a possible boyfriend for Bebe Newurth! That was a beginning of a new relationship. I think he would be a great addition to the cast!