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?
DEFINITELY RENEW
MOVE THIS SHOW TO A NIGHT WHEN FOOTBALL AND STUPID CELEBRATY AWARDS WON’T DELAY IT. HAVE IT ON A WEEK NIGHT.
Love this show! Just discovered it on Netflix. Can’t wait for the following seasons.
Such a good program! Do not cancel it!! One of the best on television!! Please co not cancel it!
I really like the show 1 of few things I look forward too watching on sundays
Please do not cancel Madame Secretary; it is by far one of the best shows on television!
Great series! Why is it not on week after week?
Do not cancel, one of the best shows on television.
Please do not cancel madam secretary is
one of my favorite shows
I loved Madam Secretary. Big disappointment if its cancelled. Thought Designated Survivor was great too but that was cancelled.
My favorite program. Anxious for more episodes.
Madam Secretary has to be renewed. It is an excellent TV show.
Maybe if you stopped bouncing it around the schedule and got it away from Sunday football where it gets booted to a later time, it would get more play–give it a solid and regular night and time–give people a chance to sit-down with it, put it where people can find it every week! It’s so nice to have some positive role-models, nice kids, and nice and gracious people (with a villain or two thrown in of course and interesting plots and even a Civics Lesson thrown in for good measure)–especially since good behavior, good manners and a positive attitude seems… Read more »
Madam Secretary is an excellent show, well written, great cast–all of them–and plots are interesting with just enough humor. It would be a shame to see this show leave the air but since it lacks the bombast and “slickness” of one of the newest, The Good Fight. But one would hope CBS might realize that there is more than one audience out here and many of us would prefer, not always, but many times, a little less swag and slither, personal confrontation, and animosity. Considering the setting and characters of Madam Secretary one would not be likely to run out… Read more »
I did not watch too much television until I became ill. Now it has become a companion. Anyway, I think Madam Secretary is a very good show and I’d like to see it continue. It’s had many changes due to other events, mostly sports, and I’d like to watch it a time slot with less interruptions. Anyway, there you have it.
Really like this show, Tia Leoni does a terrific job, supporting cast fabulous. Like the family aspect, nice normal kids, loving marital relationship, some things we see very little of in modern TV. Most programs feature disfunction of some sort