ABC has done very well with their political drama, Scandal. Will Madam Secretary be a similar ratings hit for CBS? Will it be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled? Stay tuned.
On Madam Secretary, former CIA analyst Elizabeth McCord (Tèa Leoni) returns to public life after being recruited by the President (Keith Carradine) to become the new Secretary of State. The rest of the cast includes Željko Ivanek, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Tim Daly, Katherine Herzer, and Evan Roe.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
1/12 update: Madam Secretary and two other shows have been renewed for a second season by CBS.
Final season averages: 1.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 11.82 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a couple weeks later.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Madam Secretary TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season two?
Love the show!!!! Please keep it on.
This show is great and I really hope renewed for the next season. The mystery of the problem solving is what has me hooked. It doesn’t rely on violence, obscenity, and sex. A very welcome change with so much inane tv out there.
LOVE the show! Can’t wait until the next episode . Please make sure they keep it running!
Love Tèa Leoni and love this show! Please let it be renewed.
Please blow up those kids and get rid of that storyline, I beg of you. They are useless and though you want a well-rounded character in the Secretary, the storyline of the children is boring. I mean REALLY BORING. I don’t like her husband either. Put him in the car with them. Let her start anew. When Eliz McCord is on, the show shines. Please keep that part of the story and ditch the other. She’s a good actress (Leoni). Let her shine. Ditch the bores.
Love the show
Another attempt to brain wash the nation to get ready to accept Billary….
Completely agree! Political Animals was even more a brain wash attempt!
I have enjoyed this show, the characters are well developed. I hope ABC signs the show for a second season.
Being a conservative Republican, I had a hard time sitting down and watching Madame Secretary the first time. After the third show, I have to admit I was not only hooked but couldn’t wait for the next installment. This is, by far, the best series I have watched on network TV in a number of years. And the comparisons about Hillary Clinton and Tea Leoni stop after them being the same sex. Tea Leoni is sexy, very sexy, intelligent, but not too intelligent to turn you away, and you just warm to her after watching her at work. Hillary, on… Read more »
I gave this show a try, but it did not hold my attention. Just another ho-hum show.
No! Seriously, NCIS is renewed but not this show. This show is fun, smart, and family oriented. I like seeing a long standing couple on TV, working together. Their kids are annoying, but whatever. I like that there is a “main story,” that is very deep and the “side,” stories are amazing.
Hope it is cancelled
I like this show a lot. The main plot is well done, well-acted with interesting side stories. The original time schedule did not work for me. I travel and record the shows I miss but the nature of its time slot made it vulnerable to earlier scheduled sports events running over their allotted time and pushing it back. That resulted in my missing the last part of a couple of shows until I adapted to that. That may have caused a few watchers to move to other shows at the beginning of the time slot and skip this one, adversely… Read more »
Great show. Hope it’s renewed.
This show is just a liberal media propaganda piece attempting to make Hillary Clinton look like an intelligent, caring candidate for president. It’s just a pathetic load of fantasy crap. Press the reset button.
It’s a TV show! No series is going to make or break Hillary, like her or not. Why can’t they just leave a good TV show alone!
If tv cannot influence people and their decisions, then why do we have ads?
Amen!
Let me guess, you think Sarah Palin said she could see Rusia from her house. Guess what? she didn’t, Tina Fey said it. But do an internet search and see the HUGE number of sites that attribute the comment directly to Palin and then come back and tell me that tv doesn’t influence idiots. Oh and how do you feel about faux news? and how many people dress like characters on tv, if tv has no influence on society. don’t know whether this show is pro or con Hillary, but before saying the idiot box.boob tube doesn’t influence people, you… Read more »
HI Nemo
I am “Anonymous”. My Amen comment was to what Richz said. I hate the show and want it gone. Just did not have time to leave more than “Amen” that day. The way the post are ordered it looks different.