Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary Information

Madam Secretary is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall and executive produced by Lori McCreary and Morgan Freeman. It stars Ta Leoni as Elizabeth Faulkner McCord, a CIA analyst who is promoted to United States Secretary of State. The series premiered on CBS on September 21, 2014. On October 27, 2014, CBS placed a full season order consisting of 22 episodes for the first season.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Ta Leoni as Elizabeth Faulkner McCord; United States Secretary of State, prior CIA analyst and college professor
Tim Daly as Henry McCord; Elizabeth's husband, a Georgetown ethics professor, prior NSA spy and pilot within the United States Marine Corps
Bebe Neuwirth as Nadine Tolliver, Elizabeth's Chief of Staff
eljko Ivanek as Russell Jackson, White House Chief of Staff
Patina Miller as Daisy Grant, Elizabeth's press coordinator
Geoffrey Arend as Matt Mahoney, Elizabeth's speechwriter
Erich Bergen as Blake Moran, Elizabeth's personal assistant
Kathrine Herzer as Alison McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's younger daughter
Evan Roe as Jason McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's son
Wallis Currie-Wood as Stephanie "Stevie" McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's older daughter

Recurring

Keith Carradine as President Conrad Dalton
Sebastian Arcelus as Jay Whitman, Elizabeth's policy advisor
Patrick Breen as Andrew Munsey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Marin Hinkle as Isabelle Barnes, a CIA analyst

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	22

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Viewers = 14.75	ShortSummary = Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst, gets recruited and trained by the current POTUS. Due to the death of the current Secretary of State in a plane crash, the President asks her to become the new Secretary of State, because she can think outside the box. Two months later, McCord is faced by an issue of two American kids held hostage in Syria. The POTUS's Chief of Staff plays a game to damage her reputation and then advises the President to not do anything about the kidnapping. But McCord convinces the President to get the boys out through back-channel sources. Meanwhile, one of her former CIA colleagues warns her that her predecessor may have been killed by the CIA. He is later found dead in a car crash, which McCord believes was not an accident.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.72	ShortSummary = When crowds surround the US Embassy in Yemen, the Secretary, using her CIA analyst skills, believes it will be another Benghazi incident. She asks her Ambassador to leave, but he refuses citing the political need of his presence. Her requests for additional security troops are rejected, and ultimately she uses her discretionary funds to avail of a private military security detail, of whom she was critical of earlier. Ultimately, her fears are realized when the embassy is bombed. However, the PMC security detail was successfully able to get the Ambassador out, losing one of their own in the process.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.18	ShortSummary = When a former INR agent leaks diplomatic cables to a reporter, it causes a lot of embarrassment for the Secretary. However, when he also releases details of covert operatives and it causes the arrest of a spy in Pakistan, the problem escalates. But the Secretary, using some 'unusual' and off-the-record negotiations, brokers a deal between Russia and Pakistan in return for releasing the operative.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 11.45	ShortSummary = The Secretary is able to finalize a treaty between China and Japan over some disputed islands. However, within a few minutes before signing the treaty, China refuses, unless the US deports a Chinese girl who had applied for asylum.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.28	ShortSummary = The Canadian ambassador asks the Secretary to read, approve and release an environmental report that will allow a joint Canada-US pipeline to be built. She reads the report and finds out that it has been prepared by a lobby group that supports the pipeline and contains falsified data. The Canadian ambassador tries to pressure her to approve the report but she counters with her own pressure tactics. The ongoing talks with Iran over dismantling their nuclear processing plants are deadlocked. Despite the Secretary's instructions, with the President's approval, to offer some trade ban relaxations in exchange, the Chief Negotiator only threatens military action during the talks which causes Iran to back-out completely. So she goes behind his back to talk to a member of Iran's negotiation team and makes the offer which Iran accepts, resolving the crisis. And then she fires the Chief Negotiator for lying to the President and herself. She later asks Blake to conduct a confidential investigation on Nadine, her Chief of Staff.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 11.71	ShortSummary = When a former teacher of Henry McCord reaches out and warns of a possible genocide in his home country, Elizabeth asks the President to intervene. Though he initially refuses, hearing her speech that the world should have guts to intervene in this, he relents and authorises logistical and air support. But when it is revealed that the former teacher's charity was allowing refugees to carry drugs for the warlords, complications arise in the coalition. Meanwhile Nadine is cleared in the investigation and she is informed by Elizabeth.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 13.21	ShortSummary = The President 'suggests' that Elizabeth's first foreign trip should be to India, to help one of his biggest supporters. She brings her younger children with her.A massive earthquake hits that causes an explosion at an American-owned factory, and she's separated from Alison during the chaos. Meanwhile, Stephanie sees her father with a young woman and suspects that he is having an affair, causing her to get drunk. But it turns out that he has been reactivated by the NSA and the young woman is actually Henry's handler.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.54	ShortSummary = The Moldovan prime minister's airplane disappears from the radar. The Secretary is concerned for him and for a US agent with the prime minister. She plans a rescue mission to free them from the leader of a separatist movement in Moldova. Meanwhile, Henry is asked to plant a bug at the home of a scholar who is believed by the NSA to be connected to a terrorist.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.77	ShortSummary = Elizabeth, Henry and Isabelle conduct their own investigation into the plane crash that killed former Secretary of State Vincent Marsh. The investigation leads to a very grave conclusion. Russell asks Matt to spy on the Secretary. And Nadine is asked out on a dinner by the NASA Administrator.	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 12.41	ShortSummary =	LineColor = 125fb5 }}	Viewers = 13.24	ShortSummary =	LineColor = 125fb5 }}

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". On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a rating of 66%, based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus reads, "Bolstered by Tea Leoni's strong central performance, Madam Secretary is a solid but unspectacular political drama."

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2015	41st People's Choice Awards	Favorite Actress in a New TV Series	Ta Leoni
2015	41st People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Drama	Madam Secretary

Broadcast

In Canada, the series airs on Global at the same time the original broadcast. In Australia, it premiered on October 2, 2014 on Network Ten. On October 23, 2014, it was announced that it will air on Sky Living in the United Kingdom, along with new formats to air TV3 in Ireland, and other international channels.

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