Madam Secretary's Keith Carradine Talks Dalton's Nicaragua Nightmare

Madam Secretary‘s President Dalton is known for being a man of action, a leader who swiftly gathers his cabinet’s counsel then moves forward with decisive action. So his hesitant approach to an international incident — which played out in Sunday’s episode — was something portrayer Keith Carradine hadn’t often encountered in five seasons of portraying […]

Madam Secretary's Keith Carradine Talks Dexter, Deadwood, Damages — and That Time He Wooed Madonna

By his own estimation, Keith Carradine “wasn’t much of a horseman” when he landed his first TV role, on Bonanza in 1971. Not that he was planning to share that with the show’s producers if they asked. Thankfully, they didn’t. “The conversation never came up,” the Madam Secretary star recalls. “And if it had, I’m […]

Madam Secretary's Sara Ramirez, EP Break Down Kat and Jay's (Somewhat Shady) LGBTQ Refugee Solution

Kat Sandoval, welcome to the Department of State doghouse. Sunday’s Madam Secretary ended on an upnote of sorts: A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people was able to slip away from the government persecuting it and take refuge in another nation. But the underground, foreign-policy maneuvering Kat and Jay had to pull […]

Madam Secretary's Sara Ramirez, EP Lori McCreary Tee Up 'Roller Coaster Ride' of LGBTQ Refugee Episode

This Sunday’s Madam Secretary (CBS, 10/9c) focuses on the plight of a group of foreign lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer refugees seeking asylum — a storyline dear to both the political drama’s hotshot strategist Kat Sandoval and the actress who plays her. “Originally, some of the producers shared with me that an international LGBTQI storyline […]

Is Madam Secretary's President Dalton Unfit to Serve? Keith Carradine, EP Preview Sunday's Oddly Prescient Hour

If you’re not very familiar with the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, you might want to review this bit from Section 4 — it’ll become very relevant during this week’s Madam Secretary: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as […]

Madam Secretary's Bebe Neuwirth Exits — Find Out Why Nadine's Leaving

Madam Secretary‘s Elizabeth & Co. couldn’t avoid a governmental shutdown in Sunday’s episode, but that was hardly the toughest blow the hour offered up: By the end of the hour that Sec. McCord’s Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver was ending her tenure at the State Department. Just after the episode aired, Bebe Neuwirth announced her departure […]

Madam Secretary's Zeljko Ivanek Previews Looming Government Shutdown, AKA 'Politics at Its Worst'

A government shutdown becomes a very possible event in Sunday’s Madam Secretary (CBS, 10/9c), and guess which tightly wound chief of staff isn’t pleased with that potential outcome? While Russell Jackson views Congress’ inability to pass a budget — and the resultant consequences — as quite frustrating, “I actually love that storyline, because it’s not too […]