Posted on 07/24/2018 1:52:39 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The two former real-life secretaries of state will be joined by a third former secretary, Madeleine Albright, on the episode. The fictional secretary of state of CBS' Madam Secretary will turn to three former real-life holders of the post when the show begins its fifth season.
Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright will appear as themselves in the episode, set to air Sunday, Oct. 7. The trio filmed their cameos on July 11, Madam Secretary's first week back in production.
"We’re delighted to have these three former secretaries of state be part of our season premiere," said series creator and executive producer Barbara Hall. "It was a privilege to experience their perspectives and discourse both in and behind the scenes."
Added EP Lori McCreary, "Having three powerhouses of diplomacy agree to come on our show is awe-inspiring and humbling. And that we were able to find a time in their busy schedules when they were all available is a miracle."
In the episode, Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni) asks Albright, Powell and Clinton for advice on a delicate matter.
Albright served as secretary of state from 1997-2001 under President Bill Clinton and was the first woman to hold the post. She has appeared on Madam Secretary once before, guest-starring early in season two. She's also played herself on Parks and Recreation and Gilmore Girls.
Powell was George W. Bush's secretary of state from 2001-05. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had an uncredited cameo on JAG in 1997.
Hillary Clinton served under Barack Obama as secretary of state from 2009-13. She did a cameo on Broad City in 2016 and appeared opposite her Saturday Night Live portrayer, Kate McKinnon, in 2015.
I have only caught snippets of the show but have periodically seen some commentaries about it. It was supposed to have people subliminally think of Hillary as SOS and grease the skids for her being thought of as good candidate for president.
In the few clips I saw, the SOS was always smarter than everyone else, had to educate the dummies, and took a liberal point of view.
Wait until Powell and Albright find out that Hillary is getting paid 20 times what they are getting paid to appear.
They will most likely keep the complaints to themselves if they want to stay alive.
No mere mortal gets in the way of pickles when there is money and fame.
Do they have plenty of people to catch her as she falls? Hopefully not.
Makes me glad I’ve never watched an episode.
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I’ve never watched this show either. I’m convinced CBS put this show on as propaganda for Hillary’s presidential run.
LOL. They should.
The Halloween episode.
More than propaganda really.
Sheeple who watch will come to believe that “Madam Secretary”, with her perfect solutions to any problem, really IS Hillary Clinton. They morph the bloated, saggy-eyed, unstable, dull, screechy, lying reality into the trim, younger, put-together, witty, smarter than anyone else in the room illusion.
Seems like there should be a punchline here.
An entire show about giving nuclear secrets away, back-stabbing and abandoning an Ambassador to be killed by a Muslim horde and blaming it on a video.
Quite a perspective!
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