VIDEO: Executive Producer Morgan Freeman Talks New Series MADAM SECRETARY

Executive producer Morgan Freeman stopped by THE TALK this week to discuss the new CBS drama, "Madam Secretary" starring Téa Leoni. 

Said Freeman, "We've had three lady Secretaries of State, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza [Rice] and finally Hillary [Clinton]…All of them were outstanding. So why not glorify that…I think women should be on top!" Check out the clip below!

MADAM SECRETARY stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, the shrewd, determined, newly appointed Secretary of State 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 for ethical reasons, Elizabeth returns to public life at the request of the President following the suspicious death of her predecessor.

The President values her apolitical leanings, her deep knowledge of the Middle East, her flair for languages and her ability to not just think outside the box, but to not even acknowledge there is a box. McCord's team includes her Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver, speechwriter Matt Mahoney, press coordinator Daisy Grant and her charming assistant, Blake Moran. As McCord debates third world problems, finesses foreign dignitaries at work and does battle with the President's combative Chief of Staff Russell Jackson, that's just a warm-up for when she goes home to her supportive husband, Henry, and their children, where "politics" and "compromise" take on new meaning.

Premieres Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014  (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/10:30-11:30 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. A special encore broadcast of the premiere will air the same night, (10:30-11:30 PM, ET/10:00-11:00 PM, PT).

 

 

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