The first season of Madam Secretary, an American political drama television series, originally aired in the United States on CBS from September 21, 2014, through May 3, 2015.

The pilot was ordered in January 2014, and CBS picked up the series in May 2014.

In accepting the position, McCord must negotiate not only with foreign dignitaries, but also with her husband Henry (Tim Daly), and a staff inherited from her deceased predecessor, including his mistress Nadine Tolliver (Bebe Neuwirth).

In August 2013, it was announced Madam Secretary was in development at CBS, with the pilot written by Barbara Hall and directed by David Semel.

[31] In January 2014, the pilot was cast with Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord,[32] Tim Daly as Henry McCord,[33] Geoffrey Arend as Matt Mahoney,[34] Patina Miller as press coordinator Daisy Grant,[35] Bebe Neuwirth as Elizabeth's chief of staff Nadine Tolliver, Erich Bergen as Blake Moran, Evan Roe as Elizabeth's son, Jason McCord,[36] Katherine Herzer as Elizabeth and Henry's daughter Alison McCord,[37] Željko Ivanek as Russell Jackson,[38] and Wallis Currie-Wood as Elizabeth and Henry's older daughter Stephanie "Stevie" McCord.