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No Joke: Madam Secretary Adds Hillary Clinton as a Guest Star for Season 5

Plus Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell!

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Megan Vick

The Season 5 premiere of Madam Secretary is going to look like a who's who of White Houses past after the latest casting announcement.

CBS revealed on Tuesday that the political drama has tapped former secretary of states Hillary Clinton (2009-2013), Colin Powell (2005-2009), and the first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright (1993-1997) to guest star in the Season 5 premiere. Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni) will turn to the former occupiers of her position in the premiere to give her advice on how to handle a "delicate situation."

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This is Albright's second appearance on the show -- she first played herself in the second episode of Season 2. She also played herself in an episode of Parks and Recreation's final season. Clinton has played around with scripted television too, making multiple appearances on Saturday Night Live and guest-starred on an episode of Broad City in 2016.

The political star-studded premiere airs Sunday, Oct. 7 on CBS. at 10/9c.

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Hillary Clinton, Tea Leoni, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary

Hillary Clinton, Tea Leoni, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary

David M. Russell, CBS