ELIZABETH'S ATTEMPTS TO QUELL CIVIL WAR IN ALGERIA GO AWRY WHEN THE TRUSTED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE COUNTRY DIES, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, OCT. 16

Michael Boatman Guest Stars as FBI Director Keith Doherty

"The Linchpin" - With Algeria on the brink of a civil war, Elizabeth delicately negotiates a regime change, but her plans go awry when Roy Curtis (Dakin Matthews)
, the trusted U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, dies unexpectedly. Also, Henry fights to save religious antiquities in Algeria when he discovers they are being destroyed by Hizb al-Shahid, and the McCord children get their own security detail after Jason's computer is hacked, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, Oct. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Michael Boatman guest stars as FBI Director Keith Doherty, who helps the McCords investigate the hacking of Jason's computer.

REGULAR CAST:

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Bebe Neuwirth (Nadine Tolliver)
�eljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson)
Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton)
Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman)
Patina Miller (Daisy Grant)
Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney)
Erich Bergen (Blake Moran)
Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord)
Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie "Stevie" McCord)
Evan Roe (Jason McCord)

RECURRING CAST:

Johanna Day (Admiral Ellen Hill)
Carlos G�mez (Jose Campos)

GUEST CAST:

Michael Boatman (FBI Director Keith Doherty)
Dakin Mathews (Ambassador Roy Curtis)
Pippa Pearthree (Mary Curtis)
Matt Meinsen (DS Agent Matt)
Marshall Manesh (President Aman Haddad)
Arthur Darbinyan (General Mourad Cherat)
Nazanin Nour (Salima Tengour)
Jason Michael Evans (DS Agent Alex)
Rashad Edwards (DS Agent Todd)
Brandon Morris (SWAT Leader)
Sean Phillips (SWAT Team Member #1)
Dennis Kozee (SWAT Team Member #2)
Mandela Bellamy (Teacher)
Noam Harary (HS Fighter)

WRITTEN BY: David Grae, one of the series' executive producers

DIRECTED BY: Eric Stoltz, one of the series' executive producers