WHEN MONGOLIA SENDS ELIZABETH A LIVE HORSE AS A GIFT, SHE UNWITTINGLY STIRS UP CONTROVERSY WHEN SHE CONTEMPLATES REJECTING IT, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, JAN. 8

"Gift Horse" - When the Mongolian government sends Elizabeth a horse as a gift, she thinks accepting it could upset other Asian countries, but she stirs up more controversy when she considers returning it to Mongolia. Also, Gov. Sam Evans threatens to sue Ohio for putting President Dalton on the election ballot, and Stevie has an interesting first day as Russell's new intern, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, Jan. 8 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

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:

Francis Jue (Chinese Foreign Minister Chen)

GUEST CAST:

Christopher O'Shea (Jareth Glover)
J.C. Mackenzie (Gov. Sam Evans)
Sandra Daley (Adele Steele)
Reed Birney (Roland Hobbs)
Armand Schultz (Alex Jones)
Kent Shocknek (News Anchor #1)
Peterson Townsend (CIA Agent Dinovera)
Marcus Ho (CIA Agent Sternwig)
Keone Young (Minister Byambyn Sendoo)
Samaria Nixon-Fleming (Passenger)
Tony Crane (Nick Unterberger)
Sean Meehan (Warren Lee)
Brooke Thomas (News Anchor #2)

WRITTEN BY: Barbara Hall

DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Brown