Meet the President’s Secret Weapon in State of Affairs 1×01
NBC released promotional episode photos for State of Affairs 1×01 titled, “Pilot,” airing Monday, November 17th at 10/9c. In the new political drama, Katherine Heigl returns to television as Charleston Tucker, a top CIA analyst and head of the President’s security. The featured photo above, a promotional photo from the series premiere, shows a meeting between Charleston and President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard). They appear to be sitting in the Oval office in the White House based on the room’s decor. Each has a notebook in hand and serious expressions on their faces. Perhaps, they’re going over details of an upcoming appearance or outing the President has to attend or maybe just some routine planning. Take a look at the official summary for the series and the rest of the promotional photos for the premiere below.
State of Affairs Premieres Monday, November 17 at 10/9c on NBC.
Official Summary
Each day the president is faced with dozens of life-and-death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst — Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”) — assembles the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB). This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard, “Desperate Housewives”) because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice. Navigating a complex personal life and a pressure-cooker profession is, of course, a challenge, and Charlie sometimes engages in boundary-pushing behavior to avoid facing her grief. But when the clock strikes 2 a.m., she is all about her job — protecting her nation, serving her president and still trying to get to the bottom of her fiancé’s murder that will reveal itself as a shocking mystery.
The cast also includes Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas and David Harbour.
Writer-director Joe Carnahan (“The Blacklist”) serves as executive producer with Dario Scardapane, Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl, Robert Simonds, Sophie Watts, Henry Crumpton, Rodney Faraon and Julia Franz. “State of Affairs is a production of Universal Television, Bob Simonds Company and Abishag Productions.
(Photos by: Michael Parmelee/NBC)