The West Wing may have ended nearly two decades ago and well before the 2025 TV schedule, but the former NBC drama is still popular enough today that there was outcry when it disappeared from streaming and the internet was buzzing when news broke that Bradley Whitford would be reuniting with former co-star Allison Janney on The Diplomat.

The upcoming third season of the show “flips over the chessboard,” with a major shakeup in store for viewers. That’s the rather dramatic language that creator, showrunner, and executive producer Debora Cahn uses to describe what’s coming next for Netflix’s Keri Russell-led political thriller,

Whitford will play Janney's husband on season 3. If anybody knows their way around the White House, it's Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford. Netflix has officially announced that Whitford will join his former West Wing costar Janney in the third season of The Diplomat.

Netflix officially revealed that Bradley Whitford will be joining Allison Janney on the third season of The Diplomat. The two actors had earlier worked together on the NBC cult TV show, The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.

After season 2 of Netflix’s political drama The Diplomat ended on a huge twist, the series is barreling toward a third chapter—one with major implications for Kate’s career, widening the target already strapped to her back.