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.

Netflix announced that Bradley Whitford is joining the cast as a significant character in the upcoming third season

Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney are back together in the White House again. It’s a “West Wing” reunion in “The Diplomat” Season 3, as Whitford has joined the cast as Todd Penn, husband to Janney’s Vice President Grace Penn.

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.

The streamer released some first look photos on Thursday, which feature newest cast member Bradley Whitford, who Deadline previously reported will be reuniting with his former The West Wing co-star Allison Janney to play her husband and the First Gentleman of the United States.

Netflix released new preview images from The Diplomat Season 3 spotlighting Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford as the First Couple.

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.

Bradley Whitford has been tapped to recur opposite his former West Wing co-star Allison Janney on Netflix political thriller drama series The Diplomat

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.