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.

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

West Wing' stars Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney reunite in 'The Diplomat' Season 3. Whitford plays Todd Penn, husband to Janney's 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.

Allison Janney joined The Diplomat in Season 2 as the Vice President of the United States, but by the end of the season, she had ascended to the top job. Today, Deadline reports that when Season 3 catches up to the new President, we’ll also be introduced to her spouse, who will be played by fellow West Wing cast alum Bradley Whitford.

The Diplomat is staging a West Wing reunion in Season 3 with Bradley Whitford set to play Allison Janney‘s husband, Todd Penn, and Netflix has just released the first-look images of their onscreen reunion in addition to confirming that Season 3 will premiere this year.

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.