The West Wing Archives

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DNC Convention, AMC+'s Domino Day: Lone Witch, Countdown/Jensen Ackles, NBC's The West Wing, Paramount+'s Evil, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Fire Country/Jared Padalecki, DC Studios' Superman, Disney+'s Agatha All Along, ABC's Modern Family, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, NBC's Scrubs, and more! Images/Screencaps: ABC Entertainment, WBTV, CBS Entertainment, Marvel Studios, DC Studios, MSNBC,[...]

But we will humbly say that none of them come close to the impact of Martin Sheen's President Josiah Bartlet (from Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing) on our pop culture and political landscapes President Bartlet wasn't just an amazing character on a great television show – he became the bar by which we set our[...]

Just so there's no confusion? We really, really love Aaron Sorkin's Martin Sheen-starring The West Wing – a big show on our rewatch list Along with the amazing cast and laser-sharp writing, we always appreciated how the show was able to take some of the deeper-dive governmental stuff and educate the viewers on what it[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DC Studios' Superman & Supergirl, ABC's The Rookie, Keenspot's Toy/Kate Micucci, AMC's Interview with the Vampire, WWE/CM Punk, SNL/Dave Chappelle, NBC's Night Court, The West Wing/Taylor Swift, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Paramount's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Max's Peacemaker, Apple TV+'s Severance, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, Star Trek: Legacy, and more! Images/Screencaps: Paramount+,[...]

How will Taylor Swift be able to make it from her Tokyo concert to Las Vegas in time for kick-off? Thankfully, NBC's The West Wing is putting minds at ease – from 22 years ago. In the February 21, 2001, episode S02E15: "Ellie" (directed by Michael Engler, with story by Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser and[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FOX "News"/Star Trek, David Tennant/BAFTAs, The West Wing/RFK Jr, FX's Alien, MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation, The CW's Superman & Lois, Good Morning America/Jonathan Majors, AEW/WWE, Disney Channel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney+'s Echo, Adult Swim's Eric Andre Live Near Broadway, CBS's After Midnight, DC Studios' Superman: Legacy, "Eternals" Series,[...]

"'The West Wing' star Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlett) and iconic singer Dionne Warwick walk into a fundraiser for Robert F Kennedy Jr's 2024 POTUS run…" We're guessing you probably haven't heard that one – and contrary to what Silent Majority 4 RFK Jr has been advertising, you won't be seeing that anytime soon either[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Timothy Olyphant & Star Trek, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Showtime's Billions, Wonder Woman 3, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, FX's Justified: City Primeval, Babylon 5: The Road Home, Disney+'s Ahsoka, WGA/AMPTP, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, King of the Hill & Johnny Hardwick, The West[...]

In terms of television dramas with lasting impacts, Aaron Sorkin's political drama The West Wing is one of the shows that are just as relevant today as ever before But behind the scenes, the NBC series didn't sound like a great experience for Rob Lowe – who portrayed White House communications director Sam Seaborn during[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes the original Pink Power Ranger Amy Jo Johnson addressing why she didn't participate in the 30th-anniversary special, HBO Max's Velma dropping images & a preview for the next two episodes, NBC's Saturday Night Live host Aubrey Plaza making an "impression" on Chloe Fineman, The West Wing actor Joshua Malina[...]

Earlier today, Malina tweeted, "Got back on Twitter just in time to talk about The West Wing reboot Details soon!" Image: NBC Screencap Here's a look at Malina's tweet, followed by a look back at the 2020 reunion event: Got back on Twitter just in time to talk about The West Wing reboot Details soon! — Joshua Malina (@JoshMalina)[...]

With The West Wing buzz still in the air, it's high time that Aaron Sorkin's under-appreciated Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip be re-evaluated.

So while fans wait for news and updates, Hissrich took some time on social media to tweet about a future-altering moment in her life: that first writing credit- and that honor goes to President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and NBC's long-running, award-winning political drama The West Wing. The Witcher showrunner Lauren S Hissrich remebers her writing start[...]

Brown stepping in for the late John Spencer in the role of Leo McGarry) reunite with original series creator Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme for HBO Max's A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote because you're not a subscriber and your streaming service funds can only stretch so far? With only a week[...]

Following a fun, informative, and heartfelt episode of CBS's The Late Show with host Stephen Colbert, the folks behind the October 15th-premiering special event are serious when they say they want you to register and vote- and learn how to help others do the same. The West Wing reunion teaser reminds us to vote (Image: HBO[...]

To honor the occasion, The Late Show host and avid series fan Stephen Colbert dedicated a special Friday edition of the late-night talk show to invite Janney, Schiff, Sheen, Whitford, and Sorkin to discuss the project, look back on the series' influence, and offer their thoughts on the current state of disarray that is Trump's White[...]

For more intel on what viewers can expect, late-night host Stephen Colbert is welcoming The West Wing guests Janney, Schiff, Sheen, Whitford, and Sorkin to a special Friday edition of CBS's The Late Show– set for this Friday, October 9th (11:35 pm-12:37 am ET/PT). A West Wing Special | Official Trailer | HBO Max Here's your look[...]

Brown Joins The West Wing Cast for Special Episode Reunion — See the Photos https://t.co/uo6fFI2Bcr — Sterling K Brown (@SterlingKBrown) October 5, 2020 Filming over several days at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and set to premiere on the streaming service on October 15th, the special will feature a theatrical performance of "Hartsfield's Landing," the famous[...]

presidential election. A look at The West Wing reunion special (Image: HBO Max / Eddy Chen) Set to film over several days at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, the special will feature a theatrical performance of "Hartsfield's Landing," the famous third season episode that finds Sheen's President Barlet playing chess against Sam (Lowe) and Toby (Schiff)[...]

And though they're taking a break from any "walk-n-talks," they are sporting some sweet denim (and just so Whitford knows, a lot of us wouldn't mind having Josh and Donna as parents). Josh and Donna from The West Wing (Image: NBCU) Set to film over several days at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles next month, the[...]

Sorkin will write original material for the special, with Schlamme serving as production director. The West Wing (Image: NBCUniversal) With the event expected to film early next month and with us already in the bottom-half of September, it's no surprise that work would be getting underway Yet that didn't take away from the coolness that came with[...]

Is there really anything they're doing here that's all that different from The Umbrella Academy– putting aside that we know The Powerpuff Girls in an entirely different light? Nope, and that's why the folks at BCTV are curious to see where they go with this. Swamp Thing Trailer Previews Series You Definitely Never Saw Before: DC[...]

While we might not be getting as much of the trademark "walk and talk" as we're used to, that's a very small price to pay for a reunion of The West Wing– and 17 years later? That's exactly what original series creator Aaron Sorkin and HBO Max are set to deliver fans, with Martin Sheen, Rob[...]

And, perhaps saddest of all, Illyria continues to walk around every day wearing Fred's face around her grieving friends. The West Wing- "Two Cathedrals" Oh, how I miss The West Wing "Two Cathedrals" is my favorite episode of the show, but also the saddest A senseless death at the hands of a drunk driver, an absolutely shattering funeral,[...]

For the uninitiated, the basic idea of the show is Andrew (nee Babish– a name he stole from Oliver Platt's character on The West Wing) recreates the foods from the movies and television we love He also has a Basics With Babish series where he just does tutorials of, errr… the basics. While his episodes teaching[...]

Now you're just getting greedy, HBO Max! With modern sitcom classics Friends and The Big Bang Theory already part of the upcoming streaming service's programming plate, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer Bob Greenblatt announced that Martin Sheen-starrer The West Wing would be leaving Netflix for HBO Max when it launches in 2020. THE WEST WING / Warner[...]

There has been a lot of talk of revisiting landmark television series The West Wing in some capacity, either as a reboot or a continuation The talk has come from former members of the cast, as well as series creator and writer Aaron Sorkin. It's no secret that Sorkin wouldn't mind revisiting the series, "if the[...]

Could 2019 be the year of The West Wing reboot? The current political climate would most definitely lend to plenty of material for series creator Aaron Sorkin to pull from Not to mention, a revisit of the critically acclaimed series seems to be on everyone's mind recently, including some of the main cast. Like Richard Schiff, who played White House Communications[...]

With The Big Bang Theory ending after 12 seasons, CBS is reportedly "very far apart" in bringing back EP Chuck Lorre's successful comedy series Mom.

Dear Aaron Sorkin– we need The West Wing now more than ever, and a revisit would be most welcome in this current political climate The return of Sam, what the future will hold for Toby and Andy's kids, and the Bartlets Please? Pretty please? Writer-director Aaron SorkinPhoto by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com *** We're making this plea because Sorkin[...]