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Yeah, The Newsroom and West Wing and even Sports Night had elements of his truth in them – they wouldn't have been funny if they didn't – but where Studio 60 takes that and runs with it is its unique ability to take jabs at itself, and not in the annoying meta "oh look at[...]

Source: NBC The West Wing S2 E8 "Shibboleth": The comedic timing, flowing dialogue, and presentations of characters in this episode of The West Wing during their Thanksgiving-centered episode in the second season Many stories intersect in a perfect way in this episode of the beloved and highly acclaimed TV series From the mishap of turkey pardoning to the[...]

Including West Wing, Three Jokers, Garth Marenghi and so much more  The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: West Wing, Three Jokers and Garth Marenghi – the ten most-read stories yesterday… LITG: The West[...]

Are you missing the days of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) from NBC's The West Wing? Yes, he was fictional, but they were still better times, to say the least, even though he was the fictional amalgamation of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, with a splash of the power to change the world[...]

In the current political climate, perhaps no series would fit the bill as well as Aaron Sorkin's masterpiece, The West Wing. Perhaps the most vocal of these is Josh Malina, host of The West Wing Weekly podcast, who was also, you know, ON THE DAMN SHOW as Will Bailey. Tonight he posted this image to twitter, knowing exactly what he[...]

Martin Sheen, who played President Josiah Bartlet on NBC's acclaimed and much-missed political drama series The West Wing, has said returning to the role would be very satisfying. Credit: Krista Kennell / Shutterstock.com In a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times about the upcoming CNN special series The Kennedys, which Sheen is producing and narrating, the actor commented on[...]

He may just not have realised it. Specifically in the West Wing and Newsroom, he has written bold characters, good of heart, wanting to do the right thing, though their intentions are often complicated by their all-too-human flaws But they believe in duty, in fixing mistakes and taking responsibility They have principles, even if those principles[...]

Here, he takes over from President Bartlett of the West Wing, created as an idealised Clinton, now being treated as an abused George Bush And it looks like President Palmer has Jack Bauer on the case. 4 Will Stanton There's a certain character that made all the headlines the other week when the comic went on sale[...]