TV Guide: NiCole Robinson

Listing: On the Day Before

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 16 09:00 AM BRAVO On a busy night at the White House, the President vetoes the estate-tax repeal and staffers scramble to counter the GOP's override threat. Meanwhile, Josh stares down a Democratic governor (Kevin Tighe) who's threatening to challenge Bartlet in the primaries; Charlie has been offered legal immunity in the MS matter and everyone urges him to take it; and C.J. has a difficult time with a local-TV reporter (Mary Mara) who isn't nearly as smart as she is aggressive.

Listing: Ways and Means

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 16 08:00 AM BRAVO The Special Prosecutor (Nicholas Pryor) sets his probe in motion, but the White House is unhappy with him: he's not nasty enough. "We need a different enemy," C.J. tells Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt). Meanwhile, Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful California labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; the governor of Wyoming is mad about a forest fire; and Ainsley fixes up Donna with a guy who happens to be a Republican.

Listing: Manchester

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 15 08:00 AM BRAVO President Bartlet wastes no time making his reelection intentions clear (not surprisingly, it's the first question at the press conference that follows his MS disclosure). But everyone knows that his predicament will make the campaign no piece of cake. Adding to Bartlet's problems is Abbey's reaction to his decision, not to mention Haiti's obstreperous dictator. Meanwhile, the White House press corps is making life particularly miserable for C.J. Babish: Oliver Platt. Nancy: Anna Deavere Smith.

Listing: Two Cathedrals

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 09:00 AM BRAVO The Administration prepares for the storm of its life. Indeed, a tropical storm is bearing down on Washington on the day the President is to disclose that he has MS and has been lying about it for eight years. Bartlet himself is more than a little distracted by Mrs. Landingham's death, but the staffers are, as usual, all business as they deal with Congressional Democrats, party officials and network execs. They also must fashion responses to likely press-conference questions. The one that concerns them most: Will Bartlet seek reelection?

Listing: 18th and Potomac

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 08:00 AM BRAVO With disastrous hypothetical polling numbers from Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin) in hand, staffers prepare to announce the President's condition. But first, both Sam and Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) question the First Lady (Stockard Channing) about the matter. Meanwhile, a crisis erupts in Haiti; Josh deals with two Democratic senators who are less than enthusiastic about the Government's tobacco-industry suit; and male staffers can't help but give Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) car-buying advice. Nancy: Anna Deavere Smith.

Listing: The Last Hurrah

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 03:00 AM BRAVO While Santos is busy trying to select a new vice president, his wife finds her new responsibilities staggering. Meanwhile, Vinick ponders his next move. Helen: Teri Polo. Louise: Janeane Garofalo.

Listing: Bad Moon Rising

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 11 08:00 AM BRAVO Bartlet decides that he needs an opinion from White House counsel Oliver Babish on whether his MS deception constituted a criminal conspiracy; an oil spill off the Delaware coast hits home to Sam; Josh heads up a White House team dealing with a Mexican economic crisis (and bickers with Donna about it); and Toby's on the rampage because of a press leak about a possible change in the President's position on school vouchers. Ainsley Hayes: Emily Procter. Emily Lowenbrau: Jacqueline Kim.

Listing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 09:00 AM BRAVO It's “Big Block of Cheese” Day, which means that Leo sends grumbling staffers to meet with organizations who are not usually heard from at the White House. Toby, for instance, meets with World Bank protesters while C.J.'s assignment is the Cartographers for Social Equality. Meanwhile, a friend of Donna's (Jolie Jenkins) asks Sam to pursue a pardon for her grandfather, a White House staffer in the '40s who was convicted of perjury in a McCarthy-era spy case and died in prison. Off. Rhonda Sachs: Roma Maffia. Nancy McNally: Anna Deavere Smith.

Listing: Ellie

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 08:00 AM BRAVO The President returns from Japan to learn that his Surgeon General (Mary Kay Place) has said some things about marijuana that might prove troublesome. Then his daughter Ellie (Nina Siezmasko), a medical student, says something about the controversy to reporter Danny Concannon. Meanwhile, Charlie's choice of a movie for the President to watch proves controversial, too. And Toby tries to enlist his ex-wife (Kathleen York), a Congresswoman, in his effort to make peace with liberal Democrats over the Social Security flap. Morgan Ross: Robert Knepper.

Listing: Requiem

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 03:00 AM BRAVO Former series regulars, including Marlee Matlin, Mary-Louise Parker, Tim Matheson, Anna Deavere Smith and Gary Cole, make guest appearances as Leo's funeral is held and his colleagues reminisce about his life and career.

Listing: Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 8 08:00 AM BRAVO It's State of the Union night and West Wing staffers are basking in the address's glow, but Abbey (Stockard Channing) has problems with its tone. Another distraction: guerrillas have captured five DEA agents in Colombia. And it turns out that a cop Bartlet cited in the speech has a controversial incident on his record. Meanwhile, Josh can't get numbers from White House pollster Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin). And Donna is pestering Josh to ask Joey for a date. Shallick: Corbin Bernsen.

Listing: The Drop-in

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 4 09:00 AM BRAVO Lord John Marbury (Roger Rees), a friend of the President's (and a royal pain in Leo's neck), is appointed Britain's ambassador to the U.S.; Toby and Sam wrangle over an address the President is to give to an environmental group; Leo tries (with no success) to get the President interested in a missile-defense system; and C.J. is enlisted to ask a controversial comedian (Rocky Carroll) to decline an invitation to perform at a dinner the President is to attend.

Listing: Election Day II

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 4 03:00 AM BRAVO As a tense election night drags on, the Santos campaign is rocked by tragedy, and a decision must be made on how to handle the situation while voters across the country continue to cast their ballots.

Listing: Underclassman

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 3 10:00 AM TBS

Listing: Galileo

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 3 08:00 AM BRAVO Crises come in all shapes and sizes during one hectic day at the White House. The biggest fire to be put out is just that: it's in a Russian missile silo and the Russian government is covering it up. Other troubles range from a missing U.S. fighter plane to a news report that the President doesn't like green beans. Reese: John Carroll Lynch. Nadia Kozlowski: Charlotte Cornwell.