Search Videos, TV Listings, Movies, Photos & Celebrities
Search
| | |
ONLINE VIDEO GUIDE SPONSORED BY

West Wing on NBC

1999, TV Show

  • Main
  • News
  • Photos
  • TV Listings
  • Episodes
  • Discuss
  • Cast & Details

West Wing: TV Guide News

  • I have to say that I share ... | Matt Roush | 5/8/2006
    Question: I have to say that I share Jason's fears that Lost will decline in quality next season with the continued absence of J.J. Abrams and the reduced involvement of the current show-runners. Not only will it be difficult to keep up the intricate mythology and character development that have been critical to Lost's success, but I have noticed a trend where dramas often suffer creative declines in their third seasons. I've noticed this in some of the best shows of our times,... read more
  • How often have you seen a ... | Matt Roush | 4/28/2006
    Question: How often have you seen a show start off mediocre or as a disaster and then become a surprise hit? I can think of only one. Touched by an Angel was written off as dead after its first season and surprised everyone by being renewed. The second surprise came when, after being renewed, it suddenly came out of nowhere and became a top-10 hit. Do you really think Commander in Chief could pull that off? Answer: Commander in Chief, no. Its best bet would be to be regarded as a possible... read more
  • I'd just like to say that I ... | Matt Roush | 4/28/2006
    Question: I'd just like to say that I was one of the few who did not enjoy Rob Lowe's return to The West Wing. I think fans of the show have adapted to the post-Sorkin period enough to enjoy it, but let's not kid ourselves. Many parts of the show have fallen in quality (particularly the dialogue). Bringing back Sorkin-era characters just makes them seem stilted and serves to remind me of that drop in quality (whereas I'd become accustomed to it beforehand). I mean, I honestly winced at the... read more
  • So the bomb has dropped on ... | Matt Roush | 4/24/2006
    Question: So the bomb has dropped on what's been, personally, expected for months — that the Palladino wife-and-husband team, Amy and Daniel, are leaving Gilmore Girls. Part of me is sad. She created this brilliant show and the pair have probably written over half the episodes. But part of me is hopeful that someone on the Gilmore writing/producing team will hopefully be able to turn the show around, after this lackluster season, for its supposed last hurrah! What do you think of this whole... read more
  • I'm a U.K. fan of Commander ... | Matt Roush | 4/24/2006
    Question: I'm a U.K. fan of Commander in Chief. I've just seen the overnight ratings for the show's return to ABC. I know they weren't as high as they had been in its previous slot, but it was ABC's highest-rated show of the night. Were people seriously expecting the show to get 17 million viewers, like last October, in such a popular time slot? I think it would be a shame for ABC to cancel this show. Answer: Adopting your glass-half-full approach, I agree it's not quite a lost cause yet for... read more
  • I watched the "Requiem" ... | Matt Roush | 4/21/2006
    Question: I watched the "Requiem" episode (centering around Leo's funeral) of The West Wing last weekend, because I was a fan of that show back during its first seasons and because you and other reviewers have said that it had finally gotten back to good form in its final days. It was like getting back in touch with an old friend. But why wasn't Sam (Rob Lowe) at the service? The previews show him returning next week, so Rob Lowe is obviously willing to return to the show. Why didn't... read more
  • There are few shows that go ... | Matt Roush | 4/21/2006
    Question: There are few shows that go off the air before they've become stale. Though some shows end their runs when the time is right, it seems like most of them wait until their best years are long behind them. However, one of the few shows that managed to end on an absolutely perfect note was The Office. Of course, there were only two six-episode series of the show, so you could argue that they never really had a chance to go downhill, but it would have been easy to make Tim and Dawn's... read more
  • Insider Buzz on Fall's New Shows | Today's News: Our Take | 4/20/2006
    Television's new fall lineups won't be unveiled until May, but Hollywood is already making predictions about which pilots will become full-fledged shows. Here are some projects that are generating heat. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip NBC has penciled in this drama from West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin about the backstage doings of a famous sketch-comedy show à la Saturday Night Live. Sorkin's mighty pen, and a cast that read more
  • White House Mess
    Can Geena’s administration be saved? | Matt Roush | 4/19/2006
    With all the behind-the-scenes turmoil during Commander in Chief’s freshman (and potentially only) season (Thursdays at 10 pm/ET on ABC), you’d think Roseanne had been named president. For a show to fall from Golden Globe-winning hit to on-the-bubble underdog in a single year is pretty remarkable. But that’s what's happened. When Commander launched last fall, it was a glossy, entertaining melodrama about the turbulent adjustment to White House life for Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) — a... read more
  • Just a quick question here: ... | Matt Roush | 4/17/2006
    Question: Just a quick question here: Rumors have been going around the Web that Battlestar Galactica is getting some early Emmy buzz. Have you heard anything concrete about that? I just love that show (and honestly believe it's the best thing on TV right now), but I don't see the Emmy people nominating a science-fiction show. Answer: Well, that's the rub. Sci-fi and genre shows are rarely given much respect at the Emmys, but given the acclaim and renown Battlestar Galactica has enjoyed... read more
  • Do you think NBC will ever ... | Matt Roush | 4/17/2006
    Question: Do you think NBC will ever move ER from Thursday nights? I've wondered lately how many viewers (like myself) are watching out of habit. Answer: Only habit can explain ER's continued existence. It sure doesn't have much to do with quality. But it is still part of many viewers' Thursday-night ritual, and as long as NBC can still get a solid demographic following (at least for the first-run episodes) on this tough night, it's going to stay put. The minute ER moves from Thursdays, you... read more
  • I was impressed and gratified ... | Matt Roush | 4/14/2006
    Question: I was impressed and gratified by The West Wing's handling of the death of John Spencer/Leo McGarry in last week's episode (April 9), and I wonder if this is the road to the kind of classy ending you hoped for for the show. Clearly it was a story line that couldn't be delayed — no other plausible way to explain the absence of the vice-presidential candidate, especially given the real-life circumstances — but the writers wisely kept the ultimate focus on election results.... read more
  • Do you think that there is ... | Matt Roush | 4/10/2006
    Question: Do you think that there is any chance networks will learn to not milk a show for more seasons when the stories have run their course? It seems unfair to the audience to keep a show around seasons past its prime. None of the X-Files fans I know, for instance, think the final few seasons of that show were anywhere near as good as the earlier seasons. It's especially bad when the original creator of the show leaves or is fired because he/she wants the story to end as it should and the... read more
  • This year The West Wing is ... | Matt Roush | 4/10/2006
    Question: This year The West Wing is more exciting than ever, with well written and acted plots. Anything fans can do to encourage one more year? I'm enjoying it more than the last few years combined. Answer: True fans should encourage the show to bow out on a creative high. If the show is more exciting this year, it's because there has been new energy in the campaign. The idea of watching a new adminstration take over from the Bartlet team is not the West Wing I or almost anyone else wants... read more
  • Such a bittersweet victory for... | Matt Roush | 4/10/2006
    Such a bittersweet victory for Jimmy Smits' Matt Santos on The West Wing Sunday night, winning a nail-biter of a presidential race (it all came down to Nevada, a state in which he couldn't even remember campaigning) in the wake of running mate Leo McGarry's tragic death. Leo's obit made headlines before polls closed in the West, making matters even more tense and emotional. (And can I just say one more time how much I'd love to live in West Wing's wish-fulfillment universe, where candidates... read more
  • Can you shed any light on ... | Today's News: Our Take | 4/5/2006
    Question: Can you shed any light on who'll win Sunday's West Wing election? Answer: Get out your dry-erase board 'cause Ask Ausiello is calling Texas for Santos and — holy crap — California for Vinick! Talk about a nail-biter! read more
  • I consider myself a fan of ... | Matt Roush | 4/3/2006
    Question: I consider myself a fan of NBC's television series E-Ring (although I must admit to having to suspend belief when I see Dennis Hopper in the role of the division chief of the Joint Staff's J-3 Special Operations Division. I will probably always see him as Peter Fonda's sidekick, Billy, in Easy Rider). I have also seen the first two episodes of CBS' The Unit, a program whose story line is ostensibly based on the book Inside Delta Force. Having held six military assignments in the... read more
  • You would have thought that ... | Matt Roush | 3/31/2006
    Question: You would have thought that the writers of The West Wing could have put more creative thought into these final episodes instead of more Santos campaign drivel (as per the March 26 episode). I know we're all in anticipation of the treatment of Leo's death, but the original cast has been largely pushed aside. And those of us who are longtime fans of The West Wing would have appreciated seeing the original crew hard at work at the end of Bartlet's last term. Answer: Can't really... read more
  • I agree with Katie. The ... | Matt Roush | 3/27/2006
    Question: I agree with Katie. The chemistry that Luke and Lorelai once had on Gilmore Girls was underscored by the torch that Luke silently carried for Lorelai. Now, be it because of the formality of their relationship or because of April, that torch seems to have gone out. And for whatever reason, Lorelai has stopped her banter around Luke, turning her into a stifled Edith. It appears pretty clearly that, apart, Luke and Lorelai are great; together they are doomed. So let them loose, and let... read more
  • I just read the news ... | Matt Roush | 3/27/2006
    Question: I just read the news item about ABC's schedule of finales for May, and I saw that the two-hour Alias finale is scheduled for Monday, May 22. The reason given was to move it away from the expected American Idol finale later that week. But, if memory serves me, I remember reading earlier this year that the 24 finale would also be a two-hour episode. After plotting out the remaining episodes and figuring on the two-hour finale, 24 would also bow out on May 22. Choosing between... read more
« Newer 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | 8 Older »
Advertisement

Cast & Details

Premiered: September 22, 1999, on NBC
Rating: None
User Rating: (194 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Premise: The celebrated ensemble drama following a U.S. president and his staff as they set public policy and face personal problems in a `parallel universe' (as one of the series' executive producers called it) that can be remarkably similar to the real one. An Emmy juggernaut (four Best Drama awards in its first four seasons) as well as a Peabody winner, `Wing' was the brainchild of writer Aaron Sorkin (`The American President'), who left after the fourth season, when John Wells (`ER') took over.

 Cast

more West Wing cast & details

Advertisement

Related Websites

You might be also interested in the following websites:

Most Popular TV Shows

  1. Dancing with the Stars
  2. Supernatural
  3. America's Next Top Model
  4. One Tree Hill
  5. House
more popular tv shows

Most Popular Celebrities

  1. Miley Cyrus
  2. Carmen Electra
  3. Kim Kardashian
  4. Jessica Alba
  5. Sarah Palin
more popular celebrities

Most Popular Movies

  1. Body of Lies
  2. Eagle Eye
  3. Nights in Rodanthe
  4. Burn After Reading
  5. Righteous Kill
more popular movies

Top Videos

  1. Live Interviews
  2. E! News Now
  3. Entertainment News
  4. E! News Now
  5. E! News Now
more top videos