The West Wing

Also known as West Wing

American political drama series created by Aaron Sorkin for NBC (1999–2006)

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The West Wing is an American drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin. It aired on the NBC network in English, with a runtime of 60 minutes per episode. The series ran for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1999, and concluding on May 14, 2006. The show has ended, and its official website is hosted at nbc.com.

The series consists of 156 episodes, though some sources list 154. It received a vote average of 8.3 and a rating of 8.6. The West Wing is recognized in the Peabody Award collection and is referenced by 1,916 other encyclopedia articles.

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Vinony catalogs The West Wing in its Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series collection (40 entries). It also appears in Peabody Award.

Vinony's link graph records 1,916 inbound references to The West Wing, and connects out to The West Wing, season 2, The West Wing, season 5 and The West Wing, season 7.

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TV series · TMDB

★ 8.3

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

Aired: 1999–2006
Seasons: 7 · 154 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Aaron Sorkin
Network: NBC
Genres: Drama

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TV series

Status: Ended
Network: NBC
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 60 min
TVMaze rating: 8.6/10

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Key facts

Genre: Serial drama Political drama
Created by: Aaron Sorkin
Showrunners: Aaron Sorkin John Wells
Starring: Rob Lowe Moira Kelly Dulé Hill Allison Janney Richard Schiff John Spencer Bradley Whitford Martin Sheen Janel Moloney Stockard Channing Joshua Malina Mary McCormack Jimmy Smits Alan Alda Kristin Chenoweth
Composer: W. G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 154 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Aaron Sorkin John Wells Thomas Schlamme Christopher Misiano Alex Graves Lawrence O'Donnell Peter Noah
Cinematography: Thomas Del Ruth
Running time: 42 minutes
Production companies: John Wells Productions Warner Bros. Television
Network: NBC
Release: September 22, 1999 ( 1999-09-22 ) –, May 14, 2006 ( 2006-05-14 )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: television series
Has part: The West Wing, season 1
Named after: West Wing
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: politics of the United States
Creator: Aaron Sorkin
Director: Alex Graves
Screenwriter: Josh Singer
Cast member: Allison Janney
Composer: W. G. Snuffy Walden
Producer: Thomas Schlamme
Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Cinematographer: Thomas Del Ruth
Narrative location: West Wing
FilmAffinity ID: 757900
Distribution format: video on demand
Official website: www.nbc.com/the-west-wing

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original broadcaster: NBC
topic's main category: Category:The West Wing
number of seasons: 7
number of episodes: 154
list of episodes: list of The West Wing episodes
end time: 2006-05-14
start time: 1999-09-22
title: The West Wing
distributed by: Netflix

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Encyclopedic overview

The West Wing is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior personnel are located, during the fictional two-term Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet.

The West Wing was produced by Warner Bros. Television and features an ensemble cast, including Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney, and Stockard Channing. For the first four seasons, there were three executive producers: Sorkin (lead writer of the first four seasons), Thomas Schlamme (primary director), and John Wells. After Sorkin left the series at the end of the fourth season, Wells assumed the role of head writer, with later executive producers being directors Alex Graves and Christopher Misiano (seasons 6–7), and writers Lawrence O'Donnell and Peter Noah (season 7).

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