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The West Wing

The administration of a fictional American president, filtered through Aaron Sorkin’s signature blend of drama, social commentary, and walk-and-talks.
This feature will return in 2012.
Current Season: 3 - Total Episodes: 35
Highest Rated: Ep 21-22, Season 2
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  • Bradley Whitford to bring the worlds of Parks And Recreation and The West Wing even closer together

    The Huffington Post has a whole bunch of potential spoilers for the rest of the Parks And Recreation season (which you can read here if so inclined), but perhaps the one of greatest interest—especially to that Venn diagram overlap of Park...

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  • James Cromwell

    The co-star of The Artist talks about playing silent, playing against a pig, and almost taking over All In The Family.

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  • Anna Deavere Smith 

    The actress and playwright talks about Let Me Down Easy, now a PBS special, and the life and death issues surrounding it. 

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  • Ally McBeal, “It’s My Party” 

    A single episode illustrates why Ally McBeal became a can’t-miss show—and why that status didn’t last. 

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  • Mark Harmon 

    The star of Summer School, NCIS, and the USA Movie Certain Prey talks about the secret influence Ozzie Nelson and Jack Webb had on his career. 

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  • Case File #1: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip

    Revisiting Aaron Sorkin’s tone-deaf take on the making of the most important TV show ever.

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  • Adam Scott 

    The co-star of Parks And Recreation talks about the humiliation of being an actor and why he’s glad he didn’t become a star 10 years ago… and yes, that whole Party Down movie thing. 

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  • Laura Dern 

    The star of HBO’s Enlightened talks about key roles from the past, from Blue Velvet to Grizzly II. 

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  • Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez 

    The actor father and actor/writer/director son discuss their latest mutual project, The Way, a self-distributed indie film that they say proves art is never an accident. 

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  • Clark Gregg

    The director of Choke talks about his recurring role as dry-witted FBI agent Phil Coulson in Thor, Iron Man, and The Avengers, among other acting gigs.

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  • “And no one will ever mention it again, under penalty of torture”: 21 forgotten TV subplots 

    The A.V. Club’s weekly list. 

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  • Allison Janney

    The West Wing’s press secretary brags that she was the show’s best walk-and-talker, and discusses kissing Meryl Streep and co-starring in The Help.

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  • Hero teams to the rescue

    This week’s staff and reader question questions what super-team we’d most want to have at hand if we were in trouble.

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  • Sam Lloyd

    The hangdog actor, best known for his role on Scrubs, talks about the toll playing a loser takes, and about being one of the sweatiest characters on television.

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  • Heroes
    Should have ended sooner

    What pop culture was dead to you at a certain point before it actually wrapped up?

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  • Elisabeth Moss
    Elisabeth Moss

    The Emmy-nominated Mad Men star talks a lot about playing Peggy and just a little about the season to come.

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