The West Wing

Review of the decade: Peter Bradshaw on film

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

These were liberal-patriot fence-straddlers: well-meaning movies that seemed co-scripted by Josh and Toby from The West Wing, such as Robert Redford's Lions ...

Published 21 hours ago

Turkey day TV trivia to tide over the famished

source: adg.nwanews.com

In the 2001 “The Indians in the Lobby” episode of The West Wing, President Bartlet discovers ... A. A carving knife from Thomas Jefferson B. An Iranian plot ... and more »

Published Thu, Nov 26

Obama's Failing: Too Much Head, Too Little Gut - RealClearPolitics

source: RealClearPolitics

Obama's Failing: Too Much Head, Too Little Gut blog) In the Bush era, many liberals found relief in "The West Wing" fictionalized presidency of Jed Bartlet, an Economics Nobel Laureate who spoke four languages ... and more »

Published Tue, Nov 24

Martin Sheen has his eyes on Specter

source: Politico

 DC The man best known to we DC types as President Bartlet in "The West Wing" has voiced a radio ad for Catholics for Working Families airing in Pennsylvania asking Specter to support the Employee Free Choice Act. "Hello, I'm Martin Sheen, ...

Published Thu, May 28

Bobby: too much reverence and none of the sparkle

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

 UK She bought a painting of a can of soup last month," says President Bartlet from The West Wing (Estevez's dad Martin Sheen). "I think it was Campbell's tomato." "It's an original Warhol!" squeaks his wife. "Do you know he was shot yesterday? ...

Published Thu, May 28

More 'West Wing' Parallels in Sotomayor Pick

source: Politics Daily

FOXNews  DC This story first played out in 1999 on The West Wing, in the episode titled, "The Short LIst," when fictional Democratic President Jed Bartlet nominated Judge Roberto Mendoza, a Hispanic man, to replace Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crouch, ...

Published Tue, May 26

Greatness Quantified

source: The Weekly Standard

Sheen, who played President Jed Bartlet in The West Wing, a television series, is applauded by the conventioneers as though his character were a real figure on the American political scene. Of course, the Bartlet character is a wish-list of ...

Published Sat, May 23

Fox sets fall schedule with only three new shows

source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Z on TV  MO Richard Schiff, Toby on “The West Wing,” also stars. “Human Target,” based on a graphic novel, stars Mark Valley (“Fringe”) as a security man who integrates himself into clients' lives. Chi mcbride (“Pushing Daisies”) and Jackie Earle Haley ...

Published Mon, May 18