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The West Wing
Created by Aaron Sorkin
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. From TMDB
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| Mastodon * | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| TMDB reviews * | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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The West Wing is a 1999 drama TV series, created by Aaron Sorkin, starring Martin Sheen, Allison Janney and John Spencer.
- 305 people have posted about this series on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Nov 21, 2019 to Nov 5, 2026
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On review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season has a score of 79 out of 100, based on 23 critics indicating "generally favorable" reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 96% approval rating with an average score of 8.4/10 based on 47 reviews, with a critics consensus of: "Practically a screwball comedy with Aaron Sorkin's rat-a-tat dialogue and the ensemble's wonderful chemistry, The West Wing resplendently renders every voter's dearest fantasy: competent politicians with good intentions." The second season has an 88% approval rating with an average score of 10/10 based on 24 reviews, with a critics consensus of: "The West Wing's approval…
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60 of 399 · most liked firstI would love to see national associations and/or players boycott the World Cup. It would probably happen in the Ted Lasso universe. Alas, that show is to elite-level football what the West Wing was to US politics.
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 20 Dec 1946, actor John Spencer. He was best known for his role as Leo McGarry in the NBC political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006) and for his role as attorney Tommy Mullaney in the legal drama L.A. Law (1990–1994). He died in 2005, aged just 58. #JohnSpencer
neutral · AI labelView post →Axios is reporting that Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a shouting match in the White House last week about who would lead the IRS: “Two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of the West Wing." This administration is a D-list reality show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching one of the greatest soaps in history, aka 'The West Wing'. God this is a brilliantly written but incredibly silly show.
positive · AI labelView post →Neal Katyal says he's working on a TV show that he describes as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court," and my question is, have We As A Society not suffered enough
neutral · AI labelView post →If you loved The West Wing, you'll love Janel Moloney's beautiful writing about her work on the show on substack. If Janel had joined us in the writers room, the show would've been even better.
positive · AI labelView post →Someone should start mocking up a fake sitcom called the "Lopped Wing" (or something--get actually funny people to write it, which I'm not, and I also never watched the actual show the West Wing). Make it a funny comedy about what a corrupt motherfucker Trump is.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why more people aren't watching The Diplomat. It's such a satisfying old-school show, in the West Wing mold -- a completely engrossing political fantasy with real, fleshed-out characters & that old weekly-drama pace that I've really come to miss. And Kerri Russell *cooks*.
neutral · AI labelView post →I continue to find it fascinating how people continue to ascribe a political coherence on the West Wing that the show absolutely does not have!
negative · AI labelView post →Unproduced Trek show "The show would revolve around Archer’s time as president, with Sussman likening it to shows like The West Wing, Homeland, and The Diplomat."
neutral · AI labelView post →I think great literature and art needs to show unlikeable and messed up characters. I don’t want TV shows to all be The West Wing and Ted Lasso (although I lived both). But undoubtedly there are people for whom Walter White is a role model, and that’s troubling
neutral · AI labelView post →I swear no show can make me emotional cry like The West Wing.
positive · AI labelView post →#ProudBlue #MomSky Scaramucci just called Trump “The Wicked Witch of The West Wing.” Bahahahaha I’m watching The Don Lemon show on YouTube. I always enjoy it. Don holds no punches. They are ripping Trump right now over the tariffs. Scaramucci says it’s going to be disastrous.
neutral · AI labelView post →perhaps the purest expression of this ever is the 'your little brother is standing in the middle of Afghanistan' bit in STUDIO 60, a show which, ironically, is a much purer expression of bad politics than THE WEST WING.
neutral · AI labelView post →You know, someone else could make a show about politics that is not a reboot of The West Wing. Maybe someone whose approach to politics doesn’t include absolute devotion to a strategy that has never worked in anyone’s life.
neutral · AI labelView post →which show has done more lasting harm to society, 'The West Wing' or 'South Park'?
neutral · AI labelView post →The West Wing was a great, great show, but it damaged the political instincts of multiple generations of Americans, yes
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're a Dem trying to make sense of what the hell happened last week, this would be a GREAT time to give Dave Anthony's & my podcast The West Wing Thing a spin. We dissect every episode & lay out how its awful centrist politics helped bring us here today. Amazing guests, too shorturl.at/1UX9G
neutral · AI labelView post →Do NOT defend the West Wing in this dojo, that show was fan fiction for the most annoying political science majors alive
negative · AI labelView post →I mentioned that I'd starting watching the West Wing a while ago, and so here I am now, almost at the end of the second series, totally addicted. It is the comfortest of comfort viewing isn't it. I particularly like the screwball comedy vibe of some of it. The wisecracking flirtations.
positive · AI labelView post →Binging The West Wing at night, and then waking up to this clown show every morning makes me truly feel like we've skipped timelines.
positive · AI labelView post →A quarter-century after its premiere, “The West Wing” is a vastly more cynical show than many of its admirers remember, which is why it is also a more compelling work of art than many of its skeptics assume.
neutral · AI labelView post →It brings me no pleasure to report to you that Neal Katyal is working on a TV show that he's described as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court"
neutral · AI labelView post →If we think the show writers are too on the nose *now*, just IMAGINE viewing this wildly ambitious series exploring the Electra Complex, but with the benefit of hindsight. It'd be like watching The West Wing but oh hey, they let Salinger do the script on this one
neutral · AI labelView post →Max quietly, and without warning, removed The West Wing from its streaming service. It's now back, but yet another reminder of the importance of owning physical copies of anything that's really important to you. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm celebrating return today of The West Wing to Max after Warner Bros Discovery "mysteriously" removed the series. Hopefully, my views will help remind that company a sharp drama about an effective Democratic president doesn't need to be hidden away. loom.ly/7RQtQ_U
positive · AI labelView post →I guess I missed the episode of the West Wing where Leo sat down for a series of on the record interviews with Danny Concannon to slag off everyone in the White House.
neutral · AI labelView post →Never watched The West Wing when it was out. WOW what a show and how timely--even now. I just delude myself into saying: this is how the WH operates! YES!! LOL Netflix knew what it was doing when it put it on in rotation
positive · AI labelView post →Season One, Episode One. One of the many things I love about this show is that the characters have a less consistent left-right placement than the West Wing staffers in, say, 'Scandal'.
positive · AI labelView post →On a 2004 episode of The West Wing, the First Lady sets the record straight on the difference between the Sesame Street Muppets and the Muppet Show Muppets. Notably, Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet) and Lily Tomlin (Debbie Fiderer) have previous connections to both!
neutral · AI labelView post →And it's not even new, everyone's favorite discourse show The West Wing named an episode after this phenomenon in 2005!
neutral · AI labelView post →2026 I’m totally ready to start the content creator life fr Like Matt Santos’ wife said in the series finale of The West Wing - “Cmon, it’ll be an adventure.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Even better is watching a show fall through the floor - like (eg) The West Wing season 5, then get off the mat and actually get better. These days, nothing has time to get better, so we expect entropy by default.
neutral · AI labelView post →“I'm not a king, and I'm not sure the law should treat me like one.” -The West Wing: President Bartlet I know it’s a fictional show, but THIS is how a President of the United States should behave!
positive · AI labelView post →I will never join the people who dunk on The West Wing because 1) there have been worse crimes than being a little too wishcasty about politics and 2) Oliver Platt was absolutely in his bag on that show www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRB3...
positive · AI labelView post →Ooooh, gotta add this example. I usually show my students the Cartographers for Social Equality clip from The West Wing, which as a bonus explicitly addresses the relative size of Greenland… youtu.be/AMfXVWFBrVo?...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're a Republican? This clip should scare the SH** out of you - and not ONLY because they tried to basically kill this guy AND THEY MISSED 😅 and America LOVES a redeemed rich white son. But seriously I mean HOLY F*** it's like Taylor Sheridan wrote AND cast the sequel series to "THE WEST WING"
neutral · AI labelView post →If the West Wing has low ROI then that doesn't bode well for any other show. A hugely popular show with a lot of awards and name recognition....
neutral · AI labelView post →For the last two nights, I’ve been binge watching The West Wing. It’s my all-time favorite show. I even have all seven seasons on DVD. Just fantastic television!
positive · AI labelView post →It has happened before, it could happen again_ here, don't let it! VOTE BLUE on 11.03.2026 in: 43 days 1 month 13 days 6 weeks 1 day 1,032 hours “Decisions are made by those who show up.” - Aaron Sorkin, “The West Wing”
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The West Wing with grandma (I don’t love the series but let us watch in peace). Anyway, in season one Jed Bartlet gives a campaign speech where he talks about his Civil Procedure professor. The man did not go to law school. 🤨
neutral · AI labelView post →The West Wing discourse has ended up drowning out a show that was rarely as good as its champions claimed or as bad as its detractors argued but man, the run from 17 People to Two Cathedrals really is some of the best TV drama there is
neutral · AI labelView post →Dear Ed Zitron, I am writing to inform you about the Marketplace of Ideas. In this marketplace, you can win over the "Sam Altmans" of this world by meeting them somewhere in the middle. For a good example, I recommend the TV series "The West Wing."
neutral · AI labelView post →Rod, can we wake up and find ourselves in The West Wing series instead?
neutral · AI labelView post →if your gen X like me you drank from the hose and remember standing up and applauding when aaron sorkin solved racsim with a little show called the West Wing
positive · AI labelView post →A new series of 'The West Wing' could just be called 'The Wing'.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also every member of The West Wing cast and crew. My all-time favorite TV series (nudging out “Captain Kangeroo” when I was 5).
positive · AI labelView post →As enjoyable a show as The West Wing was, it's warped liberal and Democratic brains for 30 years because they see that everything eventually works out and the actual effort was so rarely ever part of the storyline.
negative · AI labelView post →Wholeheartedly agree. “The Newsroom” & “The West Wing” are my fav series. He does a very poignant and excellent explanation in an episode at the beginning of the series of “The Newsroom” of why America is NOT “great” and pretty much never has been and he’s is right on 🎯!
positive · AI labelView post →"this person seeking elected office would like to have more personal power" yes I imagine so. The West Wing is just a well-acted old TV show folks.
negative · AI labelView post →at last we have created "what if Democrats did West Wing speeches" from the famous show the West Wing
neutral · AI labelView post →Not to be all "the West Wing broke people's brains" but one of the core things of the first 2 and last 2 series was "the presidency is an 18 month term with an option for 18 months more."
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WEST WING, CLONE HIGH, MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS, KIDS IN THE HALL, CLERKS THE ANIMATED SERIES, THE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD, SEA LAB 2021, POLICE SQUAD!, FIREFLY
neutral · AI labelView post →You couldn’t make the show “The West Wing” today, because you would have to call it “The Only Wing.”
neutral · AI labelView post →I hate that I understood this perfectly Especially the West Wing. Peak Obamial Civility Slop that show was
negative · AI labelView post →We need to do an in-depth study into what, exactly, The West Wing TV show did to the brains of every late gen x-er and early millennial
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump invokes “The West Wing” (the fictional TV show) to seemingly justify his latest strikes on Iran.
neutral · AI labelView post →we tried cosplaying The West Wing and it didn't work. it's a television show. get over it
negative · AI labelView post →My comfort show is The West Wing. The whole damn world is on fire, so I want to pretend it's like The West Wing. That is all.
positive · AI labelView post →The West Wing is probably the worst show I still think is mostly a good show
neutral · AI labelView post →
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