The West Wing

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I seriously cannot stand all the characters on this show, yet I watch whenever I can.

I was hoping they would go with Alan Alda as President but it is pretty obvious it will be Jimmy Smits. I like him as well though.

[andyfox]

Yeah, I thought it would be great it they went with Alda, so they'd have a Republican after the Democrat years. But at Alda's age, Smits' TVQ must be much higher.

I think it's the best-written show ever on TV.

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Yeah, I thought it would be great it they went with Alda, so they'd have a Republican after the Democrat years.


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Pretty much my thoughts. They would have had more options story wise with a different polictical agenda but I think they were worried that a complete change of cast may alienate their audience.

As it stands now John and Leo are definently coming back. I would think the Donna - Josh story has more to tell as well. I'm not sure about the others. The new first lady is hot, which cool.

[blindu]

wrong

arrested developement.
the office

[Redmen62]

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arrested developement.
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Not in the same class.

[fluxrad]

Naw, I still think it's a tossup between Alda and Smits, plus they could still hire a couple of people back (like the new deputy Chief of Staff).

Either way, it's true. The West Wing is the best written show on TV.

[gumpzilla]

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Either way, it's true. The West Wing is the best written show on TV.

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I guess it depends on what your metric is. I've only watched one season (my roommate has the second season DVD set), but I always get the feeling the writers are trying a little too hard to educate me about various interesting statistics. That is, the dialogue feels a little stilted and unauthentic. I still like the show, though.

[RustedCorpse]

I thought his other one, Sports Night or something was pretty good too, worth buying on DVD.

[tj00]

This is the only show I watch every week. They need to regin in some of this over the top stuff (i.e. asteroids,Castro, military space shuttles). I think the election episodes are much better than the white house ones this season.

[ucfryan]

I watched it for the first time ever last Wednesday I guess it was and thought it was spectacular.