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The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has said he is considering rebooting the show after celebrating its 25th anniversary at the White House.The political drama, ran between 1999 and 2006, focusing on the fictitious administration of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen).Last week the cast of the show reunited at the 76th Emmy Awards and Sorkin recently said that it would be “implausible” to make the Republican Party look “reasonable” if the show was made today.Now, after attending the White House on Friday (September 20) with Sheen and the rest of the show’s stars including Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Emily Procter, Melissa Fitzgerald, and Mary McCormack, he told Variety: “I didn’t think about it seriously, frankly, until today… We’ll see what happens when I wake up tomorrow. But, if you’re asking me now, this is how I feel.”He continued: “I just got a couple of ideas for episodes just walking around the White House.

visited the White House on Friday that he’s thinking about reviving the show.“If I had an idea, sure,” Sorkin, 63, told Variety. “I didn’t think about it seriously, frankly, until today… We’ll see what happens when I wake up tomorrow.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Aaron Sorkin was clearly moved on Friday during his visit to the White House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The West Wing” — so much so that it has him pondering a revival of the critically adored political drama. “If I had an idea, sure,” Sorkin told Variety afterward. “I didn’t think about it seriously, frankly, until today… We’ll see what happens when I wake up tomorrow.

First Lady Jill Biden will host a reunion of the cast of The West Wing at the White House on Friday afternoon.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Fresh off their reunion on Sunday night’s 76th Emmys, some of the key stars and producers from “The West Wing” are off to the White House for a celebration being thrown by First Lady Jill Biden. In honor of the 25th anniversary of Warner Bros. TV’s “The West Wing” (which premiered on September 22, 1999, on NBC), the Office of the First Lady will hold a White House event marking the occasion.

The West Wing cast reunited at the 76th Emmy Awards last night (September 15) ahead of the show’s 25th anniversary.Stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney and Richard Schiff appeared on a replica set of the Oval Office before presenting the Best Drama Series, which was won by Shōgun.During their segment, Janney also took a pop at the current state of politics as she said: “It’s hard to believe that 25 years ago, Aaron and the writers actually had to use their imaginations to create interesting plot lines for The West Wing.”Schiff added: “Unlike today, where story lines can be plucked right off the news, storylines that writers would have deemed a bit far-fetched, if not utterly ridiculous 25 years ago.”Full video of The West Wing Cast presenting at the 2024 Emmy Awards!#Emmys pic.twitter.com/ZaX09vS1Xj— Kenny (@kennysroys) September 16, 2024It comes 25 years after the show launched on NBC, on September 22, 1999. It ran for seven seasons.Earlier Bradley Whitford, who played Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, announced that he couldn’t be in attendance due to filming commitments.“It breaks my heart not to be able to be with my ‘West Wing’ family at the Emmys tonight or at the White House later this week to celebrate our 25th birthday, but I’m in Budapest on another White House set pretending to work for another administration.

Emmys 2024 ceremony had us screaming, “Bartlet for America!” “The West Wing” stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Richard Schiff, Janel Moloney took the Emmys stage to present the award for outstanding drama series. The cast began the segment huddle around the famed Resolute desk in a recreation of the Oval Office before celebrating the show’s 25th anniversary.

It was a tame throwback Sunday at the Emmy Awards tonight with blasts from the past taking center stage in a show seemingly longing for another era.

Jordan Moreau “The West Wing” cast members reunited on stage at the Emmys Sunday night in honor of the show’s 25th anniversary next week. Stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney and Richard Schiff were all on stage during the ceremony to present the award for best drama series. Although it was a brief segment, the cast appeared on a replica of the set.

When I interviewed Television Academy chairman Cris Abrego and president and CEO Maury McIntyre on Emmy nomination day, they indicated that despite low ratings for the star-studded 75th Emmys on Fox (delayed four months to January of this year), they were thrilled with its production and the nostalgia factor you probably could expect for such a major milestone year.

Aaron Sorkin says he’s often asked whether The West Wing could work today. His answer, for the most part, is yes: his present-day depiction of the White House, like the one he created 25 years ago, would still be idealistic and still feel completely aspirational.

The West Wing star Mary McCormack has revealed that a “very special” announcement about the show will be made next Wednesday, January 24.McCormack played Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper on the Emmy-winning political drama, which ran on NBC from 1999 to 2006.On her Instagram account, McCormack wrote: “Calling all #Wingnuts! West Wing fans – we have something very special in the works that we’ll be sharing with you next week, so stay tuned here for our big reveal on Jan. 24th.

The West Wing will be streaming on All4 from later this month.Aaron Sorkin’s political drama series, which ran on NBC from 1999 to 2006, focused on the lives of presidential senior staff in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office is located.Nick Lee, Head of Series Acquisitions for Channel 4, shared the news by nodding to the upcoming presidential election on November 3.

The West Wing will return next week for a one-off reunion special — check out the first trailer for the episode below.The return of the political series, which originally ran from 1999 to 2006, was confirmed back in August after the cast reunited earlier this year to look back on the show’s seven seasons on the air.A trailer for the reunion special, which will see the likes of Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford reprising their original roles, has now been released.Titled A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote, the special will see the cast running through the season three episode ‘Hartsfield’s Landing’ on the theatre stage.

The cast of The West Wing has reunited for a special that will debut on HBO Max next week, with weeks to go until the general election.