Season 7, episode 7 of west wing the debate may be my. In a first for the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcasts a live episode featuring a tensionpacked debate between the two presidential candidates, congressman matt santos and senator arnold vinick. Although the show is called the west wing, richard schiff revealed that aaron sorkins plan for the rebooted series will probably be set mostly outside of. I have enjoyed immensely all 7 seasons of the west wing.
That sublime secondseason closer saw president bartlet reconsidering a second term while mourning his secretary, handling a crisis in haiti and. The west wings answer to the clintontrump debate the atlantic. Winning the emmy award for outstanding drama series four times, the west wing ventured where no other tv series had gone before. What did you think of the live the west wing debate. Santos and vinick battle it out in prime time live. Forrest sawyer the moderator poses questions and attempts. All the presidents martin sheen men and women scramble in the chaotic wake of an assassination attempt that leaves some victims fighting for their lives. The opening scene from season 7 episode 1 titled the ticket. I love a good debate, and i always get frustrated when the candidates in the real debates never stray from their rehashed stump speeches. From the consequences of bartlets choice to seaborn going up from deputy director of white house communications to reconciliation between ziegler and an estranged family member. The west wing before 24 and rescue me afterwards result in 24 not seeming as must see as it once was. Season 7, episode 7 of west wing the debate may be my favorite episode of tv. The episode is so convinced of its own moral clarity as to be blithelyand, really, absurdlysmug. Two live versions were telecast, one for the east coast and another for the west coast.
The debate west coast series 7, episode 7 unrated cc hd cc sd. This brilliantly acted series that won 26 emmys was voted the no. Two versions, one for the east coast and one for the west coast aired, moderated by forrest sawyer and hosted by ellen degeneres. The west wings answer to the clintontrump debate the. Mcgarrys character, a former secretary of labor, begins the series as the white house chief of staff. The debate west coast in a first for the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcasts a live episode featuring a tensionpacked debate between the two presidential candidates, congressman matt santos and senator arnold vinick.
In a first for nbcs the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcast a live episode featuring a debate between presidential candidates congressman matt santos and senator arnold vinick two live versions were telecast, one for the east coast and another for the west coast. While santos and his winning camp nervously gear up for the inauguration, outgoing president bartlet, c. In a first for the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcasts a live episode featuring a tensionpacked debate between the two presidential. In a first for the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcasts a live. In a first for nbcs the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcast a live episode featuring a debate between presidential candidates congressman matt santos and senator arnold vinick. I find the series fast moving, amusing and instructive. The series is set primarily in the west wing of the white house, where the oval office and offices of presidential senior staff are located, during the fictitious democratic administration of josiah bartlet.
This entry was posted in the west wing and tagged mark watches the west wing. I had found the live debate episode to be very entertaining. This is the first and only tww episode to be broadcast live in usa, last june, and involves a presidential debate. Experience all the crises, triumphs, lofty idealism and hard realities of the acclaimed series in the complete west wing. The west wing was always careful to avoid actual political issues, happy to exist in its own parallel universe. Watch the west wing online stream seasons 17 now stan. It was a bold gambit, but one that paid off handsomely, turning a horribly staid program into something that actually approached the old energy that used to roll off it effortlessly. In the series finale, the bartlet administration prepares to leave the west wing. In a first for nbcs the west wing, the emmy awardwinning series broadcast a live episode featuring a. Still, all 3 are great programmes and make for excellent viewing on sunday nights. The west wing season 7 the seventh and final season of the american political drama television series the west wing aired in the united states on nbc from september 25, 2005 to may 14, 2006 and consisted of 22 episodes. The west wing is an american serial political drama television series created by aaron sorkin that was originally broadcast on nbc from september 22, 1999, to may 14, 2006. What startled most about the live debate between alan alda and jimmy smits on the november 6 episode of the west wing was not that the fictitious presidential candidates differed in gritty.
Leo thomas mcgarry is a fictional character played by american actor john spencer on the television serial drama the west wing. A west wing reboot is definitely in the talks, with one. As its name suggest, the series is set in the west wing of the white house, where the senior staff of the president works and many important decisions are. Prep room evening vinick is getting ready for the debate. It is literally a passionate debate between two sides. A live debate between santos and vinick, performed once for the east coast and once for the west. Senator vinick and congressman santos hold their one live debate, moderated loosely by forrest sawyer.
The second level of quality, for me, was the debate itself. This was, without a doubt, one of the best episodes in the entire series. Watch the west wing s07e07 the debate dawsons creek on dailymotion. Greene and efx mixer andrew strauber won the award for outstanding multicamera sound mixing for a series or special for the debate. Arnold vinick, a republican senator from california, and matthew santos, a threeterm houston democratic congressman. The west wing series 7 episode 7 the debate no spoilers. After losing track of what made the characters of the west wing so memorable, john wells found a way to fix the show. This episode will feature a live debate between santos and vinick. The west wing has always been a great show examining a vast array of political issues while remaining fair to both democrats and republicans. Colliders own adam chitwood and matt goldberg rank the top 15 episodes of the west wing, one of the best series in the history of television.
The current governors race in new jersey is a perfect example. The west wing blends drama with reality in this groundbreaking documentary episode featuring interviews with expresidents and white house figures. It really showed the caliber of acting that alda and smitts have. The meanders of american politics are intriguing and i have had to look up some of the issues and words used. We hear forrest sawyer, the debate moderator, speaking to the audience. Santos and vinick go headtohead in a live, primetime debate. In the west wings debate episode, politics is a game.
What the debate also does, though, is to take the west wing to peak partisan porn. Oddly enough, its ratings and its creative juices both perked up last season for the first time in the postsorkin era, when the action moved out of. A popular political drama that ran for seven seasons, the west wing follows president jed bartlet and his administration. The west wing vs house of cards the west wing nbc, 19992006 is the first extremely successful tv series that dealt with the issue of us presidency. The west wing ventured where no other tv series had gone before. Greene and efx mixer andrew strauber won the award for outstanding multi camera sound mixing for a series or special for the debate. The west wing season 7 episode 7 the debate watch on kodi.