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Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“See the whole board,” a chess-instructing Martin Sheen’s President Josiah Bartlet tells Rob Lowe’s Sam Seaborn in HBO Max’s A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote.Originally uttered in 2002’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode of the multiple Emmy winning political drama, the Aaron Sorkin penned words hang heavy in the digital air during these final weeks before this year’s election.

Filmed in recent weeks at downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre, this newly visually streamlined version of “Hartsfield’s Landing” is a pretty easy sell that also provides a welcome relief and sobering reminder when language mattered and presidents were presidential, at least on network TV.

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‘Early Edition’ Reboot From Melissa Glenn & DeVon Franklin Lands Pilot Order At CBS

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09.02.2022 / 04:26

‘Licorice Pizza’, ‘West Side Story’, ‘Belfast’ Among Oscar Best Pic Nom Wide Expansions, But It’s Another Season Sans A Big Box Office Boost

Those theatrical motion picture studios earning Oscar Best Picture nominations today will put their best foot forward at the box office, and increase the cinema footprint of their contenders in an effort to capitalize on their success and raise the pics’ profiles.

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09.02.2022 / 04:26

Roselyn Sanchez & Eric Winter Ink Producing Deal With Kapital, Set ‘HSI: Puerto Rico’ Drama At CBS

EXCLUSIVE: Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter’s Two for the Road Entertainment has signed a deal with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The pact is strictly for producing as the husband-and-wife duo both are series regulars on ongoing shows, ABC’s The Rookie and Fox’s Fantasy Island, respectively.

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09.02.2022 / 04:25

Jane Campion On 12 Nominations For ‘The Power Of The Dog’ Almost 30 Years After Last Oscar Glory: “It’s A Comeback”

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09.02.2022 / 04:24

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09.02.2022 / 04:23

Buyers Circling Tom Hanks Comedy ‘A Man Called Otto’ On Eve Of Virtual EFM

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09.02.2022 / 04:21

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09.02.2022 / 04:05

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09.02.2022 / 04:05

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09.02.2022 / 04:05

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09.02.2022 / 03:49

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09.02.2022 / 03:49

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20.10.2020 / 20:35

Every episode of ‘The West Wing’ is coming to All4

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19.10.2020 / 21:04

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15.10.2020 / 20:51

West Wing cast reunite to encourage people to vote

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15.10.2020 / 19:58

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15.10.2020 / 19:54

NBC to Air President Trump's Town Hall at Same Time as Biden's Town Hall Despite Protests From Hollywood Stars

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15.10.2020 / 19:43

Sterling K. Brown, Chris Meloni, Sophia Bush, and More Stars Petition for NBC to Move Trump's Town Hall Timeslot

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15.10.2020 / 18:28

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15.10.2020 / 17:44

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14.10.2020 / 23:59

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14.10.2020 / 21:27

Creator Aaron Sorkin Hopes 'The West Wing' Special Will Drive Fans to the Polls (Exclusive)

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14.10.2020 / 21:26

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