Aaron Sorkin, NBC open to West Wing revival.
NBC chairman tells West Wing creator he can revive the popular drama however he wishes.
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The West Wing could be the next series that is ripe for revival with creator Aaron Sorkin revealing that NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt has expressed an interest in another series.
“‘I want you to do The West Wing again in some form,’” Sorkin recalled him saying. “‘You can do it for 9 episodes, 13 episodes. You do it with a different cast, the same cast.’”
Sorkin added: “Incredibly, the show has a legacy. The last thing I would want to do is harm that, so if I can come up with an idea that doesn’t feel like A Very Brady Christmas, if I can come up with an idea that works, then yeah.”
In 2017 he mused on a new West Wing telling the Hollywood Reporter, “Sterling K Brown as the president, and there’s some kind of jam, an emergency, a very delicate situation involving the threat of war or something, and [President] Bartlet [played by Martin Sheen], long since retired, is consulted in the way that Bill Clinton used to consult with Nixon.”
The series ran from 1999 to 2006, and won 26 Emmy Awards.
Source: Radio Times
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Nothing can match the current horror show of the Trump maladministration-one often hears the phrase “You can’t make this stuff up…” but now any scripted show would seem tame and redundant.
Santos would have finished his term now. Lets see Josh move into the big chair!
CJ
But the reality in US politics would be that Santos’ and Bartlett’s party would be in opposition now. There’s your story.
I’d rather they didn’t try and reboot it but if it happens, it should be with a different cast and only guest spots from past characters.
Would love to see this make a comeback. One of my all time favourite shows. As long as they don’t butcher it.