The West Wing
American political drama television series
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| 2025 | Janel Moloney started a Substack newsletter about her memories of being on The West Wing. |
| January 2025 | After removal from Max, the series topped iTunes show purchase rankings. |
| January 8 2025 | The West Wing was restored to the Max streaming platform after a brief removal. |
| 2024 | Cast members participated in events at the Skirball Cultural Center, Warner Bros., and Sixth & I Historic Synagogue for the show's 25th anniversary and book release. |
| 2024 | Vulture published a ranking of all series episodes, with the season 2 finale 'Two Cathedrals' taking the top spot out of 150 episodes. |
| 2024 | The Paley Center for Media in New York hosted an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the show's premiere. |
| December 2024 | The show was removed from the Max streaming service in the United States. |
| October 1 2024 | Complete series released on Blu-ray format. |
| September 2024 | Fitzgerald, McCormack, and Martin Sheen appeared on The View to discuss their book. |
| September 2024 | Cast members and producers were invited to the White House, met President Joe Biden, and participated in an outdoor anniversary celebration with First Lady Jill Biden. |
| September 2024 | Cast members reunited at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards to stress the importance of voting and announce the Outstanding Drama Series winner. |
| August 2024 | Fitzgerald, McCormack, and Martin Sheen appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss their book. |
| August 13 2024 | Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack released their co-authored book 'What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service'. |
| 2023 | Rotten Tomatoes critics ranked The West Wing number 20 in their ranking of the 'Best TV Shows of the Last 25 Years'. |
| November 2022 | HLN aired a marathon of The West Wing during the Thanksgiving holiday. |
| 2021 | Cast members reunited virtually as part of the Stars in the House series. |
| 2021 | The New Jersey Globe announced a real-life Senate debate for the 16th legislative district between Michael Pappas and Andrew Zwicker, directly inspired by the debate format from 'The West Wing' episode, with a minimized moderator role. |
| 2021 | Thomas Schlamme was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the West Wing Special. |
| 2021 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote was nominated for the Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards in the Best Streaming Sketch Series, Variety Series, Talk Show or Comedy/Variety Special category. |
| 2021 | The special was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) category, with producers Casey Patterson, Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin, Rob Paine, and Brittany Mehmedovic recognized. |
| December 2020 | TNT reaired episodes of the show ahead of the US election and the show's launch on HBO Max. |
| October 27 2020 | HBO Max made the special freely viewable to non-subscribers until the end of 2020 to encourage voter engagement. |
| October 15 2020 | HBO Max released 'A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote', a reunion episode recreating the season 3 episode 'Hartsfield's Landing', filmed at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The special was produced to support voter participation efforts. |
| August 2020 | Cast members Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford, and Janel Moloney announced they would reprise their roles for a stage version of the 2002 'Hartsfield's Landing' episode to support When We All Vote. |
| 2019 | Sorkin marked the show's 20th anniversary at a Paley panel in New York following a screening of the episode 'Two Cathedrals'. |
| March 25 2019 | Screenwriters Josh Olson and Dave Anthony started The West Wing Thing podcast, which critically analyzes episodes of the series and their relationship to American political contexts. |
| September 28 2018 | 'West Wing Weekend' fan convention began at the Marriott Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, featuring cast appearances, panels, and special fan-based programming. The convention ran through September 30th. |
| January 4 2018 | A Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund the 'West Wing Weekend' fan convention, seeking $10,000 in total funding. |
| 2016 | Aaron Sorkin and the cast reunited to mark the 10th anniversary of the show's finale at the ATX Festival. |
| 2016 | Brian Lowry from Variety analyzed the episode in relation to the then-current Supreme Court nomination controversy, drawing parallels between the fictional narrative and real-world political negotiations. |
| March 2016 | The West Wing Weekly podcast launched by Hrishikesh Hirway and Joshua Malina, featuring discussions about each episode of The West Wing and interviews with cast and crew members. |
| April 2014 | Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff participated in a discussion with writer Eli Attie at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. |
| March 2014 | Cast members Bradley Whitford, Janel Moloney, and Richard Schiff participated in a Harvard Institute of Politics event discussing the show's impact with writer Lawrence O'Donnell. |
| 2013 | The show became available for streaming on Netflix. |
| 2011 | The New York Times reported that the Myanmar government used DVDs of The West Wing episodes to study democracy. |
| 2010 | Series first released in high-definition on streaming platforms Amazon Video and iTunes, with first two seasons remastered in 16:9 widescreen format. |
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