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The West Wing
Season 6
DVD box cover. Cast from left to right:
Sen. Vinick, President Bartlet, and Rep. Santos.
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseOctober 20, 2004 (2004-10-20) –
April 6, 2005 (2005-04-06)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The sixth season of the American political drama television series The West Wing aired in the United States on NBC from October 20, 2004 to April 6, 2005 and consisted of 22 episodes.[1][2]

Crew

The season was produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.[3] The executive producers were the production company's namesake and founder John Wells, Christopher Misiano and Alex Graves – Llewellyn Wells (who left the show), Misiano and Graves had previously been co-executive producers in season five.[4] Carol Flint, Peter Noah and John Sacret Young were supervising producers, and Eli Attie, Kristin Harms, Michael Hissrich and Andrew Stearn were producers.[3][4] The West Wing was created by Aaron Sorkin. For the sixth season, regular staff writers were Wells, Flint, Noah, Young, Attie, Debora Cahn, Josh Singer, and former Democratic chief of staff on the Senate Committee on Finance, Lawrence O'Donnell.[5] Cast member Bradley Whitford wrote his first episode of the series. The regular directors were Misiano and Graves, while cast member Richard Schiff directed his second episode of the series.

Cast

The sixth season had star billing for twelve major roles, with nine of these were filled by returning main cast members from the fifth season. Martin Sheen receives the "and" credit for his role as President Josiah Bartlet, while Jimmy Smits receives a "with" credit for the episodes in which he appears. The rest of the ensemble are credited alphabetically, while Smits, Alda and Channing are only credited for the episodes in which he or she appears.

Main cast

Recurring cast

Characters that returned in recurring roles were Gary Cole as Vice President Bob Russell, Tim Matheson as former Vice President John Hoynes and Mark Feuerstein as Senate Majority Counsel Clifford Calley.[6][7] Roger Rees as British ambassador Lord John Marbury also returned for one episode.[6] Kristin Chenoweth joined the recurring cast as Annabeth Schott, a former feature writer who becomes Deputy Press Secretary.[6][8][9] Recurring guest-star Ed O'Neill played Governor Eric Baker with Mel Harris (as Senator Rafferty) and Christopher Lloyd (portraying the real-life Lawrence Lessig) also guest-starring in one episode each.[6] Actors who left the cast include John Amos as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Percy Fitzwallace who was killed in the penultimate episode of the previous season,[10] Jesse Bradford as intern Ryan Pierce[11] and Michael Hyatt as legislative affairs advisor Angela Blake.[12]

Awards and nominations

The season was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 without any wins. The show was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series for the sixth year running. Alan Alda, as Senator Vinnick, and Stockard Channing, as Abigail Bartlet were nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series respectively.[4] Alex Graves was nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series and production sound mixer Patrick Hanson and re-recording mixers Dan Hiland and Gary D. Rogers were nominated in the Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series category, both for the episode "2162 Votes".[4][13] "2162 Votes" also got Hanson, Hiland and Rogers a Cinema Audio Society Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series.[14] The show received a nomination in the Dramatic Series category and Carol Flint received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination in the Episodic Drama category for "A Good Day".[15] Allison Janney, as C. J. Cregg, was nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the whole ensemble for the Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series award.[16] John Wells won the Humanitas Prize in the 60-minute category for "NSF Thurmont".[17] At the Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony in 2005, the show was nominated for the Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award – Episodic Drama.[18] Seth Adkins, as Cody Zucker, was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama) – Guest Starring Young Actor category.[19] Composer W. G. "Snuffy" Walden was awarded a BMI Television Award for his work on the show.[20] The season won two Imagen Awards, a Latino awards ceremony, with the submitted work "La Palabra". Executive producers John Wells, Christopher Misiano, Alex Graves, Director Jason Ensler, writer Eli Attie, and the executive producers won Best Primetime Series and Jimmy Smits (as Matt Santos) won Best Actor in Television.[21]

Plot

The sixth season opens with the Israeli and Palestinian delegations arriving at Camp David for peace talks. Despite problems at the summit, a deal is thrashed out by President Bartlet, but not before he fires Leo as chief of staff. Leo suffers a heart attack in the aftermath, leading to a re-shuffle of the White House staff. CJ Cregg becomes chief of staff but she finds it difficult to adapt, a fact not helped by the President's MS and the interference from the First Lady. Away from the White House, Josh convinces Texas Congressman Matt Santos to run for president, and after a shaky start, he finds himself in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination with Vice President Russell and former Vice President Hoynes. While the Republican primaries provide a clear winner in California Senator Arnold Vinick, the Democratic ticket is not finalized until the Democratic National Convention, at which Santos is chosen as presidential nominee, with Leo McGarry as his running mate. Meanwhile, someone at the White House has leaked national security information to reporter Greg Brock.

Episodes

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1111"NSF Thurmont"Alex GravesJohn WellsOctober 20, 2004 (2004-10-20)2T500112.27[22]
1122"The Birnam Wood"Alex GravesJohn WellsOctober 27, 2004 (2004-10-27)2T500212.07[23]
1133"Third-Day Story"Christopher MisianoEli AttieNovember 3, 2004 (2004-11-03)2T500313.82[24]
1144"Liftoff"Alex GravesDebora CahnNovember 10, 2004 (2004-11-10)2T500415.26[25]
1155"The Hubbert Peak"Julie HébertPeter NoahNovember 17, 2004 (2004-11-17)2T500512.41[26]
1166"The Dover Test"Laura InnesCarol FlintNovember 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)2T500611.76[27]
1177"A Change Is Gonna Come"Vincent MisianoTeleplay: John Sacret Young & Josh Singer
Story: John Sacret Young		December 1, 2004 (2004-12-01)2T500713.28[28]
1188"In the Room"Alex GravesLawrence O'Donnell, Jr.December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08)2T500812.33[29]
1199"Impact Winter"Lesli Linka GlatterDebora CahnDecember 15, 2004 (2004-12-15)2T500912.53[30]
12010"Faith Based Initiative"Christopher MisianoBradley WhitfordJanuary 5, 2005 (2005-01-05)2T501011.74[31]
12111"Opposition Research"Christopher MisianoEli AttieJanuary 12, 2005 (2005-01-12)2T501111.88[32]
12212"365 Days"Andrew BernsteinMark GoffmanJanuary 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)2T501210.92[33]
12313"King Corn"Alex GravesJohn WellsJanuary 26, 2005 (2005-01-26)2T501310.69[34]
12414"The Wake Up Call"Laura InnesJosh SingerFebruary 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)2T50149.62[35]
12515"Freedonia"Christopher MisianoEli AttieFebruary 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)2T501510.17[36]
12616"Drought Conditions"Alex GravesDebora CahnFebruary 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)2T50169.93[37]
12717"A Good Day"Richard SchiffCarol FlintMarch 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)2T501710.66[38]
12818"La Palabra"Jason EnslerEli AttieMarch 9, 2005 (2005-03-09)2T501810.10[39]
12919"Ninety Miles Away"Rod HolcombJohn Sacret YoungMarch 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)2T50199.75[40]
13020"In God We Trust"Christopher MisianoLawrence O'Donnell, Jr.March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)2T50208.96[41]
13121"Things Fall Apart"Nelson McCormickPeter NoahMarch 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)2T50219.88[42]
13222"2162 Votes"Alex GravesJohn WellsApril 6, 2005 (2005-04-06)2T502211.62[43]

DVD release

The DVD release of season six was released by Warner Bros. first in the UK on September 26, 2005 and then in the US on May 9, 2006, after the season had completed broadcasting on television. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release features bonus material including audio commentary on three episodes from directors and writers, and a documentary on Allison Janney's portrayal of C. J. Cregg.[44][45]

The West Wing: The Complete Sixth Season
Set details[44] Special features[45]
  • Audio Commentary:
    • "King Corn" by John Wells and Alex Graves
    • "In God We Trust" by Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. and Christopher Misiano
    • "2162 Votes" by John Wells and Alex Graves
  • Featurettes:
    • C. J. Cregg: From Press Secretary to Chief of Staff
    • Easter Egg – A Conversation with John Spencer
Release dates[44][46][47]
 United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia
May 9, 2006 September 26, 2005 May 2, 2007

All episodes from the season are available to purchase and download through Warner Bros. Studio online store,[44] to registered users of iTunes Stores in certain countries,[48][49][50][51] and in the US through Amazon Video on Demand.[52] In Canada, the sixth season was simulcast on CTV.[2] In the United Kingdom the series was moved from E4 to Fridays at 9:00 p.m. on sister-station More4 with the season premiering in October 2005.[53]

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General references

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