"The West Wing" The Debate (2005)

Director:

Alex Graves

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Lawrence O'Donnell (written by)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

6 November 2005 (Season 7, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A live debate between Santos and Vinick, performed once for the east coast and once for the west.

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Janeane Garofalo	...	Louise Thornton
Ron Silver	...	Bruno Gianelli
Teri Polo	...	Helen Santos
Patricia Richardson	...	Sheila Brooks
Forrest Sawyer	...	Himself - Moderator
Alan Alda	...	Senator Arnold Vinick
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Annabeth Schott (credit only)
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg (credit only)
Mary McCormack	...	Kate Harper (credit only)
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry (credit only)
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman (credit only)
Jimmy Smits	...	Congressman Matthew Santos
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (credit only)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

This is the first episode where no original cast members (people from the pilot) appeared. Only Alan Alda and Jimmy Smits appeared in this episode.