September 2011
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HBO orders Aaron Sorkin drama about cable news →
HBO has ordered Aaron Sorkin’s untitled drama series about cable news to series, premiere date TBD.  The project features an impressive cast, including Jeff Daniels as the anchor, Emily Mortimer as his new producer, Alison Pill, Olivia Munn and Dev Patel as newsroom staffers and Sam Waterston as the wise boss. (Looking at this from a distance, the Sorkin shorthand seems as follows: Daniels...
Sep 8th
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June 2011
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“You know, you insist that government is depraved for not legislating against what we can see on the newsstands or what we can see in an art exhibit or what we can burn in protest or which sex we’re allowed to have sex with or a woman’s right to choose. But don’t you dare try to regulate this deadly weapon I have concealed on me, for that would encroach against my...
Jun 3rd
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Jun 2nd
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“I studied a lot in school. I studied hard in high school and at Harvard and in...”
– Josh, The West Wing (via thepuckaliarcall)
Jun 2nd
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Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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Exclusive: Law & Order Vet Sam Waterston Joins... →
In what would mark his first major TV role since Law & Order signed off in 2010, Sam Waterston has joined the cast of the tentatively-titled More As This Story Develops, Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama pilot set behind the scenes at a cable news network.  The much-buzzed-about project — exec produced by Sorkin and Scott Rudin — stars Jeff Daniels as Will McCallister, the host of a popular cable...
Jun 1st
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May 2011
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Studio 60- 1x10 B-12 Harriet can’t tell a joke
May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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“They forgot to bring the funny.”
– Joshua Lyman (via thescreamingofthelambs)
May 14th
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I need someone to play the West Wing drinking game...
thescreamingofthelambs: Take one sip For each sighting of a blue folder. Two sips if Josh has it rolled up. For each use of the word “thing.” At the start and finish of each pedeconference. Whenever Latin is spoken. Every time someone bellows their assistant’s name. For each “What’s next?” Every time someone quotes the Constitution. Whenever someone is wearing one of the visitor’s...
May 14th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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Vulture breaks down the Aaron Sorkin hallmarks in... →
May 13th
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My feel-good movie of the night
thenewnovel: Sydney Ellen Wade: Two hundred pairs of eyes are focused on you with two questions on their minds: who’s this girl, and why is the President dancing with her?  President Andrew Shephard: Well, first of all, the two hundred pairs of eyes aren’t focused on me. They’re focused on you. And the answers are Sydney Ellen Wade, and because she said yes.
May 13th
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“The trick is to follow the rules of classic storytelling. Drama is basically...”
– Aaron Sorkin (via airplanedream)
May 12th
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Sports night is watch instantly on Netflix
britfost642: O___O
May 12th
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May 12th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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i see
JOSH: Charlie, I've got some questions here for you from the Council's office, as well as the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Internal Security. These questions are all routine, there's no cause for concern. Ready?
CHARLIE: Mr Lyman--
JOSH: 'Have you ever tried to overthrow the government?'
CHARLIE: Is it because the messenger job is not available anymore? Because maybe if I came back at a different time.
JOSH: Charlie, this job's actually better than the messenger job. It pays more, you don't have to ride around town on a bicycle and instead of being a messenger, you get to be personal aide to the President.
May 31st
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May 30th
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May 30th
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submitted by sarahboo21: Studio 60- 1x17 The Disaster Show
May 29th
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The Josiah Bartlet Contagion
dooeypig: As I watch and re-watch The West Wing, I’m struck by how some of the President’s quotes are only reasonable coming out of Martin Sheen’s mouth on the gorgeous West Wing sets. In any other context I imagine they’d pretty much make a person look like a douche. Knowing this, I find myself desperately wanting to drop his lines in at random moments in my own life. I would deliver them...
May 29th
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kosmokrator: Aaron Sorkin’s reply to Kristin... →
Boycott In Touch and Us Weekly and Brangelina Daily and every other piece of crap that makes us feel like we’re all sitting under hairdryers. Gay actors are in absolutely no danger of losing parts in Broadway shows, so if it were me, I’d re-direct my anger to the real problem. The…
May 29th
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May 28th
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The Aaron Sorkin trademark of showing two...
foggymornings: MINDBLOWN.
May 28th
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“Dan: You can have my first-born son, just take tomorrow night’s show. ...”
– Sports Night (via dodgergirl)
May 28th
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“The volcanic eruption of tabloids, Internet insanity and — you better believe it...”
– Aaron Sorkin: Now That You Mention It, Rock Hudson Did Seem Gay (via consequencefree)
May 27th
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submitted by sarahboo21: Studio 60-1x09 The Option Period one of my favorite Matt & Danny moments
May 27th
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“Fifty buck crime. I honestly don’t know what the hell we’re doing...”
May 27th
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May 26th
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does anyone have a cigarette?
BARTLET: This other plan...
FITZWALLACE: Pericles One.
BARTLET: Pericles One. No civilian causalities?
FITZWALLACE: We can't promise that.
BARTLET: But you're as certain as you can be?
FITZWALLACE: Yes, sir.
BARTLET: And what are the military implications?
OFFICER: We'll cripple both their intelligence network and their surface to air strike capabilities.
BARTLET: Very well. [beat] How does this work?
FITZWALLACE: You give me the go order, sir.
May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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“There’s a delegation of cardiologists having their pictures taken in the...”
May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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well, see, i came here for a messenger job
JOSH: Why aren't you in college?
CHARLIE: Well, uh...
JOSH: These transcripts. Your grades are better than mine.
CHARLIE: Mr Lyman.
JOSH: Well, no, not really, but they're close.
CHARLIE: It was an easy school.
JOSH: No, come on, I'm looking at recommendations from guidance counselors, I'm looking at ACT scores. You didn't want to go to college?
CHARLIE: Well, I have a little sister at home.
JOSH: You take care of her?
CHARLIE: Yes, sir.
JOSH: Your parents are gone?
CHARLIE: My mom, she's a police officer. She was shot and killed on duty a few months ago. Five months ago.
May 25th
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fyi
Thank you to all you lovely Tumblrites following fuckyeahsorkinese! I’m sorry the updates haven’t been fast and furious. The original plan was to tumbl an episode a week of West Wing and then move on to some of the other Sorkinese greats, but that’s obviously not happened. Starting today, I’m going to also reblog some of the awesome West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60...
May 25th
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