TV Guide: Aaron Sorkin

Listing: Manchester

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 11 08:00 AM BRAVO President Bartlet wastes no time making his reelection intentions clear (not surprisingly, it's the first question at the press conference that follows his MS disclosure). But everyone knows that his predicament will make the campaign no piece of cake. Adding to Bartlet's problems is Abbey's reaction to his decision, not to mention Haiti's obstreperous dictator. Meanwhile, the White House press corps is making life particularly miserable for C.J. Babish: Oliver Platt. Nancy: Anna Deavere Smith.

Listing: Two Cathedrals

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 09:00 AM BRAVO The Administration prepares for the storm of its life. Indeed, a tropical storm is bearing down on Washington on the day the President is to disclose that he has MS and has been lying about it for eight years. Bartlet is distracted by Mrs. Landingham's death, but staffers are all business as they deal with Congressional Democrats, party officials and network execs. And they must fashion answers to likely press-conference questions. The one that concerns them most: Will Bartlet seek reelection?

Listing: 18th and Potomac

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 08:00 AM BRAVO With disastrous hypothetical polling numbers from Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin) in hand, staffers prepare to announce the President's condition. But first, both Sam and Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) question the First Lady (Stockard Channing) about the matter. Meanwhile, a crisis erupts in Haiti; Josh deals with Democratic senators who are less than enthusiastic about the Government's tobacco-industry suit; and male staffers can't help but give Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) car-buying advice.

Listing: The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 09:00 AM BRAVO White House counsel Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) menacingly questions C.J. and Abbey (Stockard Channing) about the President's MS cover-up. And Josh enlists Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin) to take a hush-hush poll on it. Meanwhile, new estimates project a smaller-than-expected budget surplus---and that cheers staffers; and a Chinese satellite has fallen out of its orbit and is hurtling to earth at 2000 mph, and no one's concerned but Donna (Janel Moloney). Ed: Peter James Smith. Larry: William Duffy.

Listing: Bad Moon Rising

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 08:00 AM BRAVO Bartlet decides that he needs an opinion from White House counsel Oliver Babish on whether his MS deception constituted a criminal conspiracy; an oil spill off the Delaware coast hits home to Sam; Josh heads up a White House team dealing with a Mexican economic crisis (and bickers with Donna about it); and Toby's on the rampage because of a press leak about a possible change in the President's position on school vouchers. Ainsley Hayes: Emily Procter. Emily Lowenbrau: Jacqueline Kim.

Listing: 17 People

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 09:00 AM BRAVO Toby puts two and two together and finds out about the President's "thing" (his multiple sclerosis). Then he challenges him on it---forcefully. Also challenging Bartlet is a terrorist threat, and he must decide whether to beef up security at U.S. airports. Meanwhile, staffers struggle to punch up a speech the President is to give at the White House Correspondents Dinner ("It's not funny," Leo sniffs); Josh and Donna bicker over their "anniversary"; and Sam and Ainsley bicker over the ERA.

Listing: The Stackhouse Filibuster

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 08:00 AM BRAVO Staffers (most of whom have weekend plans) are blindsided when an elderly senator (George Coe) begins a Friday-night filibuster on a bill they had thought was a done deal. Meanwhile, Toby is puzzled when the Vice President, normally a champion of the oil industry, volunteers to attack it for "price gouging." And C.J. fears that the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bast has cursed her because she accidentally broke a Bast statuette that had been given to the President on a visit to Cairo.

Listing: The American President

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:30:00 -0500

Sat Dec 5 09:30 AM HBO2e

Listing: Charlie Wilson's War

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:15:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 05:15 PM MOMAXe

Listing: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 3 09:00 AM BRAVO It's "Big Block of Cheese" Day, which means that Leo sends grumbling staffers to meet with organizations who are not usually heard from at the White House. Toby, for instance, meets with World Bank protesters while C.J.'s assignment is the Cartographers for Social Equality. Meanwhile, a friend of Donna's (Jolie Jenkins) asks Sam to pursue a pardon for her grandfather, a White House staffer in the '40s who was convicted of perjury in a McCarthy-era spy case and died in prison.

Listing: Ellie

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 3 08:00 AM BRAVO The President returns from Japan to learn that his Surgeon General (Mary Kay Place) has said some things about marijuana that might prove troublesome. Then his daughter Ellie, a medical student, says something about the controversy to reporter Danny Concannon. Meanwhile, Charlie's choice of a movie for the President to watch proves controversial, too. And Toby tries to enlist his ex-wife, a Congresswoman, in his effort to make peace with liberal Democrats over the Social Security flap.

Listing: The War at Home

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 2 09:00 AM BRAVO The crisis over the missing DEA agents in Colombia intensifies, and the fallout from the State of the Union Address isn't so good, either. For starters, a liberal senator (Ed Begley Jr.) is upset about the speech's Social Security suggestions. It doesn't look like the flap over the brutality accusation against the police officer Bartlet cited in the speech is going to go away quickly. And Joey Lucas's polling numbers are discouraging. (Or are they?) Meanwhile, Abbey (Stockard Channing) doesn't like the White House atmosphere. Joey: Marlee Matlin.

Listing: Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 2 08:00 AM BRAVO It's State of the Union night and West Wing staffers are basking in the address's glow, but Abbey (Stockard Channing) has problems with its tone. Another distraction: guerrillas have captured five DEA agents in Colombia. And it turns out that a cop Bartlet cited in the speech has a controversial incident on his record. Meanwhile, Josh can't get numbers from White House pollster Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin). And Donna is pestering Josh to ask Joey for a date. Shallick: Corbin Bernsen.

Listing: The Drop-in

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 09:00 AM BRAVO Lord John Marbury (Roger Rees), a friend of the President's (and a royal pain in Leo's neck), is appointed Britain's ambassador to the U.S.; Toby and Sam wrangle over an address the President is to give to an environmental group; Leo tries (with no success) to get the President interested in a missile-defense system; and C.J. is enlisted to ask a controversial comedian (Rocky Carroll) to decline an invitation to perform at a dinner the President is to attend.

Listing: The Leadership Breakfast

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 08:00 AM BRAVO With Congress reconvening, the White House is planning a “leadership breakfast.” But first, Toby must go over details with the Majority Leader's new Chief of Staff (Felicity Huffman). There are plenty of devils in those details---it seems that the Majority Leader has Presidential ambitions. Meanwhile, Sam wants to move the press corps to new quarters across the street; and Leo, Sam and Donna (in turn) embarrass themselves in front of an influential columnist. Rep. Shallick: Corbin Bernsen.

Listing: Noel

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 30 09:00 AM BRAVO It's the Christmas season at the White House but Josh isn't merry: he's rude to everyone, including the President---something that just isn't done. So Leo orders therapy. Meanwhile, C.J. takes interest when an elderly woman on a White House tour loses her composure at the sight of a painting. And the President decides that he wants to sign all his Christmas cards---well, maybe just 100,000 of them---personally. Stanley: Adam Arkin. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has a cameo.

Listing: Galileo

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 30 08:00 AM BRAVO Crises come in all shapes and sizes during one hectic day at the White House. The biggest fire to be put out is just that: it's in a Russian missile silo and the Russian government is covering it up. Other troubles range from a missing U.S. fighter plane to a news report that the President doesn't like green beans. Reese: John Carroll Lynch. Nadia Kozlowski: Charlotte Cornwell.

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, with consequences that reverberate throughout the world today. Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team with Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to bring George Crile's best-selling book to the screen. Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians. Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne

Video: Felicity Huffman

The Daily Show — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Felicity Huffman discusses the wonders of working with writing legends David Mamet, Stephen King and Aaron Sorkin. (3:57)

Video: Stall 60 on the Sunset Strip

IMDB Videos — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Aaron Sorkin's TV characters (The West Wing, Sports Night) are infamous for their preachy dialogue. So we preached back!

Video: Facebook: The Movie

G4 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Thanks to writer, Aaron Sorkin, one of the most popular social networks, Facebook is making its way to theaters. How will Sorkin translate the web culture phenom on the big screen? Kevin goes to Devin Faraci of CHUD for answers.

Video: A Few Good Men - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise star in the film version of A Few Good Men (1992) based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.

Video: 'Charlie Wilson's War' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Produced by Tom Hanks, written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Mike Nichols, this adaptation of George Crile III's incendiary bestseller tells the remarkable story of the Texas congressman whose efforts to prevent the Red Army from overtaking Afghanistan eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union while simultaneously fueling the rise of radical Islam. In the early 1980s, a hastily assembled army of Afghan "freedom fighters" achieved the remarkable feat of fending off Soviet invaders despite the fact that the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against them. At the time, Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a key member of the hugely powerful House Appropriations Committee. Illuminated to the specifics of this remarkable war by a high-profile Houston socialite, Wilson spearheaded an effort to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons and training to the Mujahideen with more than a little help from brilliant but prickly CIA operative Gust Avrokotos. - Jason Buchana

Video: 'Charlie Wilson's War' - Behind the Scenes - Clip No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Video: 'Charlie Wilson's War' - Clip No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Video: TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten

Fox — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Aaron Sorkin - Apple Tree’s Broadway opening night in New York City, December 14th, 2006

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Photo: Kristin Chenoweth and Aaron Sorkin - "RV" Los Angeles premiere, April 23, 2006

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Photo: Sandra Gabriele, Aaron Sorkin and Christina Carathanassis - The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22, 2003

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Photo: Aaron Sorkin - Hollywood Celebrity Families turn out to Celebrate Old Navy and P.S. Arts Partnership, September 30, 2001

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