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Article: At the White House, Seeking True 'West'; Staffers Put NBC Series to the Test
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 24, 1999
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Let's see: NBC's hot new series features a White House full of
well-intentioned young aides who sometimes fall prey to self-
importance. Their personal lives are in chaos due to their frenetic
work paces and tangled romantic exploits. They spend lots of time
around reporters, usually trying to shoo them away from damaging
stories.
Hmmm . . . it does ring a vague bell.
The company line from people working on "West Wing"--which, with
16.9 million viewers Wednesday night, was NBC's best fall drama debut
since 1994--is that the show is not aiming to be a prime-time version
of life inside the Clinton White House. But the first episode was
replete with characters and plot devices--veiled to ...