A critique of the television show "The West Wing". Classifies the show as a melodrama with discussion of the genre.

The West Wing The show that I have chosen to critique is The West Wing, which is shown on NBC, Wednesdays at 9:00. The first episode that I watched is called Hartsfield's Landing. It broadcasted on Wednesday, February 27 2002. The West Wing was created by producers Aaron Sorkin ("A Few Good Men"), Thomas Schlamme ("Tracey Takes On") and John Wells ("ER"). This episode was directed by Vincent Misiano. It stars Rob Lowe ("St. Elmo's Fire"), Dule Hill, …

…and tragedy, The West Wing has a good mix of several genres and it results in some entertaining, unpredictable, and thought-provoking episodes. Bibliography Creeber, Glen. "The Television Genre Book". British Film Institute. June 2001. Issac, Steven. "The West Wing". Plugged In Magazine. November 2000. Mullen, Mark. "Sympathetic Vibrations: The Politics of Antebellum Melodrama." University of California, Irvine. November 1998. Neale, Steve. "Melodrama and Tears". Screen 27, 6 (1986), pp. 6-23. The West Wing official website. http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/westwingtv/