Long-running TV shows rarely get their endings just right, especially when expectations are high, but this noughties drama had the perfect finish.

Please read this as the compliment with which it is written: American politics have never felt cozier than in the halls of NBC’s “The West Wing.” Whereas most Americans today are rightfully cold and ...

The team behind NBC's upstart political drama didn't think the rookie show had a chance to win Best Drama Series in the age of The Sopranos. Instead, The West Wing became an Emmys juggernaut.