November 18<\/a>!
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Congratulations NBC. Just as I feared, you turned The West Wing<\/i> into ER<\/i>. You’ve got another show where the dialogue has no flourish but exists only to serve the plot; with anguished close-ups and spinning camera moves, and that ends with a montage set to a song on the soundtrack. Another hour-long drama that goes through the motions and is by the numbers. I hope you got what you wanted, and I’m even more pleased that all four years of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing<\/i> were honored with Emmys. Bring on November 18<\/a>!