The West Wing (TV series)

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American television series political drama television series television series

The West Wing (TV series) is an American political drama that follows the inner workings and staff of a fictional U.S. presidential administration.

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All labels observed (35)

Label	Occurrences
The West Wing	172
The West Wing (TV series) canonical	6
The West Wing season 1	6
The West Wing season 7	6
The West Wing season 2	5
The West Wing season 3	4
The West Wing season 4	4
The West Wing season 6	4
NBC television series The West Wing	3
The West Wing season 5	3
The West Wing universe	3
The West Wing Season 6	2
The West Wing, season 1	2
"The West Wing"	1
"The West Wing" (guest appearance)	1
The West Wing (TV series, cinematography on episodes)	1
The West Wing (as next Aaron Sorkin TV series)	1
The West Wing (cast member)	1
The West Wing (season 2)	1
The West Wing Season 1	1
The West Wing Season 2	1
The West Wing Season 3	1
The West Wing Season 4	1
The West Wing Season 5	1
The West Wing Season 7	1
The West Wing episode "Bartlet for America"	1
The West Wing, Season 1	1
The West Wing, season 1, episode 1 "Pilot"	1
The West Wing, season 3	1
The West Wing, season 4	1
The West Wing, season 5	1
The West Wing, season 7	1
The West Wing: Documentary Special	1
West Wing	1
television series "The West Wing"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31513 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The West Wing (TV series)
Context triple: [West Wing, hasMediaRepresentation, The West Wing (TV series)]

A. West Wing
The West Wing is the section of the White House that houses the Oval Office and the primary offices of the President of the United States and senior staff.
B. Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
C. Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
D. Mr. Secretary
Mr. Secretary is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Defense.
E. White House
The White House is the official residence and primary workplace of the president of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The West Wing (TV series)
Target entity description: The West Wing (TV series) is an American political drama that follows the inner workings and staff of a fictional U.S. presidential administration.

A. West Wing
The West Wing is the section of the White House that houses the Oval Office and the primary offices of the President of the United States and senior staff.
B. Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
C. Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
D. Mr. Secretary
Mr. Secretary is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Defense.
E. White House
The White House is the official residence and primary workplace of the president of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television series ⓘ political drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
cameraSetup	single-camera ⓘ
composer	W. G. Snuffy Walden ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
depictsInstitution	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
depictsProcess	U.S. federal government policymaking ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution ⓘ linked to: Warner Bros. Television
episodeRuntime	approximately 42 minutes ⓘ
executiveProducer	Aaron Sorkin ⓘ John Wells ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
firstAired	1999-09-22 ⓘ
follows	fictional U.S. presidential administration ⓘ
genre	political drama ⓘ serial drama ⓘ
hasOnlinePlatform	streaming on various digital platforms ⓘ
hasSpinOff	The West Wing: Documentary Special ⓘ linked to: The West Wing (TV series)
lastAired	2006-05-14 ⓘ
mainCharacter	C. J. Cregg ⓘ Josh Lyman ⓘ Josiah Bartlet ⓘ Leo McGarry ⓘ Sam Seaborn ⓘ Toby Ziegler ⓘ
notableCastMember	Allison Janney ⓘ Bradley Whitford ⓘ Dulé Hill ⓘ Janel Moloney ⓘ John Spencer ⓘ Martin Sheen ⓘ Richard Schiff ⓘ Rob Lowe ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	155 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	7 ⓘ
openingTheme	The West Wing Theme ⓘ
originalChannel	NBC ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
portraysOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
productionCompany	John Wells Productions ⓘ Warner Bros. Television ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary era ⓘ
setting	Washington, D.C. ⓘ White House ⓘ

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Referenced by (242)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Wing → hasMediaRepresentation → The West Wing (TV series) ⓘ

The West Wing → hasSpinOff → The West Wing: Documentary Special ⓘ

subject linked to: The West Wing (TV series)