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With President Joe Biden away from the White House, it was left Friday to another man with Oval Office experience to stand at the front of the Rose Garden and give a rousing call to service.Martin Sheen and others from the cast of “The West Wing,” the hit drama about a liberal president and his staff, were invited by first lady Jill Biden for an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the show.Sheen exhorted the crowd to find something worth fighting for, “something deeply personal and uncompromising, something that can unite the will of the spirit with the work of the flesh.”His voice and hands rose, his cadence matching perfectly that of President Jed Bartlet, the character Sheen played for seven seasons.“When we find that, we will discover fire for the second time, and then we will be able to help lift up this nation and all its people to that place where the heart is without fear, and their head is held high,” Sheen said.“The West Wing” remains a favorite of many who now work in Washington, both liberal and conservative. Among those spotted in the Rose Garden were House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Joe Walsh, once a tea party-aligned Illinois congressman who is now a sharp critic of former President Donald Trump and supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.Asked to name his favorite character, Walsh replied, “I’m partial to Martin Sheen because I want to be president one day.” (Walsh ran and lost a longshot Republican primary challenge to Trump in 2020.)It was clear in the speeches and the party’s touches that at least a few “West Wing” fans work in the White House.There was the US Marine Band playing the opening notes to the show’s theme as Biden and the cast walked out.

The West Wing cast reunited at the 76th Emmy Awards last night (September 15) ahead of the show’s 25th anniversary.Stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney and Richard Schiff appeared on a replica set of the Oval Office before presenting the Best Drama Series, which was won by Shōgun.During their segment, Janney also took a pop at the current state of politics as she said: “It’s hard to believe that 25 years ago, Aaron and the writers actually had to use their imaginations to create interesting plot lines for The West Wing.”Schiff added: “Unlike today, where story lines can be plucked right off the news, storylines that writers would have deemed a bit far-fetched, if not utterly ridiculous 25 years ago.”Full video of The West Wing Cast presenting at the 2024 Emmy Awards!#Emmys pic.twitter.com/ZaX09vS1Xj— Kenny (@kennysroys) September 16, 2024It comes 25 years after the show launched on NBC, on September 22, 1999. It ran for seven seasons.Earlier Bradley Whitford, who played Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, announced that he couldn’t be in attendance due to filming commitments.“It breaks my heart not to be able to be with my ‘West Wing’ family at the Emmys tonight or at the White House later this week to celebrate our 25th birthday, but I’m in Budapest on another White House set pretending to work for another administration.

As coronavirus cases continue to spike across the nation,Primetime Emmy-winning actorRichard Schiff has joined the growing list of famous faces to come down with the widespread virus.The West Wing actor, 65, tweeted Tuesday that both he and his wife Sheila Kelley, 59, are sick with COVID-19.'On Election Day I tested positive for Covid-19. This has been the most bizarre week of our lives,' he wrote.

NEW YORK – The stars of “The West Wing” are once again joining together, this time for a book about the award-winning White House television drama.

WEST Wing fans are convinced the show predicted coronavirus with a ‘chilling’ scene about global pandemics and failed vaccines. The hit NBC series aired from 1999 until 2006, and fans who are rewatching the show have been left freaked out by an episode from season five.