“Idealism was the sex of ‘The West Wing,’ an élan vital that drove even small-minded people to mad acts of ethics,” writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times (reg. req’d). “It was the most romantic show on television.”
Being slow to catch on to new trends, I missed the show’s first two and a half seasons, so I still have plenty of catching up to do even if the show takes a dive next year — but what I really want to know is whether “West Wing” Watch will be just as good if the show trades in idealism for conventional TV snogging.