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The West Wing (1999)

Drama

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

IMDb rating
8.9 (101,262 votes)
Episode average
8.2 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Netflix · HBO Max
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

8.41 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 50 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 2,490 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 1,801 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,767 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,598 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,749 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 1,710 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 1,512 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 1,448 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 1,524 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 2,315 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 1,469 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 1,465 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 1,407 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 1,725 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 1,714 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 1,368 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 1,303 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 1,367 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 1,568 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 1,314 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 1,338 votesEp 22: 9.2 · 1,729 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.52,490
2Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc8.01,801
3A Proportional Response8.61,767
4Five Votes Down8.11,598
5The Crackpots and These Women8.51,749
6Mr. Willis of Ohio8.61,710
7The State Dinner8.21,512
8Enemies7.91,448
9The Short List8.61,524
10In Excelsis Deo9.22,315
11Lord John Marbury8.11,469
12He Shall, from Time to Time...8.61,465
13Take Out the Trash Day8.31,407
14Take This Sabbath Day8.81,725
15Celestial Navigation8.91,714
1620 Hours in L.A.7.81,368
17The White House Pro-Am7.71,303
18Six Meetings Before Lunch8.01,367
19Let Bartlet Be Bartlet8.91,568
20Mandatory Minimums8.11,314
21Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics8.51,338
22What Kind of Day Has It Been9.21,729

Season 2 (2000)

8.54 avg 22 episodes 9.4 → 9.7 48 min avg

Ep 1: 9.4 · 3,776 votesEp 2: 9.3 · 1,872 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 1,400 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 1,433 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 1,351 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 1,188 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 1,190 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 1,404 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 1,257 votesEp 10: 9.4 · 2,327 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 1,144 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 1,122 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 1,177 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 1,179 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,206 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 1,373 votesEp 17: 8.8 · 1,506 votesEp 18: 9.0 · 1,431 votesEp 19: 8.7 · 1,228 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 1,158 votesEp 21: 9.0 · 1,428 votesEp 22: 9.7 · 5,565 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I9.43,776
2In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II9.31,872
3The Midterms8.31,400
4In This White House8.71,433
5And It's Surely to Their Credit8.41,351
6The Lame Duck Congress7.61,188
7The Portland Trip7.71,190
8Shibboleth8.41,404
9Galileo8.21,257
10Noël9.42,327
11The Leadership Breakfast7.91,144
12The Drop In7.71,122
13Bartlet's Third State of the Union8.21,177
14The War at Home8.41,179
15Ellie8.11,206
16Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail8.61,373
17The Stackhouse Filibuster8.81,506
1817 People9.01,431
19Bad Moon Rising8.71,228
20The Fall's Gonna Kill You8.41,158
2118th and Potomac9.01,428
22Two Cathedrals9.75,565

Season 3 (2001)

8.20 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.1 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 1,597 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 1,129 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 1,088 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 1,034 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 1,011 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 1,020 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 1,025 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 1,083 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,063 votesEp 10: 9.1 · 1,394 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 1,013 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 1,103 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 1,011 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 1,060 votesEp 15: 8.5 · 1,128 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 1,064 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 1,034 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 994 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,035 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 1,031 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 1,018 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,496 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Isaac and Ishmael8.21,597
2Manchester: Part I8.11,129
3Manchester: Part II8.11,088
4Ways and Means7.81,034
5On the Day Before7.91,011
6War Crimes8.01,020
7Gone Quiet7.91,025
8The Indians in the Lobby8.11,083
9The Women of Qumar8.01,063
10Bartlet for America9.11,394
11H. Con-1728.11,013
12100,000 Airplanes8.01,103
13The Two Bartlets7.91,011
14Night Five8.21,060
15Hartsfield's Landing8.51,128
16Dead Irish Writers8.21,064
17The U.S. Poet Laureate8.01,034
18Stirred8.3994
19Enemies Foreign and Domestic8.41,035
20The Black Vera Wang8.21,031
21We Killed Yamamoto8.31,018
22Posse Comitatus9.11,496

Season 4 (2002)

8.17 avg 23 episodes 8.6 → 9.3 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 1,285 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 1,110 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 963 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 919 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 978 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 1,137 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 997 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 910 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 873 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 889 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 997 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 865 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 1,157 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 883 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 924 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 889 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 869 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 901 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 875 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 949 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 1,046 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 1,246 votesEp 23: 9.3 · 1,318 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
120 Hours in America: Part I8.61,285
220 Hours in America: Part II8.81,110
3College Kids7.9963
4The Red Mass7.7919
5Debate Camp8.1978
6Game On8.91,137
7Election Night8.6997
8Process Stories7.9910
9Swiss Diplomacy7.6873
10Arctic Radar7.8889
11Holy Night8.2997
12Guns Not Butter7.7865
13The Long Goodbye7.71,157
14Inauguration: Part 18.0883
15Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There8.3924
16The California 47th7.9889
17Red Haven's on Fire7.8869
18Privateers7.5901
19Angel Maintenance7.7875
20Evidence of Things Not Seen8.2949
21Life on Mars8.71,046
22Commencement9.01,246
23Twenty Five9.31,318

Season 5 (2003)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 8.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 1,060 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 928 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 882 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 925 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 862 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 843 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 865 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,012 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 839 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 862 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 833 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 849 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 840 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 826 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 811 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 800 votesEp 17: 9.2 · 1,464 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 997 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 792 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 857 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 924 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 859 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
17A WF 834298.61,060
2The Dogs of War8.1928
3Jefferson Lives7.5882
4Han7.7925
5Constituency of One7.5862
6Disaster Relief7.6843
7Separation of Powers7.9865
8Shutdown8.61,012
9Abu el Banat7.6839
10The Stormy Present7.5862
11The Benign Prerogative7.6833
12Slow News Day8.0849
13The Warfare of Genghis Khan7.7840
14An Khe7.6826
15Full Disclosure7.8811
16Eppur Si Muove7.6800
17The Supremes9.21,464
18Access7.1997
19Talking Points7.5792
20No Exit7.9857
21Gaza8.5924
22Memorial Day8.2859

Season 6 (2004)

8.00 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 862 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 863 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 801 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 832 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 773 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 732 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 767 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 799 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 819 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 782 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 800 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 749 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 842 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 779 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 782 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 853 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 861 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 769 votesEp 19: 7.1 · 781 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 778 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 735 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 910 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1N.S.F. Thurmont8.0862
2The Birnam Wood8.3863
3Third-Day Story8.0801
4Liftoff8.3832
5The Hubbert Peak7.6773
6The Dover Test7.5732
7A Change Is Gonna Come7.7767
8In the Room8.3799
9Impact Winter8.5819
10Faith-Based Initiative7.9782
11Opposition Research7.8800
12365 Days7.6749
13King Corn7.9842
14The Wake Up Call7.6779
15Freedonia8.1782
16Drought Conditions8.0853
17A Good Day8.4861
18La Palabra8.2769
19Ninety Miles Away7.1781
20In God We Trust8.2778
21Things Fall Apart8.0735
222162 Votes8.9910

Season 7 (2005)

8.26 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 9.1 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 821 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 768 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 732 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 742 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 834 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 741 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 1,223 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 764 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 745 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 755 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 752 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 778 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 794 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 725 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 747 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 883 votesEp 17: 9.1 · 996 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 970 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 788 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 774 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 784 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,223 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Ticket7.9821
2The Mommy Problem7.8768
3Message of the Week7.8732
4Mr. Frost7.9742
5Here Today8.5834
6The Al Smith Dinner7.9741
7The Debate8.81,223
8Undecideds8.0764
9The Wedding7.7745
10Running Mates8.2755
11Internal Displacement7.9752
12Duck and Cover8.4778
13The Cold8.2794
14Two Weeks Out8.0725
15Welcome to Wherever You Are7.7747
16Election Day: Part 18.6883
17Election Day: Part 29.1996
18Requiem8.8970
19Transition8.5788
20The Last Hurrah8.3774
21Institutional Memory8.6784
22Tomorrow9.11,223
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