The West Wing: The Debate

Santos and Vinick go head-to-head in a live, primetime debate. Two versions, one for the East coast and one for the West coast aired, moderated by Forrest Sawyer and hosted by Ellen Degeneres.

Episode Info

Episode number: 7x7
Production Number: 2T6207
Airdate: Sunday November 06th, 2005

Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.

Currently 10/10

10/10 (2 Votes cast)

Special Guest Stars

Janeane Garofalo As Louise "Lou" Thornton Recurring	Patricia Richardson As Sheila Brooks Recurring
Ron Silver As Bruno Gianelli Recurring	Teri Polo As Helen Santos Recurring
Forrest Sawyer As Himself - Moderator

Uncredited

Ellen DeGeneres
As Herself - Host

Main Cast

Janel Moloney As Donna Moss	Richard Schiff As Toby Ziegler
Stockard Channing As Abbey Bartlet	Dulé Hill As Charlie Young
Joshua Malina As Will Bailey	Alan Alda As Senator Arnold Vinick
Jimmy Smits As Matthew Santos

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Episode Notes

Kristin Chenoweth (Annabeth Schott), Allison Janney (C.J. Cregg), Mary McCormack (Kate Harper), John Spencer (Leo McGarry), Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman), and Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet) do not appear in this episode.