Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, liberal political commentator, and host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an MSNBC opinion and news program that airs on weeknights.
O'Donnell at the Women's March along Fifth Avenue on January 21, 2017
O'Donnell (right) and Ed Asner in 2017
O'Donnell at the 2009 premiere of PoliWood
The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior personnel are located, during the fictitious Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet.
Sam Seaborn and Josh Lyman converse in the hallway in one of The West Wing's noted tracking shots.
A 2003 plot twist has House Speaker Glen Allen Walken (John Goodman) become Acting President when Zoey Bartlet is kidnapped.