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...reason politicians seem so dorky is that other than the filibuster, there aren't any cool parliamentary procedures. But the ultimate move--the one that's making Aaron Sorkin even more upset that he won't be writing The West Wing next season--is to halt a vote by hightailing it out of town and then evading the cops looking to drag you back. It's always a ratings grabber, like when some Republicans in the U.S. Senate locked themselves in their offices to quash a vote on a campaign-finance-reform bill in 1988, causing a sergeant at arms...
...returning-show news, The West Wing will be back, but creator Aaron Sorkin is to be replaced by E.R.'s John Wells. Fox's 24 is planning one more lousy day for Jack Bauer, and ABC's The Practice narrowly avoided being disbarred. And the networks aren't totally disavowing reality shows, just those with bad ratings. Fox will bring back Joe Millionaire, even though its original the-prince-is-a-pauper surprise is well known; the network claims to have a "secret plan" for a new twist. Survivor will be back with a tournament-of-champions edition...
...Speaking of "The West Wing," Zucker assured advertisers that the show would be better than ever despite its recent ratings slide and the loss of creator-writer Aaron Sorkin. Zucker also praised the show's season-ending, over-the-top plot twists - the vice president resigns! the president's daughter gets kidnapped! - which have lately made the show play like "24" with too much dialogue and not enough torture...
...branch out like this because--in a business in which producers tend to see themselves as the visionaries and see the network brass as the businesspeople--he runs L&O like a CEO. Unlike such micromanagers as The Practice's David E. Kelley or The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin, he delegates heavily to his staff. And because his shows emphasize stories over character development, each actor is replaceable; L&O has run since 1990 without Friends-style salary increases or creative exhaustion. "Other shows eventually descend into a kind of soap opera," says Dragnet executive producer Walon Green. "Dick...
Written by Aaron Sorkin...