Editing The West Wing (section)

==Crew==
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The series was created by [[Aaron Sorkin]], who served as executive producer for the pilot episode alongside director [[Thomas Schlamme]] and [[John Wells (filmmaker)|John Wells]]. Kristin Harms and Llewellyn Wells were producers for the pilot. Michael Hissrich acted as a co-producer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The West Wing |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-west-wing/cast/100534/ |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807161933/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-west-wing/cast/100534 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first season proper saw the return of all of the pilot production team along with the addition of Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno as consulting producers and [[Rick Cleveland]] as a second co-producer with Robert W. Glass as an associate producer.   Glass left the production team after only five episodes. Julie Herlocker joined as Associate Producer beginning with episode six. Osborn and Reno departed after nine episodes. [[Paul Redford]] served as a [[story editor]] throughout the first season. [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] worked as executive story editor for the second half of the season.

With the second season, [[Kevin Falls]] became a co-executive producer. Cleveland left the production team and Redford and O'Donnell were promoted to co-producer. [[Peter Parnell]] and [[Patrick Caddell]] became co-producers and Julie Herlocker and Mindy Kanaskie became associate producers. O'Donnell was promoted again to producer five episodes into the season and Hissrich joined him twelve episodes into the season.

The third season saw the departure of Parnell, Caddell, and Herlocker and the temporary absence of O'Donnell. Director [[Christopher Misiano]] became a supervising producer, Patrick Ward joined the series as an associate producer, and [[Eli Attie]] joined the writing staff as a staff writer. Redford was promoted to producer. With the thirteenth episode of the third season director [[Alex Graves]] became an additional supervising producer and Attie became a story editor.

The fourth season marked the temporary departure of Hissrich. Misiano and Graves became co-executive producers alongside Falls. Attie was promoted to executive story editor and [[Debora Cahn]] became a staff writer. The fourteenth episode of the season saw Redford promoted to supervising producer and Kanaskie, Ward and Attie promoted to co-producers.

The fifth season saw the departure of both Sorkin and Schlamme as executive producers. Schlamme remained attached to the series as an executive consultant. John Wells remained the sole executive producer and showrunner. Co-executive producer Kevin Falls also left the show. O'Donnell rejoined the production team as a consulting producer. Wells also added [[Carol Flint]], [[Alexa Junge]], [[Peter Noah]], and [[John Sacret Young]] as consulting producers. Andrew Stearn came aboard as a producer and Attie was promoted to producer. Cahn became story editor and Josh Singer replaced her as staff writer. With the tenth episode Flint, Junge, Noah and Sacret Young became supervising producers.

With the sixth season Misiano and Graves were promoted to executive producers. Redford and Junge left the production team and Dylan K. Massin became a co-producer. Cahn was promoted to executive story editor and Singer replaced her as story editor. [[Lauren Schmidt]] filled the staff writer role. The fourth episode saw the departure of original crew member Llewellyn Wells. Debora Cahn was promoted to co-producer with the fourteenth episode.

The seventh season saw Noah and O'Donnell promoted again, this time becoming additional executive producers. Attie became a supervising producer. Hissrich returned to his role as producer for the final season.