Opinion writer Harry Whited discusses the media portrayals of presidents in the media and what that says about how society ...

Jed Bartlett, the fictional US president played by Martin Sheen on The West Wing, spoke for all of us when asking, “I’m sorry ...

At the turn of the 21st century, TV fans got to live in the idealized world of Jed Bartlet’s White House on The West Wing. For seven seasons on NBC, we watched the president’s sometimes-flawed ...

Created by Aaron Sorkin, the show followed the senior staff working under President Jed Bartlet (Sheen) and the eventual campaign to elect his successor, Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits). The series also ...

US President Joseph Biden ... for the pilot episode of “The West Wing,” in which fictitious President Jed Bartlet, portrayed by Martin Sheen, rode into a cypress tree off-camera.

US President Jed Bartlet and his staff in the West Wing of the White House struggle to balance their personal lives with the responsibilities of running a country.