# Is The West Wing being remade?

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**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-wing-being-remade/834336 "2019-05-22T05:34:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-wing-being-remade/834336/1 "2019-05-22T05:34:46Z")

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I just looked up _The West Wing_ on the IMDB and it rather cryptically mentioned that this title is being used for something “in development.” Remake? Reboot? Continuation?

I’d love to see a hard reboot where the president is a right-wing mercenary pig, but the hook of the show is, “that’s actually better for the country and here’s why.” It kind of bothered me that Jeb Bartlet was a flawless Philosopher-King who lucked into a time period when 9-11 never happened and a Mideast treaty did.

What would you like to see in a new _West Wing_ series?

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-wing-being-remade/834336/2 "2019-05-22T06:12:31Z")

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I’m trying to think what the most hack premise would be.

Probably something like in the West Wing universe a Trump-like figure runs the country for 8 years and absolutely devastates it, and Bartlet comes back for a 3rd term after non-Trump manages to executive-action his way to getting rid of the 22nd Amendment but dies of a heart attack during his 3rd term campaign, leaving the path open for Bartlet again.