Aaron Sorkin talks about why he stopped watching The West Wing after he left

The Hollywood Reporter has put together another of its roundtables, this one involving the show runners of shows nominated for Emmys this year (hence, no women). In this clip, Aaron Sorkin of The Newsroom but formerly The West Wing explains why he stopped watching the show after he left. Turns out, Larry David had something to do with it.

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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