Aaron Sorkin Leaves The Show
In 2003, Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme announced they were leaving The West Wing after season four. Sorkin did not give a specific reason for leaving, though it was reported that writing pressures, increasing budget issues and declining ratings led to his departure. Allison Janney later said: “We all felt kicked in the stomach. We felt like we were being abandoned by our parents. We didn’t understand it, we didn’t want it to happen and there was nothing we could do about it.” In 2016, Sorkin revealed that he never watched the last three seasons of The West Wing.
