January 22, 2006 -- NBC announced that its multi-Emmy Award-winning drama "The West Wing" (Sundays, 8-9 p.m. ET) will conclude its storied run on Sunday, May 14 after seven hallmark seasons with an hour-long retrospective (7-8 p.m. ET) followed by a special series finale (8-9 p.m. ET), it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.

"We are proud to have had the opportunity to bring television viewers one of the most acclaimed series in television history," said Reilly. "From the venerable, moving performances by the first-rate cast to the sterling creative team behind the camera, this series has left an indelible imprint on the landscape of television drama."

Source: futoncritic.com

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The way I see this is that NBC didn't want to continue doing the show. The first step was moving it to Sunday night, and then practically not advertising it. Universal did a better job advertising Serenity than NBC did with West Wing at the start of season 7.

So now they are using the lower ratings as an excuse to cancel the show.

This last season has been one of the best ones yet. A true shame that the execs don't really know a good show anymore and want to put out garbage that appeals to the dumbest audience.

Dumbest audience = largest audience

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Yeah right when they got my favourite lefty chick in the world on there too. Man I do so have a crush on Janeane Garafolo. Oh well .

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