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| Stockard Channing as | Abbey (Abigail Ann) Bartlet M.D. | First Lady |
| Dulé Hill as | Charlie (Charles) Young | Personal Aide to the President |
| Allison Janney as | C.J. (Claudia Jean) Cregg | Press Secretary |
| Joshua Malina as | Will (William) Bailey | Vice President's Chief of Staff |
| Janel Moloney as | Donna (Donnatella) Moss | Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Richard Schiff as | Toby (Tobias Zachary) Ziegler | Communications Director |
| John Spencer as | Leo Thomas McGarry | Chief of Staff |
| Bradley Whitford as | Josh (Joshua) Lyman | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| and Martin Sheen as |
Jed (Josiah Edward) Bartlet | President of the United States |
| Special Guest Stars | ||
| Gabrielle Union as | Meeshell Anders | Reporter |
| and Marlee Matlin as |
Joey (Josephine) Lucas | Pollster |
| Guest Starring | ||
| Michael Hyatt as | Angela Blake | from New York |
| Melissa Marsala as | Marina "Rena" | Research Assistant |
| NiCole Robinson as | Margaret | Hooper (last name) / Assistant to Chief of Staff |
| Bill O'Brien as | Kenny Thurman | Sign Language Interpreter |
| Margot Rose as | Portia Colgrave | Pardon Attorney |
| Stephen Lee as | Registered Voter | Toby's audience |
| Co-Starring | ||
| Melissa Fitzgerald as | Carol | Fitzpatrick (last name) Assistant to the Press Secretary |
| Chris Gardner as | First Guest | |
| Wil Hall as | Other Guest | |
| Mark Costello as | Guest | |
| Breena Shepard as | Kandy | Holmes (last name) |
| Anthony R. Jones as | Holmes | (last name) Families Against Mandatory Minimums |
| Charles Howerton as | Actor President | |
| Brooke Baumer as | Bradenton Pollster | |
| Charles C. Stevenson Jr. as | Bradenton Pollster #2 | |
| Bradley James as | Secret Service | Donnie |
| Doug Hale as | Network Host |
The Afro-American Newspapers will have a prominent role on the January 14th episode of The West Wing. The show will include guest star Gabrielle Union, who plays an AFRO reporter working as a new member of the White House Press Corps. The episode will also focus on a near romance with Gabrielle's character and Charlie Young, the president's personal assistant and whether private matters shared off the record between the two can be kept out of the newspaper."More and more shows attempt to depict a realistic image of the Black community. Such realism can only be achieved when that picture includes images and use of the black press, which has for well over 100 years been a major source of information for its community," said AFRO Publisher John Oliver, Jr.
"Black Press Will Have a Role in Wednesday's "West Wing""
by Unknown
Jamuary 12, 2004
Wilmington Journal
Back-scratching references built into dialogue including a "West Wing" episode in which one character talked about another character's becoming an NBC News reporter...
John Wells, "The West Wing" executive producer, said through a spokeswoman that he had never had a conversation with NBC about the occasional NBC references that are written into his show's scripts.
"NBC Welcomes Promotion Synergy"
by Elizabeth Jensen
May 14, 2004
Los Angeles Times