Mister Sterling

*Mister Sterling*
Mister Sterling
Genre	Serial drama
Created by	Lawrence O'Donnell
Starring	Josh Brolin; Audra McDonald; William Russ; David Noroña;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Dinner; Jim Hart; Jeff Melvoin; Lawrence O'Donnell;
Producers	Bernadette Joyce; Garry A. Brown; Sandy Frank; Andrea Newman; Chip Vucelich; William Bradley;
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Lawrence O' Donnell Jr. Productions; NBC Studios; Universal Network Television;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 10 –; March 14, 2003

Mister Sterling is an American drama television series created by Lawrence O'Donnell for NBC. The series ran from January 10 to March 14, 2003. Starring Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, the series featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Norona, and James Whitmore as members of his staff. The series aired on Friday nights and despite mostly positive reviews, it was canceled after 9 episodes aired. The show ranked 58th in the yearly ratings (9.83 million viewers, 6.7/12 rating/share).

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Although it had numerous similarities to The West Wing in style and tone (especially the show's idealistic attitude towards politics) and the unnamed president in the series is stated to be a Democrat, it was not set in the same universe as O'Donnell's other political show. It is unknown if a cross-over would have ever occurred had Mister Sterling not been canceled; however, Steven Culp played presidential aspirant Sen. Ron Garland on Mister Sterling and House Speaker Jeff Haffley on The West Wing, and Democrats appeared to be in the majority in the U.S. Senate on Mister Sterling, while in The West Wing consistent Republican control of both houses of Congress was a key plot point.

James Whitmore was nominated for a 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing former Governor Bill Sterling, the senator's father.

The series was produced by Bernadette Joyce, co-producer; Garry A. Brown, co-producer; Michael Dinner, co-executive producer; Sandy Frank, co-producer; Jim Hart, co-executive producer; Jeff Melvoin, co-executive producer; Andrea Newman, producer; Lawrence O'Donnell, executive producer; Chip Vucelich, co-producer; William Bradley, consulting producer.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	Tucker Gates	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 10, 2003 (2003-01-10)
2	"Next Question"	Michael Dinner	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)
3	"Game Time"	Randall Zisk	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24)
4	"Technical Corrections"	Rick Rosenthal	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31)
5	"Human Error"	James Whitmore Jr.	Sandy Frank & Paul Haggis	February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07)
6	"Nothing Personal"	Rick Wallace	Alfredo Barrios, Jr. & Lawrence O'Donnell	February 21, 2003 (2003-02-21)
7	"The Statewide Swing"	Rick Rosenthal	Andrea Newman	February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28)
8	"Wish List"	Elodie Keene	Willie Reale & Lawrence O'Donnell	March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
9	"Final Passage"	Paul Michael Glaser	Paul Haggis & Lawrence O'Donnell	March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14)
10	"Sins of the Father"	Jessica Yu	Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell & Paul Haggis Teleplay by : Paul Haggis	UNAIRED
A reporter from the New York Times reveals a history of bribe-taking by Governor Sterling Sr., leaving the Senator and his staff to deal with the repercussions.

Mister Sterling

Cast

Characters

Senator Sterling's office

Senators

Governors

Lobbyist

Democratic leadership

Senate contenders

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Other

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