I think the end of last year when we were aware of that transition was for everyone in their own way kind of bittersweet, but it's also what the show's about, one administration ends and another begins.

It's funny, I had dinner with my dear friend John Spencer last night and I'm not in the first episode, but he's at the beginning of it and he was telling me about it and I thought this sounds very hot because I think this is definitely the last year of West Wing.

We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.

Another dynamic of this last year was our increased penetration into the Japanese market.

I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.

You don't have to worry about what happened last year; you can start fresh.