New data from Google Trends confirms that The West Wing has become an increasingly common Google search item in the months since the election.
Search queries for the iconic NBC series spiked last month between January 20 and January 22 — perfectly in line with Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.
Even Aaron Sorkin (who has discussed a possible West Wing revival) could not write something that poetic; people have a genuinely newfound interest in the daily process of the presidency, and this show offers them that insight.