The West Wing

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Timothy Busfield

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gazquig2000 — 17 years ago(June 25, 2008 06:18 PM)

Been watching The West Wing and just wondering why in both story terms and in reality why did he leave the show?

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KMJvet — 17 years ago(June 30, 2008 11:32 PM)

He didn't. His character just wasn't written into the story by Sorkin at times.

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amethyst1636 — 17 years ago(March 09, 2009 03:14 PM)

He came in and out a lot. He was in the first season and the last season and then sprinkled in between.
Don't know if there was ever an official reason. But what they said about Sorkin was that since he wrote every teleplay (of the seasons he was present for) himself, and he usually turned them in late, often guest stars that he wanted to use were unavailable and their characters were not able to appear in some episodes. Don't konw if Danny Concannon's absense can be explained by that, but it's why other people came in and out a lot.
He was so great on The West Wing.

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ClaudiaJean — 13 years ago(April 08, 2012 01:31 PM)

Also after Sorkin left Tim was producing With Out a Trace and John Wells said it could be hard to schedule around. They had to do a lot of work to fit him into the schedule for the final season the Danny and CJ's storyline could be finished up.