Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Presidency, Prime-Time Popular Culture, and U.S. Nationalism -- 1 The West Wing as a Political Romance -- 2 Gendered Nationalism and The West Wing -- 3 Racialized Nationalism and The West Wing -- 4 Militarized Nationalism and The West Wing -- 5 The West Wing's Prime-Time Nationalism -- Appendix A: The West Wing Episode Directory -- Appendix B: The West Wing Character Directory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.