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'West Wing' Talks Taking Off

Variety
By Josef Adalian and Michael Schneider

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Without much fanfare, NBC and producer Warner Bros. TV have moved closer to a deal in recent weeks to keep "The West Wing (news - web sites)" on the network, according to insiders.

While no deal is done, and a pact may still be days away, sources confirmed that NBC will likely pay Warner Bros. a license fee of around $4 million to $5 million an episode. That more than doubles what the network currently shells out for the White House drama, but it is nowhere near the megacoin some had been predicting the show would fetch as recently as last fall.

The network and studio are still hammering out terms of an agreement, including whether it will be a one-year deal with an option for two more or a straight three-year deal.