Contrary to speculation just about everywhere, The Hollywood Reporter's Ray Richmond blogs that Aaron Sorkin's show will run its full 22-episode season on NBC. The deal isn't official yet, Richmond says, but "two consecutive Mondays of upwardly-trending numbers" helped the cause. Richmond and Sorkin spoke this morning.
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